Alternating Current

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The Complex, Saturday 29th October

On Saturday, 29th, the ‘Alternating Current' event will once again take over the Depot at The Complex in Dublin City. Divided into two concerts – Deep Listening and Beyond the Human – the likes of BABY NITS, BLACKMAGICRAWR, Colm Keady-Tabbal, David Donohoe, ELLLL, Howlbux (Irene Buckley and Elaine Howley), Maija Sofia, Stephen McEvoy as well as Diarmuid MacDiarmada, Clumsy Giantess and Warmer Climes will perform between 3-11pm. Then, as per tradition, onto another venue TBC for DJs until late.

Inspired by the writings of James Bridle and Pauline Oliveros, the theme for this year’s Alternating Current is Beyond Human Intelligence. (“The crisis of global warming is a crisis of the mind, a crisis of thought, a crisis in our ability to think another way to be,” writes Bridle.)


Date:
Saturday 29th October
Time:
From 3.00pm
Price:
Varies
Address:
The Depot at The Complex, Mary's Abbey, Smithfield, Dublin 7, Ireland

Google Map of The Depot at The Complex, Mary's Abbey, Smithfield, Dublin 7, Ireland

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