Event
Invitation To Ruin - Premiere Screening
- Date: Thursday, 21 May 2015, 6pm
- Venue: State Library of WA — 25 Francis Street, Perth, WA
- Series: This event is part of the The 12th Totally Huge New Music Festival (THNMF) series
- Tickets: Free - Bookings recommended — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
Filmmaker Robert Castiglione has been documenting the work of renowned Ruined Piano artist Ross Bolleter for over 10 years travelling with Ross in his search for ruin across Australia from Tasmania to remote Western Australia country towns.
The resulting film, An invitation to Ruin, gives a wonderful insight into this unique artist, his work and the extraordinary environments in which the work is created.
Rob Castiglione says, "Ross works in the moment, improvisationally, so I had to be ready to capture immediately whatever emerged. I found myself filming and recording pianos in an incredible variety of locations – on roof tops, in a dam, in a lonely field or perched precariously on a granite outcrop!
"Each ruined piano is utterly unique, their sound and appearance evolving and changing as they decay back into the earth. From these ruins, Ross would coax an astonishing variety of different sounds, enlarging our notion of what a piano, and indeed, what music itself is. The film unfolds through Ross’s encounters with ruined pianos. As far as possible I let the ruined pianos speak for themselves."
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (08) 9228 3711 or by email to info@tura.com.au
Featured artists
- Music of Ross Bolleter
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