Response
Tech News: The future is Lipreading?
Louise Hickman
A fictional news report written in response to the exhibition Speech Sounds
The Stream Will Rise
Michaële Cutaya
Writer/researcher Michaële Cutaya responds to Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burcá's exhibition One Hundred Steps
Soft Rains Will Come
Ian Maleney
Author and producer Ian Maleney responds to Christopher Steenson's exhibition Soft Rains Will Come, speaking of 'micro joy', 'macro gloom', and the connective power of radio
Am I the last person on earth?
David Toop
In response to Christopher Steenson's exhibition Soft Rains Will Come, David Toop reflects on sound, memory, and the long-distance connections forged by shortwave radio
Handful of Earth
Róisín Kelly
Writer and poet Róisín Kelly looks towards Ursula Burke’s work at VISUAL Carlow to reflect on ideas of community, survival and the loss of sharing collective emotion in this specially commissioned poem 'Handful of Earth'
THE OVERFLOWING
Sue Rainsford
Art writer and author Sue Rainsford hones in on the works of four artists in Woman in the Machine, using imagination, poetic language and literary references to untangle ideas of extraction and ooze
Against bold visions
Chris Hayes
An essay for curator Iarlaith Ni Fheorais’s programme Speech Sounds, bringing a critical perspective towards the politics of art, hope and imagination
Nature Through a Screen
Roisin Kiberd
The first in a series of commissioned responses to Woman in the Machine, tech writer and author Roisin Kiberd considers our relationship with technology, and how we might use it to bring us closer to the natural world
Sibyl Montague SELF SOOTHERS
Cristín Leach
Art critic Cristín Leach responds to Sibyl Montague’s exhibition SELF SOOTHERS