Caitlin Dubler
Edges of Cliffs Blur Like Mist, Artspace
Suspended Resonance, Canberra Glassworks
Tephra, Penrith Regional Gallery
Particle Scatter, David Li Sound Gallery
Where the Pulse Falls, AD Space
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Canberra Glassworks
15 pieces kiln-formed glass fused with Hawkesbury sandstone
Shock Lines (Niki Johnson, Natasha Dubler and Caitlin Dubler) presented Suspended Resonance at Canberra Glassworks with Canberra International Music Festival.
Moving between the micro and macro, Suspended Resonance responds to the sonic reflections of sandstone cliffs and chasms. Glass-sandstone forms spiral down in the foyer of Canberra Glassworks. Audiences listened to a 20-minute soundwalk around the Kingston Powerhouse heritage building, watching glass blowing and exploring an active glass workshop, before sitting down for a live glass percussion performance.
The soundwalk features excerpts from Australian glass music including Ros Bandt’s ‘Ocean Bells’, Eugene Eughetti and Elaine Miles’ ‘Glass Percussion Project’, and Paul House on glass yidaki. The glass sounds are interspersed by original interviews with sound artist Annea Lockwood and glass artist Kirstie Rea. Annea and Kirstie are two women at the top of their respective fields with 50 years of experience. Annea reflects on her early work, ‘Glass World’, made in 1970 while Kirstie talks about the sensitivity and internal stress of glass while kiln-forming.
The fused sandstone and glass objects were developed by Caitlin Dubler through a 3-month Artist Residency at Canberra Glassworks. Canberra Glassworks is the largest public glassmaking facility in the Southern Hemisphere. Canberra International Music Festical (CIMF) is an annual classical-contemporary music festival with a curated public program.
This work was supported by Creative Australia
Aimee Frodsham, Canberra Glassworks Director
Eugene Eughetti, CIMF Creative Director
Press
ABC Radio National | The Music Show - Glass percussion with Shock Lines and campfire storytelling with Mark Atkins
Canberra City News - If the Earth could sing, this is it’s song