August 2022
As we move into the second half of the year, Soundstream has several exciting projects on the horizon, including the upcoming premiere performance of DARK: ANTIKYTHERA, workshops in Titjikala Community in the NT, Gabriella Smart’s European tour of PRIMORDIAL, and the premiere of visionary virtual reality work WAVE in the Adelaide Film Festival…
DARK: ANTIKYTHERA in Pt Augusta
On August 12 at 7:30pm, Soundstream’s Gabriella Smart and Dan Pitman will present the world premiere of DARK: ANTIKYTHERA at the Pt Augusta Golf Course, as part of Chamber Music Adelaide’s On The Terrace in Pt Augusta program.
DARK: ANTIKYTHERA is inspired by the Antikythera Mechanism, a delicate clockwork device built by the ancient Greeks circa 70 BC that predicted the position of the stars and planets and a range of important celestial events. Only two of these devices, celebrated as the original ancestor of the modern computer, were ever built. Their value was immense, and nothing of this mechanical intricacy would be seen again until the early 14th century.
This premiere performance takes place on Fairway 1, Port Augusta Golf Club within a powerful surround system in total nocturnal darkness, with the audience’s attention directed upwards towards the night sky.
Free tickets for the performance can be booked on Humantix:
The night sky at the recent creative development residency for DARK: ANTIKYTHERA at Oratunga Station in the Flinders Ranges. Photo by Dan Pitman.
Titjikala Community Workshops
Due to sorry business, the Titjikala Community Music Workshops have been postponed from July to late August and September.
The Music Workshops support collaboration between The Inarma Choir and Gabriella Smart, and the men of Simpson Desert Band alongside Mark Smeardon and Kerry Bird.
Generous support for these workshops has been provided by donors to Soundstream’s annual Australian Cultural Fund campaign and an Arts NT Project grant.
European Tour of PRIMORDIAL
In October 2022, Artistic Direct Gabriella Smart will embark on a European tour of Constantine Koukias’ PRIMORDIAL, for piano and diverse media.
Commissioned by the Hon. Christopher Schacht & Soundstream, PRIMORDIAL is a visceral listening experience that re-enacts the shifting of tectonic plates to form the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, a journey through time to the first sign of life on earth with the appearance of the Ediacara fossils. The sonic world of PRIMORDIAL reflects the immense landscape of the Ediacara Fossil field on the edge of the Australian desert.
PRIMORDIAL will tour to Dubrovnik, Novi Sad, Belgrade and Amsterdam.
The European Tour of PRIMORDIAL is supported by Arts South Australia.
Photo by Ben D. Woods
WAVE VR Project
This genre-defying work of art unites digital imagery, ceramics and sound in an immersive 360-degree installation in the Elder Wing of the Art Gallery of South Australia from 19 to 30 October 2022.
Gerry Wedd’s iconic ceramics and drawings are brought to life with an evocative soundscape composed by Gabriella Smart in this cinematic production directed by Wedd and Mark Patterson, with digital production by Jumpgate VR.
Visitors are invited on an epic journey from sea to sky through this new form of storytelling that unites the mythic imagery of Wedd and the sonic intensity of Smart.
WAVE is supported by the Adelaide Film Festival and the Art Gallery of South Australia.
More information available on the Film Festival website:
Gerry Wedd: Fishmonster, 2022, watercolour on paper, drawing for WAVE animation
