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to correspondences. Our aim is to create lasting people connections across cultures through the medium of art.
to correspondences. Our aim is to create lasting people connections across cultures through the medium of art.
Aarti Jadu (Naarm/Melbourne) is a multi-disciplinary artist, vocalist and composer who works closely with the voice and installation. Pairing classical elements, referencing chamber music, baroque and various folk traditions, with the timbre of techno-flavoured synthesizers, 808, and pop autotune, the work revolves around the power of embodying sound, exploring their connection with place and state of being, an interest originating from her lifelong relationship with devotional music and group singing practice. Aarti’s 2022 album, L'Ecole De La Caz, was nominated for 18th Australian Music Prize and in 2021, she was finalist in the category of Avant Garde/ Experimental Artist of the Year for Music Victoria. Aarti performs in various ensembles, solo and collaboratively and is the Director of the experimental art initiative Tincture. They are one of four vocalists in the Khyaal Vocal Ensemble, a group that explores imaginings stemming from the intuitive expression of the naked voice.
Photograph: Chloe Sobejko
Artist residency: سخن دل Sokhaneh del – language/speech of the heart
9 March ––2 June 2024
From 13 March to 1 June 2024, Aarti undertook their residency, سخن دل Sokhaneh del – language/speech of the heart, collaborating with co-resident artists Inbal Nissim and Javad Kashani.
An interview with Aarti, reflecting on the residency experience, related ideas and experiments, is in progress. Please subscribe to our newsletter to receive notification of its release.
Please press this [hyperlink] to access the wider residency page, which also provides the project announcement.
The ear is a go-between, the eye a lover in unison with the
beloved; the eye has the actual bliss, while the ear has
only the words that promise it.
In hearing there is a transformation of qualities; in seeing, a
transformation of essence.
If your knowledge of fire has been ascertained from words
alone, seek to be cooked by fire!
There is no intuitive certainty until you burn: if you desire
that certainty, sit down in the fire!
When the ear is subtle, it becomes an eye; otherwise, the
words are enmeshed and cannot reach the heart.
— Maulana/Rumi Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson
