David Ayers

The Carlow Art Collection commissioned David Ayers to compose an original sound art piece in response to a sculpture in the collection by Paul Schneider created in 1993 called ‘Sun-Stone (Cloch Gréine)’. On Monday 21st June 2021, Memory, Light and Stone by David Ayres was played at the site of Sun-Stone from 11:45am to 12:30pm to celebrate this summer solstice.

On the summer solstice at noon the sun illuminates through Sun-Stone’s bore hole and pierces its own shadow.  Ayres composed this site responsive sound work as a celebration of the sculpture and its environment at Carlow College as the midday bells sound from Carlow Cathedral.

David Ayres is a recognised sound producer known for his soundscapes. He has worked with artists including The Prodigy, David Holmes, Björk and The Fugees, and is noted for his re-imagining of a soundtrack for the Senegalese cult movie Touki Bouki and also worked on the soundtrack to the Breaking Bad film. He is well known locally having embedded himself in the Carlow music scene for years with his Jazz Quartet and for his prominent role in the instrumental band Red Snapper.

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Origins

Set up in 1992, The Carlow Art Collection is a voluntary community initiative that has been surrounded by goodwill and generosity from the people of Carlow. It has expanded into a diverse collection of work with artists from around the world. CAC became a fully registered charity in 2018. The home of our art collection is in Carlow College. The Carlow Art Collection is free to view in the front halls of Carlow College, Monday to Friday, and in the garden every day of the year.

Today

The art works in the permanent collection include painting, print, drawing, sculpture, sound, photography, live art, film and activism, with more to come. The collection and CAC projects reflect a broad range of art by over thirty artists, many of whom visited, exhibited, engaged with or lived in the area.

Our Goal

The CAC is deeply indebted to the artists who contribute to the collection, to its board members past and present, and to the many people and organisations that support it technically and financially. The Carlow Art Collection will continue to expand on the ideas of what art is and what an art collection can be, and become.