Seán Taylor has been working on a piece for performance at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks.

Since September 2006 Limerick-based artist Seán Taylor has been working collaboratively with a platoon of regular Irish Defence Force soldiers at Collins Barracks, Cork to develop and choreograph a physical choral/drill based sound art work, for the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin.

100 Paces is a sound art composition commissioned by the Office of Public Works for the National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks, Dublin, Ireland, incorporating formalised army drill combinations that are common to soldiers of the Irish Defence Forces.

These movements are further complimented by the soldiers singing/shouting a contemporary choral composition based on the musical repertoire of the Irish Defence Forces' musical ensembles.

The completed work will be presented live in a series of three performances to members of the public in Clarke Square at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin on Saturday, 24 February 2007.

A visual documentary recording of 100 Paces will be on display in the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks as part of the museum’s permanent collection.

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Posted: 5 January 2007