String Theory

String Theory is a new international festival of contemporary electric guitar. The inaugural String Theory festival will presentleading international exponents of contemporary improvised guitar alongside their Irish counterparts. Performances on guitar by percussionist Seán Carpio, sculptor Karl Burke and Shane Latimer, alongside Keith Rowe (UK), Stian Westerhus (Norway) and Frank Möbus (Germany).

Internationally recognised German guitarist, Frank Möbus has a signature sound, which involves feeding his guitar through an arsenal of effects, generating spherical tones or howling groans in rock style.

Presented by Bottlenote, in association with Improvised Music Company and Note Productions, supported by the Goethe-Institut Irland