The 'On Listening' exhibition opens in April 2018 at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Curated by A/Prof Vanessa Tomlinson and Dr Leah Barclay, 'On Listening' is the latest instalment from 100 Ways to Listen and celebrates innovative music making and sonic explorations at the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre.
Join us to view the exhibition and celebrate the opening on Friday April 20 after "The essential gesture is the breath" concert at 6pm in the Ian Hanger Recital Hall. This concert features Clocked Out joined by visiting artist Jim Denley to explore listening, extended techniques and site inspired improvisation.
Listening is perhaps the most important task of the musician – listening to our sound, listening to the space, listening to the environment, listening to each other. It is what we share with the audience – we are all in it together, listening.
This series of 15 photographs covers a 15-year span; the 2018 age of the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre (QCRC). This exhibition has been sponsored by the QCRC as part of the centre’s 15th anniversary celebrations, and brings together images that evoke perspectives on innovative music-making and listening. These photographs feature projects from QCRC researchers, QCGU doctoral students and alumni, and some of our close collaborators over the past fifteen years. Various photographers and research projects are represented, with each image capturing a moment in time of listeners, listening and things to be listened to; improvisers listening to make a decision about what to play next, audience members listening to the unfolding sound, sharing listening of land and place, performers listening in to their colleagues, musicians awaiting the moment to enter, musicians listening to their own sound, and sounds being made to be listened to. What does falling rice sound like?
This private, internal aspect of music making examines the space between. The invisible vibrations travelling between each of us, embedded with information which we all interpret differently. When we are listening, we are paying attention. When we pay attention we offer respect. When we offer respect we might begin to hear what others are saying. Listening can be seen as an ethical act, and as musicians, we can traverse boundaries, cultures, divisions, differences through listening.
In compiling this collection we are starting a new conversation, as we search through archives looking for magical moments that convey something about the nature of listening. It is an aspect of performance that often goes un-noticed, and each photographer here has captured a moment by sharing in the listening experience from behind the lens. The 15 photos in this collection are the starting point of an ongoing project, thinking about how we as Artist/Researchers interact with listening in our research projects, and how we can share some of the more intimate moments of our working process.
This collection will expand throughout the year, adding sound art, interactive experiences and photography that document innovative sonic explorations and perspectives on listening. We encourage QCRC members and collaborators to share listening images online and use #QCRC15 to be included in the digital exhibition that will unfold throughout 2018.
QCRC acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which these photographs were taken and are being displayed, and pays respect to Elders, past, present and emerging.
Join us to view the exhibition and celebrate the opening on Friday April 20 after "The essential gesture is the breath" concert at 6pm in the Ian Hanger Recital Hall. This concert features Clocked Out joined by visiting artist Jim Denley to explore listening, extended techniques and site inspired improvisation.
Listening is perhaps the most important task of the musician – listening to our sound, listening to the space, listening to the environment, listening to each other. It is what we share with the audience – we are all in it together, listening.
This series of 15 photographs covers a 15-year span; the 2018 age of the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre (QCRC). This exhibition has been sponsored by the QCRC as part of the centre’s 15th anniversary celebrations, and brings together images that evoke perspectives on innovative music-making and listening. These photographs feature projects from QCRC researchers, QCGU doctoral students and alumni, and some of our close collaborators over the past fifteen years. Various photographers and research projects are represented, with each image capturing a moment in time of listeners, listening and things to be listened to; improvisers listening to make a decision about what to play next, audience members listening to the unfolding sound, sharing listening of land and place, performers listening in to their colleagues, musicians awaiting the moment to enter, musicians listening to their own sound, and sounds being made to be listened to. What does falling rice sound like?
This private, internal aspect of music making examines the space between. The invisible vibrations travelling between each of us, embedded with information which we all interpret differently. When we are listening, we are paying attention. When we pay attention we offer respect. When we offer respect we might begin to hear what others are saying. Listening can be seen as an ethical act, and as musicians, we can traverse boundaries, cultures, divisions, differences through listening.
In compiling this collection we are starting a new conversation, as we search through archives looking for magical moments that convey something about the nature of listening. It is an aspect of performance that often goes un-noticed, and each photographer here has captured a moment by sharing in the listening experience from behind the lens. The 15 photos in this collection are the starting point of an ongoing project, thinking about how we as Artist/Researchers interact with listening in our research projects, and how we can share some of the more intimate moments of our working process.
This collection will expand throughout the year, adding sound art, interactive experiences and photography that document innovative sonic explorations and perspectives on listening. We encourage QCRC members and collaborators to share listening images online and use #QCRC15 to be included in the digital exhibition that will unfold throughout 2018.
QCRC acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which these photographs were taken and are being displayed, and pays respect to Elders, past, present and emerging.
'On Listening' Exhibition Preview
Sounding Wivenhoe (2007)
Miranda Sue Yek listening before playing, Lake Wivenhoe
Work by Erik Griswold | Photo: Sharka Bosakova
Miranda Sue Yek listening before playing, Lake Wivenhoe
Work by Erik Griswold | Photo: Sharka Bosakova
Winanjjikari Service Learning Program, Tennant Creek (2014)
Caleb Colledge and Jordan Jordan Newcastle, Barkly Regional Arts, Northern Territory
Photo: Lincoln Mackinnon
Caleb Colledge and Jordan Jordan Newcastle, Barkly Regional Arts, Northern Territory
Photo: Lincoln Mackinnon
The Listening Museum (2013)
Listening in to Lucier’s work for bass drums and pingpong balls
Urban Art Projects, Northgate
Work by Clocked Out | Photo: Sean Young
Listening in to Lucier’s work for bass drums and pingpong balls
Urban Art Projects, Northgate
Work by Clocked Out | Photo: Sean Young
The Intersection of Improvisation and Composition (2011)
Peter Knight, Doctorate of Musical Arts Creative Presentation
Jazz Music Institute, Fortitude Valley | Photo: Sharka Bosakova
Peter Knight, Doctorate of Musical Arts Creative Presentation
Jazz Music Institute, Fortitude Valley | Photo: Sharka Bosakova
Rainforest – Sonic Environments (2017)
100 Ways to Listen, World Science Festival Brisbane
Work by Mauricio Iregui and Leah Barclay | Photo: Greg Harm
100 Ways to Listen, World Science Festival Brisbane
Work by Mauricio Iregui and Leah Barclay | Photo: Greg Harm
Dream, Spill, Fear, Percussion (2010)
Listening to rice, National Film and Sound Archive
Work by Erik Griswold | Photo: Simon Wearne
Listening to rice, National Film and Sound Archive
Work by Erik Griswold | Photo: Simon Wearne