Projects
SONIC BLOOM
Artistic Producer and Lead Artist
Sonic Bloom was an immersive sound art project commissioned by the City of Greater Bendigo that transformed the historic Rosalind Park Conservatory into a vibrant hub of sonic exploration and cultural connection. Through a series of sound installations and live performances, Sonic Bloom celebrated the power of sound to connect people to place, culture, and each other.
YORDJA - ‘Into The Dreaming’
Composer and Music Producer
Troy Firebrace is a proud Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung artist known for his innovative approach to blending cultural heritage with contemporary art. His latest project, Yordja, takes audiences on a transformative journey, exploring the depths of Aboriginal culture through immersive installation and performances. By incorporating ceremonial elements like Smoking Ceremonies, Troy bridges tradition and modernity, creating powerful metaphors for healing and connection to Country. Through Yordja, he invites audiences to experience the rich intersection of culture, art, and innovation.
Yordja has been presented live at events such as Ok Motels Charlton and White Night Ballarat.
THE ROBOTS ARE COMING
Contributing Artist and Collaborator
<< ‘Something Metropolis’- A video artwork by Ivan Sun using my song ‘Something’
"Not just an art event but an innovative event integrating art, technology and community education"
Central Victorian artists presented their work in an art exhibition curated by Ivan Sun and thematically centred on their response to the coming of artificial intelligence, robotic technologies and their impact on the creative and local community. The works exhibited included paintings, prints and other 2D works, sculptures, ceramic works, video and virtual artworks. At the conclusion of the exhibition, work was archived in a digital time capsule and presented to the City of Greater Bendigo, with the request that it be reopened in 12 years time. Participating artists included: Aimee Chapman, CreateA, Julia Day, Paul Fletcher, Heidi Franklin, Wes Franklin, Annelise Henderson, Martin Lee, John O'Loughlin, Bridie Margaret O'Toole, Andre Sardone, Nathan Sims, Steven Stanley, Lauren Starr, Ivan Sun, Claire E Tennant, Sarah Wallace-Smith, Kain White
WOMEN OF GOLD
Composer - Short Film, Project Contributor
Women of Gold is a multimedia project showcasing the stories and contributions of women in the City of Greater Bendigo.
Six local artists bring the untold stories of women, out of the shadows and into the light. These diverse stories illuminate the richness and complexity of women’s perspectives.
We ignite conversation and recognition of the underrepresentation of women in art and the resulting barriers, invisibility, silence, and impact this has on society.
The immersive experience includes the Women of Gold short film, viewed via QR codes an exhibition at Pennyweight Walk Outdoor Gallery, and a showcase on the iconic BENDIGO sign in recognition of International Women’s Day 2024
HEART MAPS
Mentor, Contributing Artist, Mix and Mastering
Heart Maps is the 2023 project of Amy Tsilemanis supported by a Regional Arts Australia fellowship: a creative research residency in the Otways, Gadubanud Country that explores layers of the past, present and future through maps and audio. It is in partnership with the Apollo Bay Museum, local artists, arts organisations, and guided by traditional custodian Richard Collopy and had a live audio walk outcome as part of the Winter Wilds Festival.
VAST
Project Lead and Contributing Artist
Once a thriving port and now a relic of European settlement at the mouth of the Harding (Ngurin) river in the red dirt of the Pilbara, Cossack found itself momentarily reanimated when artists from around Australia descended on the stunning environment and its surrounds for a happening called ‘Vast' for which I was one of a team of 3 who conceived and delivered this multifaceted project.
Bernard Fanning, Tyson Mowarin, Sally Seltmann, Paul Dempsey, Ro, Glenn Richards (Augie March), Alex Gow (Oh Mercy), Ryan Brennan (Doug and Cletus), Alan Pigram, Adam Harvey, Paul McDermott and many others - camped out for a week in the 19th century pearling port of Cossack, 1500 kms North of Perth - and collaborated, wrote and recorded their life changing experience.
Days and nights were alive with the glow of music, art and collaboration in this makeshift village. Friends were made as musicians serenaded painters, sculptors and luthiers at work, providing inspiration to the musicmaking through their creations and processes.
Local elders asked that we refer to, ‘Bajinhurrba’, the traditional name for this place, that speaks of the areas deep history, as damper cooked in the sand and the Pilbara sun revealed ancient drawings on the rocks at nearby beaches.
This was a day of The Vast Project in the Pilbara, each moment captured and collected in art, film and song, now presented on Vast, the album.
COMING HOME
Artistic Director, Producer and Contributing Artist
Coming Home was a community driven sound project supported by Phee Broadway Theatre At Home: a Mount Alexander Shire Council program.
Coming Home documents and celebrates the sounds of the commute from the city to our home in the goldfields of Castlemaine and surrounds. The music of train and road trips, once so familiar made almost a memory in the events of 2020, were brought back to life through sound recordings, remixing and a live concert performance at the Phee Broadway Theatre.
SOFTER CURRENTS
Artistic Director, Producer and Contributing Artist
This touring exhibition was funded by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), and was the first of its kind in the region. Created by ten artists from across the region - each inspired by their vision of ‘Our renewable energy future’
Artist, Aimee Chapman was commissioned by DELWP, to represent Mount Alexander Shire with her sound work, ‘Softer Currents’.
The sound work seeks to communicate the tangible yet largely unseen energy generated by renewable sources through the universal language of music. It takes the sounds generated by renewable technologies and the sounds of sculptures created in a renewable environment and processes and manipulates them into a compelling composition illustrating the evolution of this energy into melody, harmony and rhythm.
The accompanying video serves as a visual cue as to the origin of the recorded sounds.
