'From the Sources' Installation at the Glucksman Gallery
A sound art installation by Mel Mercier to commemorate the Aloys Fleischmann centenary.
Cork Film Centre have worked in partnership with the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, UCC School of Music, UCC, and Sulán Studios in creating this ambitious project. This year, Ireland celebrates the centenary of the birth of Aloys Fleischmann. Based on Fleischmann's Sources of Irish Traditional Music, Mel Mercier's installation From the Sources features filmed performances by almost 100 traditional musicians- all UCC graduates, teachers and students- of the first 986 dance tunes and airs contained in Fleischmann's monumental work.
Some 20 hours of footage, capturing almost 1000 performances, has been edited for six simultaneous projections in the Glucksman's upper gallery to create a John Cage-like audio-visual installation.
This exhibition was supported by a Cork City Council Fleischmann Centenary grant and the DEIS scheme of the Arts Council of Ireland.
Curator: Matt Packer, Video Director: Chris Hurley, Music Advisor: Matt Cranitch, Music Producer: Mary Hickson, Sound Engineer: Tadgh Kelleher
For more information: www.glucksman.org
Published on: 14 June, 2010
