BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:694@cal.gravitons.org SUMMARY:Metronome: Dublin Modular @ National Concert Hall (Pride Week Showc ase) DTSTAMP:20260604T152400Z DTSTART:20260624T193000Z DTEND:20260624T212000Z DESCRIPTION:METRONOME: DUBLIN MODULAR\n\nFolding Waves & Genevieve Howard \ nTadhg Kinsella \nSonia Killmann \n\nTicket Link - https://www.nch.ie/all- events-listing/metronome-dublin-modular/\n[https://www.nch.ie/all-events-l isting/metronome-dublin-modular/]\n\nAn evening where modular and hardware electronics fuse with acoustic\ninstrumentation and immersive digital art . Curated as a celebration of queer\nidentity\, experimentation\, and coll aboration\, this event brings together some of\nIreland’s most exciting el ectro-acoustic artists. Expect performances to blur\ngenres\, sounds and w orlds. A vibrant snapshot of Ireland’s evolving electronic\nmusic landscap e and grassroots communities.\n\nFolding Waves is an international award-w inning creative audio studio based in\nDublin. Comprising a small team of sound designers\, composers and mix engineers\,\nunited by their shared en thusiasm for the symbiotic relationship between sound\nand moving image.\n  \nBorne from their collaboration for ICADs Reverb event (part of Irish De sign Week\n2025)\, Folding Waves will be performing alongside multidiscipl inary artist\,\ndesigner and musician Genevieve Howard - live processing h er spontaneous harp\ngestures through a Eurorack modular synthesiser. \n \ nThis\, with accompaniment from Folding Waves' own Mark Bergin on heavily effected\nBanjo\, creates a sonically rich\, and texturally dense improvis ational soundscape\n- harkening back to Ireland's cultural music tradition through a distinctly\nmodernist lens.\n\nTadhg Kinsella is a queer Dublin -based sound artist\, classically trained\npercussionist\, and composer wh ose work blends acoustic performance with\nexperimental electronic practic es.\nSpecialising in modular synthesis\, haptic sound devices\, and percus sion\nelements. Tadhg’s practice spans contemporary classical music\, soun d art\, and\nimmersive installation. Their work explores the meeting point of sound\,\ntechnology\, and urban space\, often drawing on lived experie nces\; queer identity\,\ndisability and grief to shape compositional and p erformative approaches. Deeply\nengaged in Ireland’s contemporary/experime ntal arts through grassroots\, queer &\ndisability communities. \n\nTadhg’ s compositions have recently been performed and exhibited in Berlin\,\nBri stol\, Romania and Stockholm\, with past performances at international\nma sterclasses and concert halls across the United States\, Colombia\, and Eu rope.\nIn Ireland\, their work has been presented at Project Arts Centre\, the RHA\nGallery\, Smock Alley Theatre\, and IMRO for NMDX.\n\nSonia Kill mann is an international saxophone player and electronic musician.\nThey h ave performed across the UK and Europe and are collaborating closely with\ nCryptic Glasgow as a Cryptic artist\, working in immersive installations and\naudiovisual performance. Sonia's work treads the boundaries between t he familiar\nand the unfamiliar by merging organic and synthetic sound wor lds. Sonia has been\nexploring Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening concepts t hrough circular breathing\nand adapting environments in the context of liv e performance. URL:https://cal.gravitons.org/event/metronome-dublin-modular-national-conce rt-hall-pride-week-showcase LOCATION:National Concert Hall - Earlsfort Terrace\, Dublin 2\, D02 N527\, Ireland STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ainriail,art,community,Dublin,Dublin Modular,exhibition,experime ntal,Experimental Electronic,live music,modular,music,sound X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Metronome: Dublin Modular

F olding Waves & Genevieve Howard 
Tadhg Kinsella 
Sonia Killmann 

Ticket Link - https://www.nch.ie/all-events-listin g/metronome-dublin-modular/

An evening where modular and hardwa re electronics fuse with acoustic instrumentation and immersive digital ar t. Curated as a celebration of queer identity, experimentation, and collab oration, this event brings together some of Ireland’s most exciting electr o-acoustic artists. Expect performances to blur genres, sounds and worlds. A vibrant snapshot of Ireland’s evolving electronic music landscape and g rassroots communities.

Folding Waves is an internat ional award-winning creative audio studio based in Dublin. Comprising a sm all team of sound designers, composers and mix engineers, united by their shared enthusiasm for the symbiotic relationship between sound and moving image.
 
Borne from their collaboration for ICADs Reverb event (part of Irish Design Week 2025), Folding Waves will be performing alongsi de multidisciplinary artist, designer and musician Genevieve Howar d - live processing her spontaneous harp gestures through a Euror ack modular synthesiser. 
 
This, with accompaniment from Folding Waves' own Mark Bergin on heavily effected Banjo, creates a sonica lly rich, and texturally dense improvisational soundscape - harkening back to Ireland's cultural music tradition through a distinctly modernist lens .

Tadhg Kinsella is a queer Dublin-based sound arti st, classically trained percussionist, and composer whose work blends acou stic performance with experimental electronic practices.
Specialising i n modular synthesis, haptic sound devices, and percussion elements. Tadhg’ s practice spans contemporary classical music, sound art, and immersive in stallation. Their work explores the meeting point of sound, technology, an d urban space, often drawing on lived experiences; queer identity, disabil ity and grief to shape compositional and performative approaches. Deeply e ngaged in Ireland’s contemporary/experimental arts through grassroots, que er & disability communities. 

Tadhg’s compositions have rec ently been performed and exhibited in Berlin, Bristol, Romania and Stockho lm, with past performances at international masterclasses and concert hall s across the United States, Colombia, and Europe. In Ireland, their work h as been presented at Project Arts Centre, the RHA Gallery, Smock Alley The atre, and IMRO for NMDX.

Sonia Killmann is an inter national saxophone player and electronic musician. They have performed acr oss the UK and Europe and are collaborating closely with Cryptic Glasgow a s a Cryptic artist, working in immersive installations and audiovisual per formance. Sonia's work treads the boundaries between the familiar and the unfamiliar by merging organic and synthetic sound worlds. Sonia has been e xploring Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening concepts through circular breath ing and adapting environments in the context of live performance.

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