Sound (In)Sight

Project Partner:
Danny McCarthy, Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind, Health Service Executive South

Project Description:
Sound artist Danny McCarthy worked as an artist in residence in the headquarters of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. Using binaural microphones, Danny recorded a series of field recordings including various sounds from around the centre, on Long Cane training walks around the city and suburbs with instructors and clients of the centre, and on walks with the dog instructors and ‘pupils’. Recordings were also made by putting the binaural microphones on guide dog ‘Murphy’ during a training walk, and of the dogs in the kennels - at play, eating, resting, washing, panting. The result was a sound installation in a darkened room in the centre, open to the public.

Sound Insight