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Kev Freeney

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  1. The Ninth Wave
  2. Kodaline
  3. Smirnoff
  4. Nextus
  5. Ampiri
  6. Guinness
  7. Around We Go
  8. Kerbstone15
  9. The Irish Party
  10. Lovely Days Stage
  11. Birthday / The Pain
  12. AVA London
  13. RISING
  14. Rituals
  15. Grayscale
  16. Alumina
  17. Perpetua
  18. Lucid Link
  19. Dither II
  20. Saint Sister
  21. r.kitt
  22. PS5 Launch
  23. Music videos
  24. CLU
  25. Ed Sheeran
  26. Where Glass Meets Water

Research and development
  1. The Triple Stack Model
  2. The Looped Grove
  3. The Perfect Student
  4. Rock Music
  5. Echo Location
  6. Ireland After Midnight
  7. iMagFX
  8. Spineless
  9. The Scratch rig
  10. Spectral Relay
  11. Spectral Particles
  12. Blob-Sentry
  13. Shader knowledge base
  14. Marine data bridge
  15. Type field
  16. Carryover

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The Ninth Wave (an Solas Mór)
2026 · Site-specific light installation · An Trá, Inis Oírr

One 80-watt laser held a solid line of light across the tideline at An Trá, on Inis Oírr. The Atlantic broke into it all night. Spray, surf and foam lit up where they crossed the line and showed their shape. The line is the foil; the ocean is the subject.

The line was moved by hand through the night as the tide came in and went out, so the waves kept meeting it.

The piece draws on the old story of the ninth wave, the threshold between Ireland and the Otherworld. It was not designed in advance. Kev has come to Inis Oírr for Drop Everything since 2014, and invited Bertie Sampson over with no fixed brief. The ocean made the piece. Islanders called it an Solas Mór, the Big Light, and connected it to the bioluminescence the island sees each season.

Kev Freeney and Bertie Sampson (immersive-me). Lighting and custom mapping patch: Bertie Sampson. Scaffold and laser housing: Rubble. Curated by Mary Nally for Drop Everything 2026.
Press: District Magazine, June 2026
Photos: Kev Freeney (dawn), Bertie Sampson.