Radio Art
All Scores are available from The Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland.
is this on? (2016) - 38'40'' - a site specific radio art piece for Cork city Gaol
In
1927, Cork City Gaol hosted one of Ireland's earliest radio broadcasts,
the simple sound of cartwheels on cobbles. RTÉ lyric fm has
commissioned is this on?, a new work for radio from renowned
Irish composer Karen Power to mark the place of that first broadcast and
to pay tribute to the profoundly significant contributions by women to
Ireland's turbulent history in the early twentieth century. is this on? combines;
field recordings recorded by Karen from all over the world, RTÉ Lyric
fm archival materials + inaudible sounds from Cork City Gaol itself. Commissioned by RTÉ Lyric fm
Once Below (2015) - 29'00'' - radio version of installation
Commissioned by Deutschland Radio Kultur
hearspace (2014) - 32'00''
'hearspace is a new interactive piece of radio art composed for and through Irish radio by Karen Power. On March 23rd @ 9pm RTÉ
lyric fm will act as a live conduit, through which Karen Power will
compose and perform a new composition for radio based on the idea of
exploring the sounds of a particular time, place and memory.'
