360º : Women In Sound

360º : Women In Sound

The inspiration for this project came from a perceived gender imbalance within the sound art community. 360° was designed to increase the visibility of and establish a network between women working with sound within Australia. The project consists of two separate exhibitions and a live sound performance. 360° aims to explore short and long form composition, quadraphonic installation, sound sculpture and the relationship between sound, video and digital media.

Short form composition will be addressed in quadraphonic and video art /soundtrack installations with a series of one minute pieces played back to back, in continuous loops. The quadraphonic room is intended to create an immersive experience of variable intensity and aesthetic, displaying diverse influences from the sonic arts. Soundtrack works chosen highlight the possibility in the sound and visual relationship.

Internationally acclaimed sound artist, composer and researcher Dr Ros Bandt will be exhibiting sound sculpture based on Australian wheat silos titled Silo Stories.

Composer Thembi Soddell will be presenting a 23 minute quadraphonic piece titled Intimacy.

Blam!: a video game visually and sonically designed by Isobel Knowles features chip music, cute animals, arcade chicken frogger, fruit airplanes, burning hoops, and ray gun mazes. No levels. No prizes. Just game.

Quadraphonic artists: Boo Chapple, Jennifer Sochackyj, Camilla Hannan, Kelly Sturgis, Julie Burleigh, Sue Harding, and Arnya Tehira.

Soundtrack /video artists: Ai Yamamoto, Bec Charlesworth, Cat Hope, Cassandra Tytler, Camilla Hannan, Jasmine Guffond, Anne-Marie Kohn, Karli Munn, Claire Conroy, Jean Poole, Louise Terry, Jennifer Sochackyj, Geoff Robinson and Sally Blenheim.

Installation artists Ai Yamamoto, Sue Harding and Bec Charlesworth have been invited to perform, each delivering a twenty-minute performance on Liquid Architecture's opening night.

First Site exhibition:

>opening Tuesday July 1st = 5.30pm - 7.30pm

+ exhibition runs from July 2nd to July 12th/ open mon- fri: 11am- 5pm, sat- sun: 1pm- 5pm
@ 344 Swanston St, Melbourne

Kaleide Theatre opening performance:

Tuesday July 1st:

Featuring audio/ visual performances by Bec Charlesworth, Ai Yamamoto, and Sue Harding performing her famous Dot Matrix printer music.

This is a one hour GIG, free entry, straight after first site opening = 7.30pm - 8.30pm

West Space exhibition (gallery three):

*A compilation of seven one minute quadraphonic works by sound artists from across Australia

please note- the opening has been changed from Thursday the 3rd of July to Friday the 4th of July= still 6pm- 8pm

+ exhibition runs from July 4th to july 26th / open wed- fri: 12-6pm , sat: 12-5pm
@ Floor 1, 15-19 Anthony Street, Melbourne.

Curators: Arnya Tehira and Sianna Lee

Media enquiries: Owen McKern 03 9925 3086, owen.mckern@rmit.edu.au
For information contact: Arnya Tehira or Sianna Lee 03 9925 2239

Email: 360_degrees@graffiti.net

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