Скачать или смотреть Anna-Wili Highfield: Mating Dance (with sound by Bree Van Reyk)

Mating Dance by Anna-Wili Highfield is an installation of courtship formations. The sculptures are an homage to the Brolga - Australia's principal dancing bird. Suspended like marionettes, the birds are sewn from waxed cotton and have stopped mid-ballet. They gesture call, response and mimicry.

Composer and Musician, Bree Van Reyk has created an accompanying sound work. Bree’s piece will intermittently shock the dancing birds, with music inspired by the Brolga’s bold honking.

Anna-Wili’s aim is to engineer a moment of contact with nature, in a way that emphasises similarity of form and consciousness shared by both humans and animals.

The Artist in Residency program supporting the development of new work and connects contemporary artists with our community.

ON VIEW: 12 February to 1 May, 2022