slow resound is an electroacoustic sound and video installation conceived through research into marine anthropogenic noise and slow airs. Slow airs are compositions in traditional Irish music that are known for their open-ended melodies, without strict metre or structure. slow resound lingers with ‘Port na bPúcaí’, one such slow air that has been linked to the sound of humpback whales heard through the hulls of boats in the Atlantic Ocean.

Featuring video from the artist’s residency on the Irish Marine Mammal Ecosystem survey in 2023 captured by the Marine Institute’s Thibault Cariou, Marine Geoscientist Eoghan Daly’s hydroacoustic research into bottom trawling noise pollution and composition by Michael Riordan, this artwork examines the field of underwater acoustics as a way of capturing and understanding ocean ecosystems.

Following a net from the scientific expedition into and out of the water, the work considers the connections between remote sensing technologies used for military projects, prospecting and resource extraction, and methods used to bring oceanscapes into visibility and audibility in making and sharing scientific knowledges about underwater lifeways.

Kindly supported by an Arts Council of Ireland Project Award, the Marine Institute, ATU Galway, UCD Parity Studios and iCRAG.

slow resound Video, audio, LED screen, speakers, fabricated chair 2023