Péist/O'Dea/Kemp - GROUNDWORK
Sound Improvisation (vocals, guitar, fiddle, flute, signal processing)
Building towards collapse only to build again, this performance brings together Limerick-based improvised noise group Péist, movement artist Aoibinn O’Dea and video artist Billy Kemp. GROUNDWORK unearths an interdependence between sound, movement and live-visuals, moving through fleeting moments of unity and discord.
Taking their name from the Irish for ‘worm’, Péist’s improvisations use synthesisers, electro-acoustic instruments, and purpose-built software to wriggle and writhe between sounds and musical forms, burrowing through the dirt.
Péist – Sounds / Aoibhinn O’Dea – Movement / Billy Kemp – Live Visuals
Performed at Light Moves Festival at Dance Limerick, November 2025, with support from The Arts Council of Ireland.
Image credit: Shane Vaughan