Recreating Finnegans Wake [in its Whole Wholume]
On 23 January, Sonic Imperfections host Nigel Bryant interviewed Waywords and Meansigns project director Derek Pyle for London’s experimental radio station Resonance FM. After playing excerpts of Steve Gregoropoulos and Neil Campbell‘s 2016 recordings of Waywords and Meansigns, Nigel and […]
Waywords and Meansigns is setting James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake to music again. Contributors are taking short passages of the Wake — a paragraph, a page, a few pages — to set to music. The result will be a mosaic of […]
Waywords and Meansigns was mentioned in an article and podcast from dwutygodnik, an online culture magazine in Poland. The podcast features a recorded interview with our friend Jakub Wróblewski, known for First We Feel, Then We Fall, a wonderful multimedia adaptation of Finnegans Wake. […]
Waywords and Meansigns director Derek Pyle was interviewed by Marie Sartain for the James Joyce Quarterly’s “Clever, Very” blog series. Derek Pyle spoke about his own background, the evolution of the project, and the call for contributors for our 2017 […]
We launched a new website! In addition to generally looking less like 2003 and more like 2013, the site should be more easily navigable. The artists page is simplified, making it easier to locate specific recordings and also easier to discover new music. […]
In June various Waywords and Meanings contributors converged in Dublin and London to celebrate the wild and wonderful world of Finnegans Wake. Some of the highlights included project director Derek Pyle’s talk at the James Joyce Centre in Dublin; an […]
Biblioklept published an interview with author Brian Hall about his contribution to Waywords and Meansigns. In addition to his discussion of Joyce and Finnegans Wake, Hall discussed his thoughts on literary research, stream-of-consciousness work and the writing process. From the introduction: Author […]
Waywords and Meansigns is headed to Europe! On Tuesday 14 June, Waywords and Meansigns director Derek Pyle will present at the James Joyce Centre in Dublin. Part of their Bloomsday Festival programme, Pyle will discuss the aim and scope of […]
To celebrate the anniversary of the Wake’s publication (4 May 1939), Soundart Radio will broadcast the entire second edition of Waywords and Meansigns. 3 May through 4 May. Soundart Radio is on the dial at 102.5 FM in the Totnes […]
guest post by Robert Amos The Joyceans of Victoria met at the legendary James Joyce Bistro on the night of February 1 (which was by then February 2 in Dublin, James Joyce’s birthday) to salute the launch of the second edition […]