Photograph: Andrew Curtis
Sound Painting
Danae Valenza
Dec 2017-Jul 2018
Hero Building Billboard
118 Russell Street
Melbourne
Speaking, punctuated.
Gusts of wind pluck vocal chords. Sounds accompanied by a wave of hands, curl
of fingers. Eyebrows raise, heads tilt, movement for the presence of another
being. Bridging one voice to another. A corporeal sonic architecture transmits.
Sound becomes
photographic. Musicians strike a chord or play a note. A strobe flickers
light. Listening and playing is in tandem with ritual movement. C sharp-F
major-B flat.
Folklore over fire.
Flames push and soften as light hits hands and speech. Shadows in flux. Lit
pizzicato washes through the ears and eyes of others, to rest again in another
body.
DANAE VALENZA is a Melbourne-based artist for whom music and
collaboration is a major part of her art-making. Valenza holds a BFA from
Monash University and has exhibited widely in Australia and
overseas, including: MCA, Sydney 2016; ACCA, Melbourne, 2014; Gertrude
Contemporary, Melbourne, 2014; Prawneg & Wolf, South Tyrol, Italy, 2013;
Objectifs Centre for Photography & Film Making, Singapore, 2014; Bus
Projects, Melbourne, 2013 and Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, 2012. Valenza has
been awarded The Ian Potter Travelling Scholarship, 2013and participated in the
residency program at Helsinki International Arts Program in Finland, following
her studio residency at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, from 2014.
Curated by Angela Brophy
Supported by the City of Melbourne through the Arts Grants Program
For further information contact angela@platform.org.au
Text and Image: Courtesy of the artist