Great fences of Australia
dal 19/1/2004 al 1/2/2004
Segnalato da
19/1/2004
Great fences of Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Jon Rose and Hollis Taylor are two virtuoso violinist/composers who specialise in new music and experimental sound installations but are equally at home with the classics. Wherever they have travelled, they have recorded the stories of local people who relate to the fences. The images, the stories and the sounds of the fences all become a part of an installation at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, while twice a day the artists will perform live with a re-created section of the fence in the Gallery.
Jon Rose and Hollis Taylor are two virtuoso violinist/composers who
specialise in new music and experimental sound installations but are
equally at home with the classics. For the past two years, they have
been photographing the extent of the great system of fences that cross
the Australian Outback, including the Dingo Fence and the Rabbit-Proof
Fence. They have documented ancient and decayed fragments and the
freshly maintained working fences. There are some startlingly beautiful
images of fences running into infinity or of rotting posts disappearing
into salt lakes or sand. All fences are potential instruments - they
catch wind and resonate. Jon and Hollis have also been playing and
recording these fence wires with their violin bows.
Wherever they have travelled, they have recorded the stories of local
people who relate to the fences. The images, the stories and the sounds
of the fences all become a part of an installation at the Art Gallery
of New South Wales, while twice a day the artists will perform live
with a re-created section of the fence in the Gallery.
"Many people look at Fences and see not much; we look and see giant
musical string instruments covering a continent. The strings are so
long that they become the resonators as well as the triggers for the
sound. On straight stretches of a simple five-wire fence, the sound
travels down the wires for hundreds of meters. The music is ethereal
and elemental, incorporating an extended harmonic series (the structure
of all sound); the longer the wire, the more harmonics become
available." (Jon Rose)
Their performances are astonishing for the quality of sound and the
special presence the two of them bring to their work.
This project has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through
the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and the New
South Wales Government - Ministry for the Arts
ON VIEW:
Tuesday 20 January to Sunday 1 February 2004
Performance Every day 1pm and 4pm
(7pm performances also on Wednesdays during Art After Hours)
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