Sonic Babylon
Cypress Trilogy Collaboration with Sonic Babylon
29 May 2010 – Noosa Regional Gallery – 5:30-9:30 PM
program overview
6.00 pm, Noosa River Bank
Welcome to the Country
Lyndon Davis and the Gubbi Gubbi Dancers
7.00 pm, Noosa Regional Gallery
Opening of Cypress Trilogy and Sonic Babylon
7.15 pm, Noosa Regional Gallery
Cypress Trilogy Performance: Dusk, Darkness and Dawn
Leah Barclay, Anthony Garcia, Hyelim Kim, James Muller,
Jeremy Neideck and Mary Eggleston
8.30–9.30 pm, Noosa River Bank
Sonic Babylon and Cypress Trilogy Installation
about cypress trilogy
Cypress Trilogy is a site-specific interactive performance installation by Leah Barclay commissioned for the Sunshine Coast Council TreeLine initiative—one of Australia’s most ambitious green art projects. This ephemeral work features national and international artists in an innovative performance of sound, light and imagery inspired by the Noosa Biosphere Reserve.
Cypress Trilogy opens with a collaboration between Lyndon Davis, Leah Barclay and the Gubbi Gubbi Dance group on the banks of the Noosa River. This is followed by the three movements of Cypress Trilogy ‘Dusk, Darkness and Dawn’ performed inside the Gallery with live visuals from James Muller intertwining with Barclay’s signature environmental soundscapes recorded in the Noosa Biosphere. The performance provides a rich tapestry of local history abstracted through the soundscape and features pioneering Korean taegum artist Hyelim Kim and virtuoso guitarist Anthony Garcia. Performance artists Jeremy Neideck and Mary Eggleston provide another rich layer for this interactive work.
Cypress Trilogy concludes with the sounds evolving into the Sonic Babylon Installation with projections and lighting set amongst the trees and the Noosa River. A new series of sounds will be planted in Sonic Babylon before, during and after the Cypress Trilogy performance. Live amplification of the garden begins at 8:30.
Leah Barclay
Leah Barclay is a multi award winning Australian interdisciplinary artist and has been recognized as a distinctive voice in the international experimental music scene. Since graduating from the Queensland Conservatorium, she has performed, published and produced commissioned works across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, India and Korea with wide acclaim. Her ambitious and adventurous nature has led her to complete projects on the floor of the Australian ocean, desolate lava caves in New Zealand and the evocative backwaters of South India. Her dynamic work has resulted in numerous awards, including the inaugural Premier of Queensland’s National New Media Art Scholarship, Australia’s most prestigious prize for digital media art. Her 2010 activities includes international performance throughout India, China, Korea, the USA, and Europe in addition to a string of major commissions for national and international organizations.