Caleb Daly

TU Dublin

Project Statement:

Cloigteach

Cloigteach explores the relationship between ancient structures from early Christian Ireland, and emergent technologies. Round towers, also known as Bell Houses or ‘Cloigteach’ date from the 10th century and are synonymous with one of Ireland’s most well-known monastic sites in Glendalough. These futuristic towers are emblematic of an earlier civilisation that continues to resonate in the present. I am reactivating these fascinating structures and sites using archival stereoscopic slides and audio software. The process involves transcoding monastic images into visual sound waves, the resulting moving images reanimates these ancient sites evoking a Celtic Futurism.

– Caleb Daly

Artist Bio:

Caleb Daly is an Arklow based photographer. His practice engages with ideas about landscape as a socially and culturally constructed form. He uses experimental techniques, such as sonification and data bending, in order to produce new kinds of post-futurist image environments. Combining image and audio in a symbiotic relationship, his aim is to produce new kinds of audio and visual experiences for the viewer.