During 2022, in venues in Dublin, Cork and Limerick Béal presents ‘shadow once complete’ a new collaboration, developed from the Contemporary Music Centre’s CMC Colleagues scheme, between violinist Larissa O’Grady (of Crash Ensemble) and composer David Bremner. They have devised an 'algorithmic storytelling' combining algorithmic text, live electronics and lattice-based improvisation on violin.

The storytelling is done by the violinist, whose pitches and dynamics act on the patch, prompting weighted-random projected text. The use of the MUGIC® bow motion sensor adds an extra element.

Béal have commissioned new texts for the performances from Joanna Walsh and Kit Fryatt.

The event is designed as a really immersive experience for an audience. For the event at Kirkos, we include a workshop with David and Larissa at 7.30pm where they will explain some of the concepts and how the process works. This will be really interesting for composer / performer / audience alike. The workshop is followed by the concert at 8pm.

The piece is concerned with how meaning is constructed by an audience from limited building blocks, the invisible connections between words, making this process explicit, so a ‘constructivist’ setting works nicely: an assemblage of scattered partly-made artefacts is the perfect backdrop.

The event is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts , Sports and Media, and Dublin City Council.