Composer Nigel Butterley and artist John Peart with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, demonstrate how music and image can interact to produce a unified work as painter and composer respond to each other. Also shows a variety of Australian locations which are used to motivate the final work including, convict ruins at Norfolk Island, Central Australian desert, “bush” (Nigel Butterley), “city” (John Peart).
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ACMI Identifier
321780
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Australia
Music & Performing Arts → Butterley, Nigel
Music & Performing Arts → Composers - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)