Conference of Birds II (COB II) was a socially engage theatre project devised between Andrea Scott - Floating World Productions and ‘The Elders’, a group of older performers. Also an intrinsic part were the National Concert Hall youth choir. The project was supported by the Arts Council and The dlr Mill Theatre.

Gerard was engaged as co-set designer with Julia Benedict and to also to create visuals for the production. Below one of the videos he produced can be seen.

Outro Video:

BIRD MAN NOW

The video plays with video, layering and animation. It depicts a man (The Curlew) transforming into a bird (a curlew - Numenius arquata)….

Credits:

Video and animation Gerard O’Brien

Characters in video: ‘The Elders’

Soundtrack by: Marc Aubele

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