An installation-performance work comprising sculptures, video, floor- and wall-pieces made with volcanic soils from each of the individual mountains, projections of topographical drawings, environmental sound recordings, spatially manipulated electronics and live cello performances.
Institute of Modern Art and Queensland Music Festival in Brisbane. Dates: July 22- August 30, 2005
Background: The Glasshouse Mountains are a series of ancient eroded volcanoes located in the Sunshine coast hinterland of Southeast Queensland, Australia. The ten mountains, named in Aboriginal lore, are powerful presences. Seen from across the water of the Pumicestone Passage, their
mystical forms seem to float above the ground. They suggest iconic images of levitating rock, reverberating with the deep sonorities of gigantic bells.
The Glasshouse Mountains are a dramatic terrain for investigating the acculturation of natural environments through processes of mapping. The project draws on the multiple histories surrounding these mountains. It reflects views from both an Indigenous knowledge base in which country is synonymous with spiritual and cultural values and European attitudes to land in which maps record histories of exploration, ownership and the exploitation of resources.
