From May to July 2025, join a gloriously odd parade of workshops across Ireland—where sound wiggles, tastes dance, letters leap, and textures crunch. Led by animators and music composers, young makers explore noise, touch, language and food using DIY animation tools, sticky fingers, and experimental silliness.
Animated Sounds is a free, two-week workshop where sound is the conductor, chaos is the orchestra, and your drawings try to keep up.
This workshop invites young people to transform boings, clunks and mystery sounds into visual movement using pencils, paint, cut-outs and giggles.
Participants will explore deep listening and noise interpretation with composer Eimear Reidy and get hands-on with experimental animation tools with animator Fergal Brennan—no prior experience required.
Expect to animate with flipbooks, 16mm film, stop-motion apps, and anything else that wiggles or records.
This isn’t about story or character—it’s about movement, rhythm, colour, and the absurd relationship between a squeaky door and a bouncing square.
Collaborative projects and shared listening tasks will build confidence and creativity, while sound-response challenges encourage everyone to listen, laugh, and lurch into new ways of making.
By the end, participants will not only have made their own sound-reactive animations, but they’ll also have the skills and inspiration to continue animating at home using DIY materials and everyday technology.
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Check link below for more info and how to submit an expression of interest for the course.
Course Details
Taking place as part of Siarsceal Festival 2025.
Spaces are limited, so sign-up early.
Full information will be coming soon to The Dock website.
