LoGaCulture Concert: “Music from the Boyne Valley” and DreaMR

Presented by LoGaCulture, Trinity College Dublin and Haunted Planet Studios.

In this fusion of innovative computer science technology, storytelling and music, the history comes alive, and the heroes from the past engage through the Augmented Reality (AR) time travel to tell their stories. The Oak is still there as a silent witness of 1690 and the High Kings of Tara are in full glory. Cultural games become educational platforms. The concert features music from the AR app “Voices of the Boyne”: music of the 17th century by H. Purcell & J. Playford, original music on nature characters by Svetlana Rudenko (Piano), contemporary and Irish trad music by LoGaTéada ensemble with Tim Doyle (Violin, Pipes, Concertina), Éamonn Cagney (Bodhrán, Drums), Aongus Mac Amhlaigh (Cello) and David Barnette (French Horn). Voice Actors: Daniel Costello (Oak & W. B. Yeats Poem) & Cate Russell (The River Boyne and Sheela-na-Gig). Dialogues by Charlene Putney.

Scientific talk and narration of the concert by Prof. Mads Haahr, Trinity College Dublin, School of Computer Science and Statistics, leading TCD investigator of the LoGaCulture project. Cultural heritage talk by Mary Heffernan, Head of Collections and Sites, OPW.

LoGaCulture is an EU-funded research project creating innovative experiences for cultural heritage engagement. It consists of 11 partners from five countries and includes universities as well as cultural heritage institutions. In Ireland, the project partners are Trinity College Dublin and the Office of Public Works, curating historical sites of Battle of the Boyne and Hill of Tara. In the UK, the Universities of Bournemouth and Southampton have developed experiences for The Avebury Landscape and Avebury Stone Circle in collaboration with the National Trust; in Germany, the University of Applied Sciences in Rhein-Main have developed the “Museum for Tomorrow” in collaboration with the Senckenberg Museum; and in Portugal, the University of Lisbon have developed cultural heritage experiences for the Island of Madeira.

“LoGaCulture brings together the European academic leaders in digital locative experiences to explore how a new generation of innovative locative games might benefit European society through its cultural heritage sites.” (www.logaculture.eu)

TCD Promo Codes:
“TRINITYSTAFF” (€25)
“TRINITYSTUDENT” (€12)