Terrarara Performances II
The politics of listening

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An ongoing body of work from Yimbaya Maranoa Art Collective's camping residency in 2024, held on Gunggari Country close to the Maranoa River, on pastoral property "Terrarara".​​

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Relational and situated listening is a core practice of the collective. The politics of listening is intended as an ecoacoustic modality for deep listening to Country.​ Site specific listening flattens hierarchies of power, recognising non-humans as both actors and listeners in a de-centred soundscape. Listening is active and permeable, connected and participatory.

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Wind harp installation:
First iteration of a collaborative sound installation with Stewart Kruger.

A travel guitar with pickup and headphones placed on an open and elevated site enabled "listening to the air" as it moved through the guitar strings. Humans and others occasionally came into physical contact with the installation, leaving a unique, momentary mark on the soundscape.