Manta Ray
2024
Photos: Deirdre O’Leary, Samuel Tschudin,
Filmstills Deirdre O’Leary
In summer 2024, I was an Artist in Residence at the Guesthouse Project in Cork, where I collaborated with the Soundartist Samuel Tschudin. In our research project "A playful attempt to work with the wind. A research and fieldwork exploring generative sound production and ephemeral sculpting through aerial currents" we aimed to integrate aerial currents as a formative and sculpting element into our artistic practices through the development of instruments and kites. Working with the movement of the air, playing with wind sails and inflated forms, translates the perceptible but otherwise intangible force of the wind into a dynamic soundscape and activates the play of forms. I worked with kites, and documented these interactions - in a short film entitled: Manta Ray. The research and artistic exploration have been highly productive