Áine O’Dwyer is an artist whose work focuses on both the conceptual idioms of sound-art and traditional compositional techniques, embracing the broader aesthetics of sound and its relationship to environment, time, audience and structure. Her work has been informed by her study of the individual idiosyncrasies found in pipe-organs and notably her realization that each individual organ is meticulously tuned to the measurements of the building in which it is housed, allowing it to connect intimately with its surrounding architecture. Her three tape album Turning In Space on Blank Forms Editions captures an array of post-collagist techniques, in which splicing, over-dubbing, and dissolving are performed live, and O’Dwyer’s subtle compositions for found-tune piano and synthesizer blend seamlessly with the environment.
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