An Ear to the Edge of Sound was an online curatorial project, curated by Josephine Mead and featuring work by Grace Ferguson, Julian Tuna, Tina Stefanou, Laniyuk, AM Kanngieser, Lucreccia Quintanilla & Katie Stackhouse in 2022.
The instant of sounding the voice, to bring forth a lyric, a melody, a vibration of body and air, not of the spoken but of the compositional and the harmonic, the spirited and the angered, is an orality charged by the fevers of history and politics, friends and families, and nations.
— Lexicon of the Mouth: Poetics and Politics of Voice and the Oral Imaginary, Brandon LaBelle, 2016.
For An Ear to the Edge of Sound six artists were invited to think through sound and listening in an expanded sense. The online iteration was live from May 2022 - May 2023 and was developed into an in-gallery iteration at MILK in August 2022.
This project was initially conceived on Wurundjeri woi-wurrung Country. The curator & artists wish to pay their respect to elders past, present & emerging & acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded. The project would not have been possible without generous support from City of Melbourne.
The instant of sounding the voice, to bring forth a lyric, a melody, a vibration of body and air, not of the spoken but of the compositional and the harmonic, the spirited and the angered, is an orality charged by the fevers of history and politics, friends and families, and nations.
— Lexicon of the Mouth: Poetics and Politics of Voice and the Oral Imaginary, Brandon LaBelle, 2016.
For An Ear to the Edge of Sound six artists were invited to think through sound and listening in an expanded sense. The online iteration was live from May 2022 - May 2023 and was developed into an in-gallery iteration at MILK in August 2022.
This project was initially conceived on Wurundjeri woi-wurrung Country. The curator & artists wish to pay their respect to elders past, present & emerging & acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded. The project would not have been possible without generous support from City of Melbourne.
Video still: Miming for Mines: You Can’t Hear Faith│Tina Stefanou│2022│three channel digital film│two channel sound│filmed on Gunai-Kurnai country│8:06mins. Courtesy of the artist.
Film still: Morpheme│Grace Ferguson & Julian Tuna│2022. Courtesy of the artists.
Video still: Song Vessel Activation│Katie Stackhouse│ 2021│ two-channel video with sound│3:49. Courtesy of the artist.