An interview with Alexis Kirke and Doreen Abbott by Sarah Montague was broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 Today program on 13th Feb 2014. The audio is available here: https://audioboo.fm/boos/1918922-music-can-help-dementia-sufferers-remember-medication
“Singing the Medication Label” has been released online: https://vimeo.com/84024362 Also you can Click here for full “Remember a Day” Infosheet It is a short documentary about composer Alexis Kirke who worked with Doreen Abbott (who has early Alzheimer’s) to develop Memory Jingles using algorithms and by manual composing. This was part of an artistic exploration …
Alexis was interviewed by Film Courage while he was in Los Angeles. FC is a leading independent film website which publishes interviews with key members of the indie film business (e.g. Spike Lee, James Franco) as well as newer filmmakers. The first segment of Alexis’ interview can be seen here: http://filmcourage.com/content/the-only-way-i-could-change-my-creative-career-was-to-change-my-life-by-alexiskirke
On 13 Dec a representative of the Remember a Day performance project (Airidas Budreckis – a Plymouth University student) answered questions about the project for the Japanese delegation from the G8 Dementia Summit 2013. The response was very positive with the delegation showing excitement about the potential for utilizing the techniques. More information on …
Wired have covered the following story about Alexis’ collaboration (http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-11/13/south-pole-expedition-music) Composing Music solo on the way to the Pole Plymouth University’s Explorer-in-residence Antony Jinman (pictured) is taking an iPad-mini on his solo expedition to South Pole in November 2013, to control aerial camera drones. When Plymouth University composer Dr Alexis Kirke heard about this, he …
As a follow-up to the opera Open Outcry – originated by Alexis – on 21st November Barclays are holding an event at the Garrick Club in London with Royal Opera House Concertmaster Peter Manning, Richard Turner CMG OBE and Alexis’ Barclays collaborator Greg B. Davies. It is called “The Art of Noise” and is an …
At Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2014 (“Thinking Music”) Alexis will be premiering a piece “Remember a Day” for Cello, Soprano and Electronics, inspired by using music ear-worms with lyrics to help people with dementia remember key facts, such as medication lists. It will be a collaboration with a group of volunteers with dementia, and …
Alexis has been invited to give a Whitehead Lecture at Goldsmiths College, University of London on October 16th 2013: Click here to see poster Additionally he has been invited onto the BBC’s Smallworld project / experiment. “The purpose of the project was to bring together a range of forward thinkers from across the industry to …
Open Outcry and Sound-Wave have both been nominated for Media Innovation Awards http://www.mediainnovationawards.com/News/2013-Nominations-Announced.aspx
[Capital Magazine is Germany’s main business magazine] Dances Fights Runs away with Wolves The former Wall Street Analyst, Alexis Kirke, wants to save Hollywood. With films the plot of which changes according to the mood of the spectators. Mr Kirke, despite the global crisis, billions are still earned in Hollywood. Why …