DANNY McCARTHY: Found Sound (Lost at Sea) 11.1.11

11January

A lost coastal sound will return to echo through Cork city centre for one day this January. Found Sound (Lost at Sea) 11.1.11 is an installation by sound artist Danny McCarthy which, on Thursday 11 January 2024, will resonate across Emmet Place outside Crawford Art Gallery and infiltrate the surrounding soundscapes of Cork. The performance of this unique sound work commemorates the thirteenth anniversary of the last foghorn sounding from lighthouses along the Irish coast when they ceased on 11 January 2011. Found Sound (Lost at Sea) 11.1.11 was created as a result of McCarthy’s interest in acoustic ecology. The sound installation will be audible intermittently throughout the day and serves as a reminder of what was once an imperative soundtrack to daily life.

Text from Crawford Gallery Newsletter.

This work is now part of the National Collection.

Video by Michael Waldron ( Start Daytime)

Video by Kathryn Coughlan ( Closing Evening)