creative
Communities
Dates
1st Apr 2025
to 7th Jun 2025
Age Range
All ages
Venue
Regional Cultural Centre
Address
Covehill
Port Road
Letterkenny
F92 C8HD
Type
Performance
Prototypes for Cyborgs: A Space Opera
This ambitious project brings together Donegal Youth Orchestra, with a new exhibition designed by Mark Cullen featuring playable sculptures, haptic technology and VR in a unique hybrid performance experience, featuring new commissioned work by composer Tadhg Kinsella.
About Donegal Youth Orchestra:
Donegal Youth Orchestra are part of the Donegal Music Partnership and are led and conducted by composer Vincent Kennedy.
About the Artist:
Mark Cullen is a celebrated Irish artist renowned for his international practice across various disciplines and media. His work has received numerous awards and grants, reflecting his exploration of posthuman subjectivity and humanity’s evolving relationship with the world.
About the Sound Artist:
Tadhg Kinsella is a queer classically trained composer, percussionist, and live electronics musician. Specialising in Modular Synthesis, hardware, and digital technologies. Tadhg is also founder of Dublin Modular, a platform dedicated to contemporary electronic music and arts.
Tadhg will work with the Donegal Youth Orchestra composing and rehearsing a new work that will be performed by all the partners during Ciunniu na nOg.
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