Sonic Crucible Entanglements

Jordan Lacey; Toby Gifford; Mick Harding

Sonic Crucible Entanglements
Image credit: Jordan Lacey; Toby Gifford; Mick Harding
  • Format: Live Performance
  • Session: concert-3
  • Presence: In person
  • Duration: 16
  • Location: Performance #0 (must be outside)

Abstract:

Sonic Crucible Entanglements is an ongoing ‘new materialist’ (Bennet 2010) investigation of singing bowls that critiques new age narratives (Barnett 2010; Brown 2020) by exploring the ‘spiritual’ potential of inter-cultural material-led collaborations. This live singing bowl performance, also featuring vocal and visual projections, will immerse audiences in an atmospheric cultural encounter combining performance, visuals, sound art and instruments. Taungurung Kulin artist Mick Harding will present a contextual introduction that explores the experimental approach of the collaboration. The artists acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, the traditional custodians of the Canberra region. Our intention of bringing smoke to this performance is not as a welcome to country or as an acknowledgement, but rather to introduce the element of smoke into the performance alongside light, sound, air and voice as part of our exploration of the vibrancy of materiality. Through a song of generosity, knowledge and sharing sung and performed by Mick Harding we embrace Indigenous Research Methods through a combination of traditional and new technologies of sound (Wilson 2008).