DUBLIN THEATRE OF THE DEAF, PERFORMANCE
SIGN - SILENT EXP
November 2023
Unit 44 Stoney Batter
Dublin
Unit 44 Stoney Batter
Dublin
A silent concert experience in collaboration with Dublin Theatre of the Deaf and Jane Hackett - an interactive, multi-sensory performance exploring sound from varying auditory perceptions for hearing and Deaf audiences.
Lara was commissioned to write a piece she titled Ex:Tension. Using touch, vibration, found sounds and movement the piece explores sound as a phenomenological entity, a medium of expression and collaboration. Examining a kind of perceptual scene this piece denotes sound as a temporal, sensational and spatial entity, something which presents itself perceptively, metaphysically and epistemologically. Lara performed her piece alongside artists Lucia Kickham, Aoibhinn O’Dea and Alvean Jones combining light, movement and perceived sound to immerse both hearing and non-hearing audiences. The performance took place over a series of iterations at Unit 44 in Dublin in November 2023. Funded by Arts Council Ireland.
Composers: George Higgs, Lara Gallagher, Andy Ingamells
Dancers: Aoibhinn O’ Dea, Lucia Kickham
Performance artists: Lianne Quigley, Alvean Jones
Audio Producer: Adrian Hart
Lighting Design: Jess Fitzsimons Kane
Set design: Lara Gallagher
Intepreters: Caoimhe Colburn Gray, Elzbieta Cichoka, Bernadette Ferguson.
Lara was commissioned to write a piece she titled Ex:Tension. Using touch, vibration, found sounds and movement the piece explores sound as a phenomenological entity, a medium of expression and collaboration. Examining a kind of perceptual scene this piece denotes sound as a temporal, sensational and spatial entity, something which presents itself perceptively, metaphysically and epistemologically. Lara performed her piece alongside artists Lucia Kickham, Aoibhinn O’Dea and Alvean Jones combining light, movement and perceived sound to immerse both hearing and non-hearing audiences. The performance took place over a series of iterations at Unit 44 in Dublin in November 2023. Funded by Arts Council Ireland.
Composers: George Higgs, Lara Gallagher, Andy Ingamells
Dancers: Aoibhinn O’ Dea, Lucia Kickham
Performance artists: Lianne Quigley, Alvean Jones
Audio Producer: Adrian Hart
Lighting Design: Jess Fitzsimons Kane
Set design: Lara Gallagher
Intepreters: Caoimhe Colburn Gray, Elzbieta Cichoka, Bernadette Ferguson.
ISLO COLLECTIVE, INSTALLATION
AS YOU CAN TELL
May 2022
Studio 10, Wicklow St
Dublin
Studio 10, Wicklow St
Dublin
Female-led contemporary Dublin arts organisation, ISLO Collective, hosted their debut exhibition As You Can Tell in Studio 10, Wicklow Street April 30 and May 1. 'As You Can Tell’ immersed audiences in an audio-visual installation exploring the theme of magical realism. The installation featured the work of five female Dublin-based artists including sound artists Lara Gallagher, Aoife DeMille, and visual artists Alana McDonough, Suibhne Bichon Durand and Becky Jones.
The aim of this collaborative initiative was to provoke a sense of collective feminist identity and community, driven by a unique combination of auditory and visual stimuli. The inspiration for this work was derived from the dearth of sensual and community based art during the pandemic. From Sean-nós style sonic improvisation to immersive Arduino technologies this installation hoped to provide audiences with a meditative space to reflect and engage with an amalgamation of art forms. Funded by Arts Council Ireland.
The aim of this collaborative initiative was to provoke a sense of collective feminist identity and community, driven by a unique combination of auditory and visual stimuli. The inspiration for this work was derived from the dearth of sensual and community based art during the pandemic. From Sean-nós style sonic improvisation to immersive Arduino technologies this installation hoped to provide audiences with a meditative space to reflect and engage with an amalgamation of art forms. Funded by Arts Council Ireland.
LM DANCE FESTIVAL, PERFORMANCE COMMISSION
LIGHTMOVES
September 2022
Dublin Castle
Dublin
September 2021
Colbert Station
Limerick
September 2021
People’s Park
Limerick
Dublin Castle
Dublin
September 2021
Colbert Station
Limerick
September 2021
People’s Park
Limerick
Light Moves Festival presents vibrant experiences bridging dance, new media and screen-based practices that reward and stimulate audiences and artists. Lara was invited to perform on three seperate occasions over 2021 and 2022 - at Dublin Castle as part of Dublin Fringe Festival, at Colbert station with dancer Angie Smalis and at People’s park in Limerick.
Each improvisatory performance responded to the location in which it was performed, culminating in a series of temporary dialogues exploring movement in public space.
Each improvisatory performance responded to the location in which it was performed, culminating in a series of temporary dialogues exploring movement in public space.
DLR LEXICON, PERFORMANCE
DLR RESIDENCY
June 2019
DLR Lexicon
Dublin
DLR Lexicon
Dublin
Lara was awarded a residency from the Arts Council Ireland, DLRCC and Music Network where she spent a number of months exploring perceived soundscapes in public spaces. For this residency in particular, her focus was on the areas surrounding Booterstown Dart Station in Dublin. The aim was to examine and respond to sounds, semiotics and the pschoacoustic properties of a given area. The residency concluded with a final performance at the lexicon where she played a series of improvised live electronic pieces alongside Richard Hughes and Cormac Fitzpatrick.
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LITTLE GEM, PERFORMANCE
ANSEO COLLABS
August 2019 - October 2023
Anseo, Camden Street
Dublin
Anseo, Camden Street
Dublin
A number of instrumental and vocal live electronic performances with Little Gem Records and Richard Hughes at Anseo on Camden Street. A Conversation with Richard Hughes was also performed at the City Assembly Hall at a concert with composer Johnathan Nangle and the Irish Composer’s Collective.
RICHARD HUGHES, PERFORMANCE
A CONVERSATION
October 2019
City Assembly Hall/Online
Dublin
City Assembly Hall/Online
Dublin
A performance of Richard Hughes' piece A Conversation in Ireland's City Assembly Hall for the Irish Composers Collective's event Exploring Electronics. A performance art piece responding to and highlighting the meaninglessness of filler words in linguistics. This piece was later turned into a video by Richard. Live Electronics and filming by him.
HOŠEK CONTEMPORARY, PERFORMANCE
IS THIS THE WAY YOU PLAY
August 2020
Hošek Contemporary,
Berlin
Hošek Contemporary,
Berlin
With guitarist Cormac Fitzpatrick, the piece Is this the way you play? premiered, exploring performative identity, and semiotics for the Improvised and Experimental Festival with the Hošek Contemporary (Series No. 92) in Berlin.
Info about the festival here:
https://www.hosekcontemporary.com/sound
Info about the festival here:
https://www.hosekcontemporary.com/sound
DLR LEXICON, PERFORMANCE
CULTURE NIGHT
September 2019
DLR Lexicon,
Dublin
DLR Lexicon,
Dublin
A series of improvised works responding to sounds, exploring semiotics and the psychoacoustic properties of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown for Culture Night 2019 in the DLR Lexicon.
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