Leah Barclay

Event date: 29 May 2010 - 4 Jul 2010

 

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Composer in hybrid media and experimental sonic languages 

"Leah Barclay has been recognised as one of the most promising Australian composers of her generation. Since graduating from the Queensland Conservatorium, she has performed, published and produced commissioned works across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, India and Korea. Her current work explores hybrid media and experimental sonic languages fusing the spontaneity of live performance with the infinite possibilities of technology. Her dynamic work has resulted in numerous awards, including the 2009 Asialink Performing Artist Residency at Art Centre Nabi in Seoul, South Korea and the inaugural Premier of Queensland's National New Media Art Scholarship, Australia’s most prestigious prize for digital media art."

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Cypress Trilogy

Cypress Trilogy – Leah Barclay
Date: Saturday 29th May 2010, 5:30-8:30pm | Installation until 9.30pm. Location: Noosa Regional Gallery

The next installment of Sunshine Coast Council TreeLine initiative – one of Australia’s most ambitious green art projects – will inspire crowds with a dramatic display of sound, light and imagery at Noosa Regional Gallery this month.

As a continuation of this six-month long project, the Noosa Regional Gallery presents Leah Barclay’s Cypress Trilogy on May 29 situated on the banks of the Noosa River for a three part series of interactive performances. This ephemeral display of sound, light and imagery set amongst the trees and the surface of the water is free to the public.

Leah Barclay is a multi-award winning Australian artist / composer who has drawn inspiration for this work from the UNESCO-recognised region of the Noosa Biosphere Reserve and has been commissioned especially for the TreeLine program.

The performance will provide a rich tapestry of local history and feature a selection of internationally acclaimed performers including pioneering Korean taegum artist Hyelim Kim and virtuoso guitarist Anthony Garcia. Artist such as Melbourne based Jeremy Neideck and local performer Mary Eggleston provide another rich layer for this interactive performance. Cypress Trilogy will also include live visuals from James Muller at Earth Base productions intertwining with Barclay’s signature environmental soundscapes recorded in the Noosa Biosphere.

Cypress Trilogy opens with a collaboration between Lyndon Davis, Leah Barclay and the Gubbi Gubbi Dance group on the banks of the river. New notational methods have been developed based on the textures and shapes of trees, particularly the coastal cypress pine. Lines and shapes extracted from these images have been used to generate gestures, rhythms and sonic filters in the creative process of this work.
Leah Barclay 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, 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. In 2009 she was awarded the Asialink Performing Artist Residency for South Korea and The Australia Council HELM Award for Environmental Art.

Leah Barclay is one of 25 lead artists for TreeLine who will present their work in the first multi-venue art exhibition across all of council’s galleries and art spaces from 29 May until 4 July. For performance details please contact Noosa Regional Gallery on 5449 5340.

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