photo: Sonia Leber
David Chesworth, with collaborator Sonia Leber, creates large-scale sound installations for gallery spaces and the public domain. In 2007 they were recipients of the Helen MacPherson Smith Art Commission which resulted in Almost Always Everywhere Apparent installed at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Sonia and David's installation site contains more information about their artworks including Proximities, a permanent soundscape artwork created for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
27.06.2011 MELBOURNE Installation @ 3RRR Performance SpaceDavid views culture as a repository or an archive to be plundered, contested, evoked or edited. Preferring to re-imagine or otherwise re-visit established cultural texts, including popular culture, his interest is in generating new meanings and relevance from this source material.
Also known for his experimental and post-minimalist music, Chesworth has worked in rock groups (Essendon Airport), classical ensembles, theatre, and experimental opera. In 1993 he formed 'The David Chesworth Ensemble' to perform his own works.
Australian and international festival appearances include Ars Electronica, festival D'Automne de Paris, Edinburgh Festival, BAM's Next Wave Festival NYC, The Bang on a Can festival NYC, The Big Chill festival UK, Sydney Biennale, Adelaide and Melbourne Festivals.
David's installation features two works; Peron Station (15 minutes) and Oceanography (30 minutes)
The space is warm and you can chill out on the special Triple R bean bags!
Peron Station, 2006, 8 channel surround , 15minutes
Peron Station was recorded in real time at dawn in the warm mosquito and midge-plagued scrubby coastal bushland of Western Australia. Originally a sheep station, Peron Station is located close to the Indian Ocean, in what has become Francois Peron National Park.
The semi-arid land supports an amazing variety of birdlife. One notable species is the Chiming Wedge-bill whose descending melodic calls overlap and seem to phase in and out of synch with each other.
Oceanography, 2004, 8 channel surround, 30 minutes
Oceanography draws many parallels with the natural environment, however is a fictional world composed over many months.
Most sounds were created electronically with flows, patterns and movements that suggest an underwater eco-system.
