Icarus Crane was a Dublin based performance artist who died on September 9th 2009 at the age of 27.
As his benifactor and archivist, Seamus Bradley continues to perform and develop the work of Icarus Crane.
Currently being developed is a show called "The Last Days Of Icarus Crane" involving a cycle of 27 poetic notes written by Icarus Crane as a compliment to 7 rolls of film shot during his last 7 days.
The above video features clips from different incarnations of The Forger Of The String Between The Starry Heavens Above And The Moral Law Within.
This three part video based performance / participation piece is concerned with the ideas of autocommunication, self deception, fantasy and the corruption of memory. Part One : The Forger of The String is a dramatic allegory illustrating the nature of self deception. Part Two: The Dreamer of Things is a participatory installation concerned with institutionalisation of myth and fantasy and the relationship of symbol and reality. Part Three : The Caretaker of These is a storytelling performance grounding the ideas addressed in the previous two parts in the mundane and the everyday
This installation of sound, texts and drawings concerns itself with the relationship between reality and fantasy in the individual mind, using a combination of language and image drawn from sources ranging from factual texts to automatic drawing and surrealism and touching on subjects from Northern European art history and the biological function of sleep to the worship of dead heroes and romantic obsession.
The sound /spoken word piece to be performed on opening night does contain some prerecorded samples but will almost entirely be read aloud, sampled, looped and processed live, to be replaced with a looped recording for the rest of the exhibition.
An online presentation of related, interactive, digital drawings designed in anticipation of the exhibition can be found here http://pleasetoenjoytheexhibition.blogspot.comIcarus Crane Spoken Word Demo (Right click Save Target As to download / Click to stream in a new window)
Click here to download the full Senryu #4 live set as performed by A Room For Improvement at the Last Arty Party, June 13th, 2009. (Electro-acoustic ambient noise)
Click here to download a demo live set of Icarus Crane spoken word, created in the run up to the exhibition in the Market Studios, August 27th, 2009, Bray Summer Festival 2009 and KnockanStockan Festival 2009. (Electronically processed spoken word with sequenced beats and loops)
Click here to download The Chased Train, a relatively radio friendly remix of an A Room For Improvement live set. (Electro-acoustic ambient noise)
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