Programme
Housing Data ~ Sonified
On Saturday, 22 March 2025, 5–6 pm, we will host the concert Housing Data ~ Sonified.
This multi-disciplinary project is a collaboration between David Bremner (composer of the acclaimed opera Slow Recognition), Larissa O’Grady (violinist with Crash Ensemble and renowned soloist), and Christodoulos Makris ( “one of Ireland’s foremost avant-garde poets” – The Irish Times).
The concert explores the ‘sonification’ of data related to Ireland’s severe housing crisis. The artists have sifted through data from sources including CSO, Central Bank, and Global Property Guide looking for insight about what is driving the crisis and the suffering caused by it. This data is converted into a multi-movement work for violin, keyboard, and readings of appropriated/found texts. Through subtle sonic nuances, hidden patterns in this plethora of data may become audible.
Admission is free, but spaces are limited. Booking is required via Eventbrite here.
About the performers:
David Bremner is a musician and composer. In 2013, he completed a PhD in Composition at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama (now TU Dublin Conservatoire), where he now lectures. His composition projects include the chamber opera Slow Recognition, music for experiential liturgies in Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, focus, evasion for RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, and the two-hour liturgy Four.
Larissa O’Grady is a Dublin-based freelance violinist. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship from University College Dublin. She is dedicated to performing contemporary music and exploring adventurous interpretations of the standard repertoire. She is a member of the music group Crash Ensemble.
Christodoulos Makris is a poet and writer with a practice rooted in contemporary experimental, cross-disciplinary, hybrid, documentary, and collaborative poetics. His books are Spitting Out the Mother Tongue, The Architecture of Chance, this is no longer entertainment, Contemporaneous Brand Strategy Document, and It Reeks of Radio. He received one of the inaugural Listowel – New York international residencies (2024–25).
This event is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
