MONA FOMA
MONA FOMA
PW1 Hobart
19 January 2012
Cultural skeptics like to think art and music do not mix ‘and never the twain shall meet’. Well, Kellie O’Dempsey is an artist who is out there to prove them wrong. Collaborating with musicians and aided by projections she captures on canvas, or Perspex, or whatever surface takes her fancy, she produces figurative lines, rhythms and forms through vibrating sound. Expect nothing less than an audio-visual riot.
Kellie O’Dempsey and Musician Mick Dick performed with festival curator Brian Richie (Violent Femmes and The Break) and the Tasmanian Improvisers Orchestra produced an extraordinary experiential installation. On 40 meters of paper to the sounds of 2 double Basses, Shakahachi, Tuba, Trombone, Saxophone ,Tabla and percussion of Lindsay Arnold, Kellie wielded hand drawn lines of ink, paint, charcoal. Finishing with digital projections to John Cage’s ”Ryoanji” which is a musical depiction of a Japanese rock garden to a captivated audience of over 800.
The musicians were:
Don Bate-Trombone
Tim Jones-Tuba
Danny Healey-soprano sax and Chinese flute
Linzee Arnold-drums (Linzee is also a very prominent visual artist, search him)
Sam Dowson-tabla and percussion
Nick Haywood-double bass
Brian Richie-shakuhachi
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Kellie O’Dempsey and Musician Mick Dick performed with festival curator Brian Richie (Violent Femmes and The Break) and the Tasmanian Improvisers Orchestra produced an extraordinary experiential installation. On 40 meters of paper to the sounds of 2 double Basses, Shakahachi, Tuba, Trombone, Saxophone ,Tabla and percussion of Lindsay Arnold, Kellie wielded hand drawn lines of ink, paint, charcoal. Finishing with digital projections to John Cage’s ”Ryoanji” which is a musical depiction of a Japanese rock garden to a captivated audience of over 800.
Photographer • Georgina Tait