Culture Night 2019 at CMC: 'nowhere better than this place' by Sean Clancy
20 September 2019 19:00
Contemporary Music Centre
Contemporary Music Centre
nowhere better than this place by Seán Clancy and Andy Ingamells
A work for multiple synthesizers, live and recorded concrète sound, and projected text about people needing a safe place to call home
Performed live by Sean Clancy and Andy Ingamells
Speaking aout their new work composed for Culture Night 2019, Seán Clancy said:
"In Ireland we face a threefold dilemma of mass homelessness, unaffordable rents and mortgages, and direct provision.
Our closest neighbour, the UK (where I work) is on the verge of sending hundreds of thousands of EU citizens back to their home countries after Brexit, not to mention scores of commonwealth citizens that have already been deported in the last number of years.
Additionally, hundreds of refugees try to escape war in the Middle East and North Africa, crossing the Mediterranean in an effort to find a new home. Further afield in the US, we see families in search of a new home being torn apart at the hands of ICE, and being imprisoned in sub-human conditions.
All of these issues are conceptually linked to the idea of people fundamentally needing a safe place to call home.
Whilst a 45 minute piece of music can in no way seriously address these massive problems, it is my hope that by drawing people’s attention to these issues, it can lead to action, which may ultimately lead to change."
7.00pm to 7.15pm - Discussion on Sean Clancy's work for Culture Night, led by CMC director Evonne Ferguson
7.15pm to 8.00pm - World premiere performance of nowhere better than this place by Sean Clancy and Andy Ingamells
8.15pm to 8.30pm - Discussion on Sean Clancy's work for Culture Night, led by CMC director Evonne Ferguson
8.30pm to 9.15pm - Second performance of nowhere better than this place by Sean Clancy and Andy Ingamells
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