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Cóisir an tSionann

Softday

Working as Softday, the multimedia collaboration of Taylor and Fernström took data from the ESB Fisheries Management Project on the river Shannon and converted it into digital information simulating the behaviour of salmon. The Irish Chamber Orchestra, among others, were involved in the recording.

€ 10.33
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Blian le Báisteach

Visual artist Seán Taylor and computer software designer Mikael Fernström work collaboratively under the name Softday. ‘Blian le Báisteach’ (‘A year with rain’) is a computer-generated composition developed in conjunction with the Irish Chamber Orchestra in which rainfall data was converted into music using complex multimedia technology.

€ 10.33
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100 Paces

Softday

100 Paces is a sound art composition by Sean Taylor 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.

€ 10.33
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Softday: Amhrán na mBeach

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Amhrán na mBeach (Song of the Bees) [excerpt] from Mikael Fernström on Vimeo.

This is a limited edition artefact, designed by Softday, containing video, audio and text from their Amhrán na mBeach project. Based on four years of scientific data about bee diseases and colony losses in Ireland, Softday created a work for the Glenstal Abbey Choir, organ and the Irish Chamber Orchestra. A sound art composition was also created by the Softday Apiary Ensemble, based on field recordings carried out by the participating beekeepers in their respective habitats.

€ 40.65