Describe the event: RESONATE is a series of sound interventions into public space, in Redfern. Addressing the physicality of the Gallery as an object, a series of three performances will extend on the literalness of the architectural form (in this case the building that houses the Gallery) and examine the rigidity of ideas embedded in the built environment contrasted against the ephemeral nature of performance. Both inhabiting physical space, these art forms impact in very different ways on individual and collective experiences within the city. One, momentary and personal, the other carrying forward the history, experiences and expectations of all those who have inhabited, worked, visited or moved past and through its various spaces.

The three monthly performances will be staged from the rooftop veranda of 86 George Street, Redfern. Encompassing various musical traditions and sound as art, each performance will be amplified, projected and directed to the suburb around the building. Sound will wash over the building, projecting into the local surrounds and seeping back into the interior spaces. Through this approach, the building will take on some of the characteristics of the ephemeral, while the performance will become part of the history of the building, both shifting the context of the Gallery and its place within the community it inhabits.

RESONATE is the first in a program of events which will look at an ever increasing blurring of the boundaries between art forms. Contemporary society facilitates a collapsing of definition within the arts, often contrasted by an ever-present conservative and traditional discussion around difference in a societal context – expanding distance rather than removing it. Future projects will take in these considerations as part of their conceptual development, extending and engaging with new audiences through non-traditional and sometimes confronting interventions into the public realm.