Banksias In Snow was an exhibition by GreyWing Ensemble, held at Ellenbrook Arts. The exhibition explored the sounds and shapes of nature, and I was invited to compose a graphically-notated score to be performed at the opening.
I created Cladia as a way of exploring multiple perspectives of place. It is inspired by the Lacy Coral Lichen (cladia ferdinandii), a symbiosis of fungus and algae which can be found in parts of Western Australia including an area called Toompup, north of the Stirling Ranges.
The score combined two images – a map of the Toompup area (rendered into an autonomous instrument) and a photograph of a piece of Cladia (the graphical score) as a way of inviting players to be in symbiosis with place.
