Frank Sweeney
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Work
Few Can See
2 Channel Land
People enjoy my company
Palace of Purification
Cornaleena
All I believe happened there was vision
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Sound Design
It was easy (in the end)
A THEATREclub and The Abbey Theatre co-production. A 4 channel surround soundscape performed live each night with samplers and DJ equipment.
Nominated for Best Soundscape at the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards 2020.
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Not At Home
Sound Designer and Composer for THEATREclub's NOT AT HOME @ NCAD Gallery -
Winner of ‘Best Production Award’ at Dublin Fringe Festival 2017.
★★★★★ - The Irish Times
NOT AT HOME is a durational art campaign to make visible the experiences of women who travel abroad to access safe abortion services and to bring women who have travelled together in solidarity. We are inviting women to share their experiences here: http://notathomeireland.com/
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Drip Feed
Sound Designer/Composer for Drip Feed. Written by Karen Cogan. Produced by Soho Theatre & Fishamble. Shortlisted for Soho Theatre’s biennial Verity Bargate Award, this new play from the Stewart Parker Trust Award winner receives its world premiere.
Playing at Edinburgh Fringe, Dublin Fringe and Soho Upstairs 2018.
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The Classic
Sound Design and Composing for Newstalk's The Classic series. The series producer is Eoin Brennan.The Classic - 'The Ken Doherty Story'
Listen here
Winner of Finalist Award at the New York Radio Festival
The Classic - 'Brawl'
Listen here
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Current. ddr
Producer, editor, engineer and composer for Dublin Digital Radio's podcast section.
Dublin Digital Radio Stings
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Home︎
Theatre, Radio & Film (2013-2020)
Bodies of Water
An exhibition by an artist you have never heard of. Eoghan Carrick, Maeve Stone, Jonah King & Úna Kavanagh.
Cassette tape loops where created for the project and all compositions derived from these experiments. Installed with a 12 speakers surround sound set up at Chocolate Factory during Fringe 2019. Nominated with Jonah King for Best Design.
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The Game
The Game: Throughout 2015 I worked as a sound designer and composer for THEATREclub's 'The Game'. Performed in Project Arts Centre as part of Dublin Theatre Festival, the play was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre award. The Game has since toured in Ireland and Brisbane Arts Festival.
Reviews:
The Guardian
Irish Times
Irish Independant
The Game 1st scene from Frank Sweeney on Vimeo.
password: thegame
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Mouth Of A Shark
As Sound Designer for Mouth Of A Shark I worked the interview recordings into vocal melodies for the performers to sing.
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Hasta La Vista Amigos
Composer for Laragh McCann's film Hasta La Vista Amigos, premiering at Cork film festival 2019 and nominated for the Discovery Award at Dublin International Film Festival 2020.
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Abe's Story
Composer with Rob Murphy for Abe's Story, winner of Best Animated Sequence in A Short Film in Association with Brown Bag at Galway Film Fleadh 2019
ABE'S STORY [TRAILER] from Snackbox Films on Vimeo.
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