Featuring drawing, collage, video, live music improvisation, and meditation by multi-instrumentalist and composer Genevieve Fry and multi-disciplinary artist Jessye Wdowin-McGregor, Drawing Sound examines the art of sound, drawing and walking, the connection of these disciplines with our bodies and the experience of emotional resonance, healing and connectivity with our sense of place.
During the daytime, from Tuesday to Saturday each week (from 2-16 February 2023), audiences are invited to join the artists onsite for live improvised music, drawing and walking sessions. Three Friday evening sessions will also be run, featuring Fry’s collaborators; Sorim Byeon, Esala Liyanage, Aarti Jadu and Mindy Meng Wang (details below).
All are welcome to listen, draw, move, or watch the artists at work. Audiences are invited to contribute a drawing for the guest book.
Proceedings
Daytime:
—11:00 am for 11:15 am start // live music improvisation.
—11:45 am // tea break / mix down recording for playback.
—12:30 pm // drawing session with playback.
—1:00 pm drawing session complete // curator/ artists will temporarily hang artwork.
—5:00 pm // take a walk in Princes Park, listening to the sound sketches recorded for the day.
Dates: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 February.
Evenings:
—6 pm for 6:20/6:30 pm start // live music improvisation.
—7 pm // tea/drink break / mix down recording for playback.
—7:30 pm // drawing session with playback.
—8:00/8:30 pm drawing complete.
—8:00/8:30 - 9:00 pm Drinks, mingling. The event space closes at 9:00 pm.
Dates: 3, 10 & 17 February. Featuring in order of appearance: Sorim Byeon, Esala Liyanage, Aarti Jadu & Mindy Meng Wang.
No booking is required for daytime sessions throughout the week. Please register for sessions in the evenings and Saturdays via the ‘Join the guest list’ buttons below.
Notes:
—Entrance on Fridays and Saturdays is via the rear right of way, via Black Street (which runs parallel to Sydney Road). Our ushers will direct you. Tickets are essential to help us coordinate logistics.
—Except for Friday evenings which are ticketed at $10, sessions are free if you bring your own materials, but on these days, we ask you to contribute $5 or purchase a drink to help us to cover our costs, plan seating and refreshment arrangements, etc.
—Drawing will be freestyle and self-guided, except for one facilitated workshop session on Saturday, 11 February. Please join this session for a more hands-on teaching experience. Register here.
—Please arrive after the music meditation/post mix down to start with drawing if you prefer. Access via rear laneway entry only.
—Audience participants can bring their own materials, or for $5, they can use the materials supplied. They can also elect to submit their drawing for exhibition in our guest book, which will be displayed at the end of the making period in the exhibition space.
—No booking is required for walks. All will depart from the venue. Listening materials will be accessed via a Soundcloud account provided on the day.
For more information on the project, please visit this edition of our News/Stories page.