Nature and Place is a new series of temporary works, taking inspiration from the forests of Ticknock, Tibradden, Barnaslingan, Carrickgollogan, Kilmashogue and Ballyedmonduff. There will be a public outcome during National Tree Week 2024 (19-26 March). Supported by Coillte and the Dublin Mountains Partnership.
Read MoreSchool of Wild Listening: Listening Group Open Call /
Over the year the School of Wild Listening has invited various guest artists to lead our listening groups.
Now it’s your turn!
What is it? An open call for anybody who would like to share insights of the wild world around us through sound.
Beginner’s Guide To Slow Travel at Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival /
Dublin-based new music group Kirkos have taken the logistics of their slow travel to Huddersfield, with the extra time, expense and change of internal rhythm it necessitates, as a starting point for this new devised piece.
Read MoreSparky Conversations #8: The Ecological Soundwalk - Balancing Advocacy and Abstraction with Robert Coleman /
Composer and Sound Artist Robert Coleman gives an insight into his current practice and ideas around Ecological Sound Art and why the soundwalk has become the ideal format for his work in connecting audiences to nature.
Read MoreIMMA Timescapes Soundwalk /
Created for IMMA's EarthRising Eco Festival 2023, the IMMA Timescapes Soundwalk is a hybrid soundwalk / performance resulting from a collaboration between composer and sound artist Robert Coleman, ornithologist Seán Ronayne, and performer and improviser Seán Mac Erlaine.
Read MorePremiere of Capturing Sound by Larissa O'Grady at Hugh Lane Gallery: Sundays at Noon /
The premiere of Capturing Sound for violin, live field recordist and fixed media electronics in a programme including a total of 6 new pieces by CMC represented composers.
Read MoreThe Vale of Clara Soundwalk: Unveiling the Soundscape /
The Vale of Clara is a sessile oak woodland and national nature reserve in County Wicklow.
Read MoreRiver Dodder Soundwalk Broadcast as the Lyric Feature this June /
The River Dodder Soundwalk will be broadcast as a 3 part series on the Lyric Feature on Sunday 4th, 18th and 25th of June at 6 pm. (RTE Lyric FM)
Read Morethe Glas-na-Bradan Soundwalk: Listening for the Future /
The Glas-na-Bradan Wood Soundwalk: Listening for the Future by composer Robert Coleman and featuring a live performance by HIVE Choir
Read MoreThe School of Wild Listening /
The School of Wild Listening is a new platform for the discussion and dissemination of ecological sound art and music directed by Robert Coleman.
In our current age of ecological disconnection, listening provides a means to explore and cultivate a deeper connection to the world around us.
This listening provides a knowledge for initiating cultural change and allows us to pro-actively engage with the biodiversity and climate crisis conversation.
This programme will include listening group sessions, discussions and workshops with guest artists,
performances, soundwalks and more.
It is an open forum where anyone interested can come along and take part. If you have sound works, compositions or recordings which you would like to feature, please get in touch!
To keep up to date with events:
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River Dodder Soundwalk is released /
The River Dodder Soundwalk is a site-specific soundwalk to be listened to while walking the river. It is a celebration of the River Dodder in South Dublin and it's many facets.
Read MoreAnthrome / Biome Soundwalk at IMMA Earth Rising /
I’m deligthed to have been commmissioned by the Irish Museum of Modern Art to produce a new soundwalk titled Anthrome / Biome for their Eco Art Festival: Earth Rising.
Read MoreAs If By Chance /
A live site specific performative walk through the urban landscape of Tallaght, that will explore stories of love and intimacy.
Read MoreNew Violin Commission for Larissa O'Grady /
I am delighted to have been commissioned by the fantastic Larissa O’Grady to write a new work for violin and which will feature some of the field recordings I've made recently in the Vale of Clara and the Belfast Hills.
Read MoreBudding Sounds at Rua Red Arts Centre /
Budding Sounds is a climate change and sound art project that local composer and sound artist Robert Coleman initiated with students from Clonburris N.S. and Rathfarnham Parish N.S.
Open Friday 1st July 2pm - 9pm, and Saturday 2nd July 10am - 6pm.
Read MoreRobert has been awarded the Individual Artist/Creative in Collaborative Practice Award from Creative Ireland South Dublin and South Dublin County Council Arts /
My project titled Budding Sounds is a collaborative effort with Climate Love Ireland and involves sound art and environmental science workshops in schools, tree planting and culminating in a public sound installation.
Read MoreRobert begins a PhD in Sonic Arts at the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queens University Belfast /
My proposal titled ‘Embodying Environmental Change through Community based Sound Art’ focuses on engaging and inspiring people from various communities through environmental based sound art.
Read MoreRobert is named a recipient of an Agility Award /
Robert has been awarded an Agility Award for mentorship and a research period with artist/researcher Sven Anderson who works at the intersection of sound/architecture and urbanism.
New Installation at Fuddlefest /
Robert will be presenting a new site-specific audiovisual installation at Fuddlefest 2021.
Fuddlefest is a music festival, nestled in the heart of rural Wexford. This years festival presents leading Irish musicians performing classical and contemporary works. Hosting cutting-edge electronic music with Dublin Modular alongside afternoon trad sessions by Tulua. Sonic installations await discovery.
Website and full information for the festival available here
Robert is named of recipient of an Artist Resilience Bursary from South Dublin County Council /
I’m delighted to have been awarded an Artist Resilience Bursary with South Dublin County Arts Office
My project will be to create a sound walk for the River Dodder in South Dublin. During the last year my time spent walking there has been a great source of solace, and I'm sure I'm not the only one to feel that.
Excited to be exploring this wonderful area and hopefully make something meaningful to share over the coming months.
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