Friendly Piece, an installation by Crash Ensemble at Mermaid Arts Centre, is based on a piece by composer Andrew Hamilton exploring friendliness and loving kindness, asking the question, “can music be kind?”
Commissioned in 2019 and written during Andrew’s time as composer in residence with Crash Ensemble, the piece explores the ambiguous space in which music is performed. This recorded piece alludes to hovering between things, to evade being pinned down. It explores friendliness and kindness giving you a ‘tiny bit of joy or even infuriating you’.
Interweaving a live recording of Friendly Piece at Kilkenny Arts Festival in 2023, this installation created by visual collaborator Emma Martin with production by Rob Kearns.
Open to all ages, Friendly Piece will be installed on the stage Mermaid Arts Centre.
There’s also a workshop with Andrew and some members of Crash Ensemble on Thursday 22nd August from 6pm – 7.30pm – see full details here.
