Beckett Theatre

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Description

In March 2009 Néill participated in a collaborative music, reading and performance workshop at the Samuel Beckett Theatre in Trinity College, Dublin. James Brosnan, who is disabled by cerebral palsy read aloud his poetry with a aid of a computer generated voice program. Kathy O'Kennedy and Michael of Counterbalance provided improvised, expressive dance movement to the live audio soundtrack created by Robbie Perry, a band member of Dead Can Dance. Néill (in collaboration with Joe Lakes) provided the realtime, procedural visuals—via a customised programme written in OpenFrameworks—which were projected onto the backdrop behind the performers.
 
The workshop was a celebration of the enabling and liberating potential of technology for people who are disabled; to augment expression in the creative arts through the real-time processing of audio and visuals.