KATE BUTLER:

A writer and DJ in Dublin since the 1990s, Kate Butler has a monthly show on Dublin Digital Radio (ddr), inspired by rave culture, community clubbing and the disorientating futurism of contemporary dance music.

In 2017, she began producing Atomic, a series on ddr which gives young people an opportunity to host their own radio show. This year, Atomic has expanded into a pilot programme to teach primary school girls how to DJ (in collaboration with Lætitia Deering, Dennis McNulty, Music Generation Dublin City and the City of Dublin Education and Training Board).

In January 2022, Kate conceived and wrote a short film, Sonic Cyborgs: FemTech ‘n the Studio, directed by Eavan Aiken. Also in 2022, Kate worked on Viva Dean’s Synthesize_Her_, a workshop that teaches analogue synthesis / noise-making technology to women and non-binary people.

Kate is currently researching and writing This is a Story about Control: Music, Technology and Gendered Roles of Creativity, a book and documentary about women and non-binary people using technology to make music.

June 2022