Music Current festival returns this April for another 5 days of pulsating new Irish and international music – with a defined focus on light and video [AI]:

Dublin Sound Lab’s Music Current festival returns this April with an outstanding dive into light, breath and video this year, as the annual five-day festival programme showcases some of the best Irish and international contemporary music makers. The festival will host 5 new concerts, Black Page Orchestra, Tak Ensemble, lovemusic collective and the return of Nadar Ensemble, as well as workshops on AI, electronic music and new composition, and more discussions that explore cutting edge new music and the future of music. The festival takes over its creative home space at Project Arts Centre, from April 2 – 6.

CONCERT - Sat 6 Apr: lovemusic - L'AUTRE
Music Current's final concert of 2024 programme is the Irish debut of French music collective lovemusic – these musicians specialize in new music and offer a new approach to the idea of a concert, based on exchange, and are thought of being like “an urban breath of fresh air” by audiences. Their concert (L) AUTRE (the last in the 2024 Music Current concert programme) delves into this concept of otherness – the state of being different and foreign to one's identity, labelling individuals as subordinate and excluding them from social norms. The starting point for this project was a collaboration with Sasha Blondeau and the new work Autres improprops/inapproprié•e•s as part of their "Devenir|s mutant es" cycle. Referencing Trinh Minh-ha's theory and Donna Haraway's Cyborg concept, the work for flute, clarinet, viola, cello, e-guitar, and electronics delves into questions of identity and difference. Additionally, compositions by Neil Luck, Ann Cleare, and Bára Gísladóttir explore themes ranging from actor David Patrick Kelly's roles to meditations on self and the power of anonymity. Finbar Hosie's The Hyacinth Garden draws inspiration from T.S. Eliot's “The Waste Land”, offering a political and sensual exploration through wastelands and gardens. The project will also includes a new installation work by Lara Gallagher exploring found sounds and materials including a structural/sculptural element developing interactions between traditional and digital instruments made from organic materials.