AS IF: David Donohoe & David Lacey live performance

David Donohoe and David Lacey have a longstanding practice of performance, improvisation, composition and recording. Utilising resonant metals, wood, objects and electronics, their music foregrounds space & texture, gesture & silence, flow & discontinuity. They have released two albums as a duo, Noctules (Fort Evil Fruit, 2021) and Obsequio (Verz, 2022) and are currently mixing a new album as a trio with Phil Maguire. This performance sees Donohoe and Lacey in free improvisation within the gallery space, responding to and expanding upon the sonic and visual language of .

David Donohoe

David Donohoe is a composer, recordist, artist, performer and improviser. His work operates at the intersection of instrumentation, synthesis, field-recording and processing. His performance practice involves scored works, electroacoustic presentation and solo/collaborative improvisation. He has released on D1 Recordings, Flaming Pines, Dinzu Artefacts, Verz Imprint, Mille Plateaux, Force- Inc, Fällt, Minimise, Fort Evil Fruit and Studiomime.

David Lacey

David Lacey is a musician from Dublin, working at the intersection of improvisation and composition. He uses percussion, objects, recordings, cassettes and crude electronics, as well as making tape compositions. He has released music on Fort Evil Fruit, Verz, Falt, Confront and numerous other labels. As an improviser, he worked with musicians such as Rhodri Davies, Keith Rowe, Annette Krebs and Derek Bailey. Regular collaborators include Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, David Donohoe, Rob Casey & Aonghus McEvoy. Recent releases include collaborations with Patrick Farmer, Susan Geaney, Fergus Kelly and David Donohoe.

Find out more about the premiere of AS IF and the International Centre for the Image at

[Image: Film stills courtesy Peter Maybury, performance within Katherine Sankey’s AN ATOM BOMB IN EACH MORSEL OF LIFE, The Lab Gallery, 2023.]

Event Venue

International Centre for the Image, Coopers Cross, Dublin, Ireland

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