written and performed by Andy Ingamells and Jacqueline Fletcher
When writing this piece we met several times in Limerick city, this being a convenient destination between our respective homes in Castlehacket Co. Galway and Ballyhea, Co. Cork. We discovered a shared interest in geology and the piece grew from the idea that we travel daily over a wide variety of different bedrocks as we drive across the country, yet these are almost always hidden from view. Using a bedrock map from Geological Survey Ireland we traced our two separate journeys, noting each type of bedrock we travel over. The names of each formation serve as a fixed media track and audio score, narrated by robotic voices reminiscent of GPS turn-by-turn navigation. Each geological type is assigned a particular sonic texture, bowing technique or timbre, creating an approximate sonic map of our two journeys to Limerick overlaid on top of each other.
Performances
24 May 2024, Unit 44, Dublin
25 May 2024, The Hunt Museum, Limerick
7 July 2024, Unit 44, Dublin
Andy Ingamells 