https://dominickboyle.com Dominick Boyle Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:35:01 +0000 https://dominickboyle.com en https://dominickboyle.com/We-could-go-back Fri, 17 Feb 2023 18:52:08 +0000 Dominick Boyle https://dominickboyle.com/We-could-go-back We could go back... The piece “We could go back…” grew out of an audio diary began in 2016, capturing moments, conversations and impressions in the process of leaving New York City and moving to Basel. Six years later, these recordings recall a personally turbulent time. With family travelling back and forth between Switzerland and the United States for 3 generations, what is it like to carry on the family “tradition”? Premiered at Snippet Festival 2022 <img width="1969" height="2242" width_o="1969" height_o="2242" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6631769dfbbb442ad007f67246246e3c2a192817c66c5da4b407df2c577ecb8/Postcard-7.9.52-Ryndam-Boat.jpg" data-mid="168819403" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6631769dfbbb442ad007f67246246e3c2a192817c66c5da4b407df2c577ecb8/Postcard-7.9.52-Ryndam-Boat.jpg" /> https://dominickboyle.com/Looking Sat, 18 Feb 2023 14:01:35 +0000 Dominick Boyle https://dominickboyle.com/Looking Looking A work of bricolage. Sound, text, and images create a fiction from fragmented truths, and create truth through the compilation of fictions. A documentation of disembodied queer desire. Video and images by Romanos Theodoridis. Premiered at Snippet Festival 2020 <img width="6016" height="4016" width_o="6016" height_o="4016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a18b3b64270713242d03a5fac5df7bb77f024bde5314515fcc595272ea72c7c3/Looking_Romanos_Theodoridis_Dominick_Boyle.jpg" data-mid="168865417" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a18b3b64270713242d03a5fac5df7bb77f024bde5314515fcc595272ea72c7c3/Looking_Romanos_Theodoridis_Dominick_Boyle.jpg" /> <img width="2494" height="1406" width_o="2494" height_o="1406" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5411cb76c5408b8d82b2c40c2b051f9d8d33580bd5fb3fe6096e83c44c86fefb/Film1.png" data-mid="170105125" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5411cb76c5408b8d82b2c40c2b051f9d8d33580bd5fb3fe6096e83c44c86fefb/Film1.png" /> https://dominickboyle.com/Voltaplatz Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:35:01 +0000 Dominick Boyle https://dominickboyle.com/Voltaplatz Voltaplatz In a live multichannel sound performance an immersive auditory world is slowly built using sounds recorded from the area around the off-space Bonjour Baby combined with instrumental gestures. In doing so, the audience is invited to experience the Voltaplatz with a different sensory and aesthetic approach. <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f112ae08df0a1b13228142bb418888c8055e1ae00abe8823fb52304a682fcd1e/IMG_0065_o.JPG" data-mid="169102413" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f112ae08df0a1b13228142bb418888c8055e1ae00abe8823fb52304a682fcd1e/IMG_0065_o.JPG" /> <img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f01cbc6c17a469aa44aabe2c695641549eefaf0cc9e20b67f980af5338771bf2/IMG_5398.JPG" data-mid="169102411" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f01cbc6c17a469aa44aabe2c695641549eefaf0cc9e20b67f980af5338771bf2/IMG_5398.JPG" /> <img width="2481" height="3508" width_o="2481" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61fc059a2a3286ae052afc096febdd6231671581feb0947041a716f19c227b6c/Dominick-final-poster-resize.jpg" data-mid="169102445" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61fc059a2a3286ae052afc096febdd6231671581feb0947041a716f19c227b6c/Dominick-final-poster-resize.jpg" /> <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23d313f70a7facb3331e5f275385188f0a85d72a9d4d3775aab09b388fb9ba74/IMG_5404_o.JPG" data-mid="169102436" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23d313f70a7facb3331e5f275385188f0a85d72a9d4d3775aab09b388fb9ba74/IMG_5404_o.JPG" /> <img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc79987d9c2ca27d70289b8b0916c74bc5afe4b215160fb6be1a2eaa3b6ecb56/IMG_5394.JPG" data-mid="169102428" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc79987d9c2ca27d70289b8b0916c74bc5afe4b215160fb6be1a2eaa3b6ecb56/IMG_5394.JPG" /> https://dominickboyle.com/Extend-Your-Radius Sat, 18 Feb 2023 13:48:00 +0000 Dominick Boyle https://dominickboyle.com/Extend-Your-Radius Extend Your Radius This multichannel audio performance was concieved as part of an immersive dining experience for the “Extend Your Radius” gala dinner at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW and in collaboration with students from the scenography department. Drawing on the conceptual theme of the dinner, an investigation of the sonic topography surrounding the campus at different scales was conducted. Interviews contucted with local food producers were woven together with recordings from this sonic investigation. The performance took place over the course of the dinner together with immersive scenographic elements and animations. <img width="2550" height="3300" width_o="2550" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ad116b3022a544bf31d1c0bed615c057fcb5b6d5d64e6bc94dbd5d5fafb0e4d/GalaDinner1.jpg" data-mid="168864585" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ad116b3022a544bf31d1c0bed615c057fcb5b6d5d64e6bc94dbd5d5fafb0e4d/GalaDinner1.jpg" /> <img width="2550" height="3300" width_o="2550" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7c7fe7a4a67e6a1922155a8db91d929c8177b369e747dcfb51de1e2584b0ceb/GalaDinner2.jpg" data-mid="168864586" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7c7fe7a4a67e6a1922155a8db91d929c8177b369e747dcfb51de1e2584b0ceb/GalaDinner2.jpg" /> <img width="2550" height="3300" width_o="2550" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df5dc834869cacdf64ce1757e2c233b16dce7651461fc1c816a9f641a48e010f/GalaDinner3.jpg" data-mid="168864587" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df5dc834869cacdf64ce1757e2c233b16dce7651461fc1c816a9f641a48e010f/GalaDinner3.jpg" /> <img width="1470" height="1472" width_o="1470" height_o="1472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/035f4466b3bc621b8ed074190f7b6abdb4c6b85535f014c451365d7d23bdd444/Screen-Shot-2023-02-27-at-6.19.24-PM.png" data-mid="169942000" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/035f4466b3bc621b8ed074190f7b6abdb4c6b85535f014c451365d7d23bdd444/Screen-Shot-2023-02-27-at-6.19.24-PM.png" /> https://dominickboyle.com/Translating-Opera Fri, 17 Feb 2023 23:01:18 +0000 Dominick Boyle https://dominickboyle.com/Translating-Opera Translating Opera Opera is an art form that purports to have it all: poetry, music, costumes, and lots of drama. Opera in translation is ubiquitous, and what originally started as a private performance for Florentine nobles quickly spread beyond the palace walls and around the world with the aid of translation. With so much going on, translating opera is a multimodal undertaking. Featuring: Lucile Desblache, a professor at the University of Roehampton in London who led the project Translating Music. Amanda Holden, a practicing opera translator who specializes in creating sung translations. Originally released on Asymptote Journal <img width="540" height="332" width_o="540" height_o="332" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2ed05dfe97642c2908ba0947818f401a41f2d7a2aaa115622a59652dd1c7002/podcast1.png" data-mid="169802873" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/c2ed05dfe97642c2908ba0947818f401a41f2d7a2aaa115622a59652dd1c7002/podcast1.png" /> https://dominickboyle.com/The-World-of-Mundartliteratur-Part-1 Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:03:08 +0000 Dominick Boyle https://dominickboyle.com/The-World-of-Mundartliteratur-Part-1 The World of Mundartliteratur, Part 1 The German-speaking part of Switzerland is home to many different dialects, often referred to as distinct languages: Baseldytsch, Bärndütsch, Züritüütsch. Despite the lack of a standardized writing system, authors in Switzerland are writing the stories of modern Switzerland the way they hear them and in the language in which they live. This literature, referred to as Mundartliteratur, is a unique form of translation from the spoken to the written word. Featuring: Professor of literature at the University of Fribourg, Ralph Müller and Swiss writer and poet Beat Sterchi, a member of the collective Bern ist überall. Originally released on&nbsp;Asymptote Jounrnal <img width="540" height="306" width_o="540" height_o="306" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a070bc5a2e5c41b6eaa10eb3b3974491b25a9df2e0c35ae9f025ea43238fd368/podcast2.png" data-mid="169802935" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/a070bc5a2e5c41b6eaa10eb3b3974491b25a9df2e0c35ae9f025ea43238fd368/podcast2.png" /> https://dominickboyle.com/The-World-of-Mundartliteratur-Part-2 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:11:31 +0000 Dominick Boyle https://dominickboyle.com/The-World-of-Mundartliteratur-Part-2 The World of Mundartliteratur, Part 2 In this episode of the Asymptote Podcast we return to the world of Mundartliteratur in Switzerland in an exclusive interview with Pedro Lenz, one of the best known Swiss authors who writes in dialect. His engaging and immediate works of prose and poetry present life in modern Switzerland as it really is: a far cry from the idealized herders of Heidi. His 2010 novel Der Goalie bin ig has been translated out of the Bernese Swiss-German into 8 languages, including Glaswegian English, and adapted as a film. Lenz talks about the relationship between language, sound, and story. He says that the highly deliberate but ultimately artificial way he constructs his texts paradoxically allows a work to connect to its audience with fewer boundaries. He also speaks about how his work was given a new life and context when it was translated into Glaswegian. Originally released on&nbsp;Asymptote Jounrnal <img width="540" height="370" width_o="540" height_o="370" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97916c8a375d95ede9d388e0a4aedfe14f45a554cd415c94a26ee815b7290fdd/Lenz_podcast.jpg" data-mid="169802954" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/97916c8a375d95ede9d388e0a4aedfe14f45a554cd415c94a26ee815b7290fdd/Lenz_podcast.jpg" /> https://dominickboyle.com/Building-the-language-Bridge Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:01:39 +0000 Dominick Boyle https://dominickboyle.com/Building-the-language-Bridge Building the language Bridge Before we translate with a language, we have to pick it up. In this episode of the Asymptote Podcast, learn about people’s first interactions with new languages. Discover the funny stories about linguistic misunderstandings unearthed by Podcast Editor Dominick Boyle as he stands on a bridge between two countries. Plus, hear what’s in store for the podcast this fall. Originally released on Asymptote Journal <img width="540" height="339" width_o="540" height_o="339" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/295924492f7a0b39e0fba61e09f893844216a475ad684c45ca09bd6f657f1294/pod2.jpg" data-mid="169802991" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/295924492f7a0b39e0fba61e09f893844216a475ad684c45ca09bd6f657f1294/pod2.jpg" /> https://dominickboyle.com/The-Power-of-the-In-Between Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:06:29 +0000 Dominick Boyle https://dominickboyle.com/The-Power-of-the-In-Between The Power of the In-Between Writer and educator Lauren Camp speaks about the experiences that inspired her poem Given a Continuous Function, We Define a New Function and what it’s like navigating family history though fragments. Then, translator Ghada Mourad talks about the striking work of Syrian poet and journalist Omar Youssef Souleimane, and her translation of his poem, Away from Damascus, which powerfully distills the experiences of Syrian refugees. She also discusses what it’s like to translate the work of those in exile and others from the in-between, and the power of poetry to move across borders. Originally released on Asymptote Journal <img width="540" height="400" width_o="540" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2ba17537f0f5fe2406bbd39856a988db416f6d260bbe0833e6ec1e2bb3464d9/AsymptotePodcast_BannedNations_540x400_002-1.jpg" data-mid="169803016" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/a2ba17537f0f5fe2406bbd39856a988db416f6d260bbe0833e6ec1e2bb3464d9/AsymptotePodcast_BannedNations_540x400_002-1.jpg" /> https://dominickboyle.com/Language-and-Dance Mon, 20 Feb 2023 21:54:11 +0000 Dominick Boyle https://dominickboyle.com/Language-and-Dance Language and Dance Part one interviews dancer and choreographer Kincsö Szabó, who trained in Eurythmy, a form of dance created in the 1920s by philosopher Rudolph Steiner. In Eurythmy, aspects of language are taken as direct impulses for movement in a codified way—certain letters have certain sounds, and these sounds have movements associated with them. Szabó says that this process helps dancers to understand abstract concepts in a more natural and embodied way. In part two, Sawako Nakayasu discusses her unique translation of a dancer’s notebook, Costume en Face: A Primer of Darkness for Young Boys and Girls. The notebook documents the development of a work by Japanese choreographer Tatsumi Hijikata, as transcribed by his dancer Moe Yamamoto. The founder of Butoh, a style of dance known for its darkness and at-times contorted movements, Hijikata developed a way of communicating with his dancers that choreographed not only external movement, but internal states as well. To translate Hijikata’s notebook, Nakayasu had to reconcile the drive to translate as faithfully to the text as possible with the contingent and highly personal nature of a notebook never intended for publication. Part one and part two were originally released on Asymptote Journal. <img width="540" height="288" width_o="540" height_o="288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e0e67b40a4eda913e3f8b84b12793a46eba4752177bd78016b4d9fe5655e6cb/Eurythmyblog.jpg" data-mid="169803192" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/1e0e67b40a4eda913e3f8b84b12793a46eba4752177bd78016b4d9fe5655e6cb/Eurythmyblog.jpg" />