Event Details
Dates
20/09/2024 – 20/09/2024
Time
9:30pm - 12am
Location
Galway Arts Centre, Nuns Island Theatre
Ticketing
No booking required
Event Type
Performance,
About the artists
Kate Butler
A writer, filmmaker and DJ in Dublin since the 1990s, Kate Butler has a monthly show on Dublin Digital Radio (ddr), inspired by rave culture, community clubbing and the disorientating futurism of contemporary dance music.
In 2017, she began producing Atomic, a series on ddr which gives young people an opportunity to host their own radio show. This year, Atomic has expanded into a pilot programme to teach primary school girls and non-binary children how to DJ (in collaboration with Music Generation Dublin City; the City of Dublin Education and Training Board; and Laetitia Deering and Dennis McNulty).
In January 2022, Kate conceived and wrote a short film, Sonic Cyborgs: FemTech ‘n the Studio, directed by Eavan Aiken. Also in 2022, Kate worked on Viva Dean’s Synthesize_Her_, a workshop that teaches analogue synthesis / noise-making technology to women and non-binary people. In September, Kate co-programmed, with Ashley Chadamoyo Makombe, For What You Dream Of: Talks, Dance Rhythms and Afro-future Imaginaries, at IMMA.
Kate is currently writing This is a Story about Control: Music, Technology and Gendered Roles of Creativity, a book and documentary about women and non-binary people using technology to make music.
Renn is the founder of Origins Eile, a Black Queer community collective, and co-founder of the independent music label DIAxDEM. With nearly a decade of creative work behind them, Renn is dedicated to uplifting marginalized voices through the arts. They are also a member of Blackfish Collective, a DJ with CO-OP label DIAxDEM, and a mentor. Renn has worked as an Artist Liaison and Stage Manager for festivals like Body & Soul and Electric Picnic. Their entrepreneurial spirit was recognized by the Irish Times and GCN, naming them a “Person to Watch” in 2018. Key projects include helping to establish the GXRLCØDE platform and producing for Goldmoth Media.
Natasha Lydon
Natasha Lydon aka Dj Vixen is from Galway City. She has been DJing with Bounce Clubnight since 2016. She has DJ’d all over Ireland, including, The Button factory in Dublin, and for Galway International Arts Festival and Carlow and Sligo Arts Festivals. Natasha loves music, her favourite types of music are techno, pop, and country. She also loves writing, astronomy, movies, anime technology, art, animation, drama, and working in the Druid Theatre. She is a member of Arts Alive Galway. Arts Alive is a community arts programme for people with intellectual disabilities in the heart of Galway’s West End. They enjoy working as an ensemble, bringing performing arts projects and exhibits to a high standard and giving their group a voice and a place in the artistic community. Their exhibition Identity will feature in this year’s Baboró Festival before it is brought to MART in Dublin at the end of October.
Disquiet Nights is curated by Megs Morley and Produced by the Black Gate Galway. Supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media through the Late-Night Events (Pilot Programme).
