KIRKOS, COMMISSION
CHROMESPHERE
May 2022
Unit 44
Dublin
Unit 44
Dublin
Lara was commissioned by the Kirkos Ensemble and premiered Chromesphere in Unit 44 over the course of 3 days. Chromesphere became a durational, interactive piece exploring organic, industrial and found sounds through a metal scultpture suspended from the ceiling - 'A blind succession of causes and effects or the timid hesitant growing development of an idea'. Members of the ensemble were given a score of instructions to respond to and interacted with their instruments/the sculpture accordingly. Audience memebers were also invited to participate.
Supported by the Kirkos Ensemble and the Arts Council Ireland.
Supported by the Kirkos Ensemble and the Arts Council Ireland.
STOA COLLECTIVE, INSTALLATION
STOA
June 2024
Unit 44 Stoney Batter
Dublin
Unit 44 Stoney Batter
Dublin
Stoa Collective launched their first in-person festival in June in Unit 44, Stoneybatter entitled ‘Home’. The multidisciplinary exhibition showed work by six established artists based between Dublin and Spain, showcasing a vibrant collection of art under the theme of Home. Lara’s commission entitled Motion premiered here on an octophonic speaker system loaned by the Spatial Music Collective.
The exhibition also contained improvisatory collaborative performances which Lara performed in alongside dancer Robyn Byrne and poet Sheila Ryder.
The exhibition also contained improvisatory collaborative performances which Lara performed in alongside dancer Robyn Byrne and poet Sheila Ryder.
L'ARGENTIÈRE LA BESSÉE, INSTALLATION
UNLOOSING A FLIGHT
March 2021
L'argentière la Bessée
France
L'argentière la Bessée
France
This immersive visual and sound installation explored found sounds through the presentation of numerous wind chimes. Spectators enter an abandoned space and are met with an array of delicately placed objects - ‘sensitive symbols of nature, of that profligate nature which squanders pollen while unloosing a flight of a thousand butterflies’. By moving towards objects, audience members activate Arduino sensors, affecting the sound of the installation.
The objects on each windchime activate a semiotic level within the piece – the throttling kitchen utensils sliding past the home key; a symbol of security. Each object delicately chosen to create a fascinating clash of signs; a simulacra.
The installation premiered in France in March 2021.
The objects on each windchime activate a semiotic level within the piece – the throttling kitchen utensils sliding past the home key; a symbol of security. Each object delicately chosen to create a fascinating clash of signs; a simulacra.
The installation premiered in France in March 2021.
SOUNDS ABOUT, VIDEO INSTALLATION
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
June 2019
Villa Kuriosum
Berlin
Villa Kuriosum
Berlin
A video/sound art piece exploring the creation and performance of narrative identity outside the home - who is the Berlin expat? Presented at SoundsAbout Gallery at Villa Kuriosum in Berlin.
BLUNT COLLECTIVE, INSTALLATION
MOTION
April 2022
Unit 44, Prussia Street
Dublin
Unit 44, Prussia Street
Dublin
Motion was an octophonic immersive sound and visual installation presented in Unit 44 by The Blunt Collective, a female led multi-medium art collective based out of Dublin. The installation explored wave motion - the propogation of disturbances, deviations from a state of rest or equilibrium, movement from place to place as sonic and visual entities - the motion of all wavelike subatomic particles. Designed by Lara Gallagher and Becky Jones.
ISLO COLLECTIVE, INSTALLATION
AS YOU CAN TELL
May 2022
Studio 10, Wicklow St
Dublin
Studio 10, Wicklow St
Dublin
Female-led contemporary Dublin arts organisation, ISLO Collective, hosted their debut exhibition As You Can Tell in Studio 10, Wicklow Street April 30 and May 1. 'As You Can Tell’ immersed audiences in an audio-visual installation exploring the theme of magical realism. The installation featured the work of five female Dublin-based artists including sound artists Lara Gallagher, Aoife DeMille, and visual artists Alana McDonough, Suibhne Bichon Durand and Becky Jones.
The aim of this collaborative initiative was to provoke a sense of collective feminist identity and community, driven by a unique combination of auditory and visual stimuli. The inspiration for this work was derived from the dearth of sensual and community based art during the pandemic. From Sean-nós style sonic improvisation to immersive Arduino technologies this installation hoped to provide audiences with a meditative space to reflect and engage with an amalgamation of art forms. Funded by Arts Council Ireland.
The aim of this collaborative initiative was to provoke a sense of collective feminist identity and community, driven by a unique combination of auditory and visual stimuli. The inspiration for this work was derived from the dearth of sensual and community based art during the pandemic. From Sean-nós style sonic improvisation to immersive Arduino technologies this installation hoped to provide audiences with a meditative space to reflect and engage with an amalgamation of art forms. Funded by Arts Council Ireland.
© Lara Gallagher