Cicada17 Party
1VOICES

Scariff Bay Community Radio

September 25th/26th (see SBCR programme listing for broadcast time or tune in on podbean)

TY students from Scariff Community College have come together with sound artist, Slavek Kwi to create an experimental radio programme. Together they explore the challenges of communication within the current climate of uncertainty. Much inspiration came from the Cicada Brand X insect which emerged in May 2021 in Maryland USA after seventeen years underground.

1VOICES radio simulation project - prototype for youth & children oriented radio broadcast, involving group of TY students from Scariff Community College, June 2021.

Students involved: Grace Guilfoyle, Megan Kilkenny, Maeve McCaul, Roisin Collins, Sarah Dooley, Fiona O'Brien, Laobhaise O'Donnell, Mark O'Halloran, Owen Drost with facilitation of Shulagh Colleran & Slavek Kwi

The resulting piece, assembled by Slavek from segments recorded with TY students includes the participation of trillions of Cicadas Brood X recorded simultaneously in Maryland USA by Stephen Bradley. You can hear the voices of David Rothenberg, David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg sprinkled throughout the sound-scape.

Explore these links about other 1VOICES participation in related side-projects:

https://soundctuary.bandcamp.com/music

https://soundctuary.bandcamp.com/album/cicada-17-tribute

HAPPY SONGS MASH TOTAL.

students attempted to orchestrate celebratory micro-event throughout entire college: at specific time, play for 3 minutes your favorite song or music which makes you feel happy simultaneously from your phone! Here is soundcheck recorded with participating students, a cacophony of sounds.

https://soundctuary.bandcamp.com/album/gift-of-laugh

GIFT OF LAUGH _ TUNE IN! as ultimate message from 1VOICES participants for being happy and feeling good. Listen, it might be contagious ...

REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT

unisol.bandcamp.com/album/requiem-for-cicadas-broodx-samples

examples of Cicada BroodX recorded by David Michael and Stephen Bradley in Maryland, USA

https://frameworkradio.net/2021/07/765-2021-07-11/

CICADA17MANIA: this radio edition of framework: afield has been curated by Slavek Kwi, and features contributions from David Rothenberg, Stephen Bradley, David Michael, and students TY from Ireland. .

Funded by the Clare Arts Office, Artists in Schools Programme with support from the Arts Council of Ireland. Thank you! Special thanks to teacher Shulagh Colleran for her dedication!