Continue Reading, by Tadhg Kinsella.
The Complex Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Continue Reading
A journey through sound, movement, and technology – exploring disability and queer identity
Continue Reading was an immersive sound exhibition by Tadhg Kinsella, held at The Complex, Dublin (2024). This marked Tadhg’s debut solo sound exhibition, offering audiences a deeply personal and visceral exploration of disability and queer identity through sonic experimentation, performance, and storytelling.
Tadhg brought their lived experience as a dyslexic and non-binary queer artist to the forefront of the work. The title, Continue Reading, drew from the anxiety they felt as a dyslexic student when asked to read aloud in school; reclaiming that moment of dread and transforming it into a powerful artistic expression.
The sound installation featured pre-programmed rhythmic patterns, noise textures, and sculpted sonic environments that invited visitors to engage physically and emotionally with themes of neurodivergence and literacy.
This is part of a 90 minute sound art installation by Tadhg Kinsella. The in work is programmed using midi and code to trigger responding based on the environment surroundings. The Idea behind this work is creating an acoustic percussion part using robotics and code so that no human body is necessary for the performance of the work. Yet human interaction does effect the parameters of the work via sensors.
The instruments and household items are played by robotic solenoids. This is fused with a surround sound octophonic sound system producing electronically produced sounds and textures.
“Press the pause button”
(Tape loop in Corridor in front of main installation)
This is a multi reel to reel & tape cassette representation of audible distraction and noise that effect my day to day life as a neurodivergent artist. The tape loops I’ve created are rippedfrom old exam book aural listening exams. “Press the pause button” has been cut and manipulated to run off a 5 second cassette loop. Along with a 6 hour loop and other 8 second cassette, sourced my listening data audio messages, radio and social media reels.
This content I have then streched, burnt and manipulated to represent the white noise distration I get in everyday life. Resulting in a constantly changing 6 hour loop at the entrance of the gallery, which is meant to be distracting and misleading for audience and installation listeners/views.