‘NEW FAITH LOVE SONG’ by Garrett Phelan comprises an ambitious off-site live performance.
The live performance sound work involved the bell-ringers of both Christ Church Cathedral and St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin city centre, it took place from 9.00 to 9.25pm on Thursday, 21 June 2012. For this piece, Phelan worked with the bells of the cathedrals to create a live conversation between these two iconic religious monuments. The bell-ringing dialogue acted as a declaration pronouncing the arrival of ‘New Faith’. This proclamation of ‘New Faith’ is inspired by a loss of faith and the consequential intermediary period of faithlessness, leading to the reconstruction and manifestation of ‘New Faith’. This work symbolises the realisation of ‘New Faith’, culminating in a ‘bell-ringing’ celebration that evokes the optimism that can stem from the inexplicable.