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Jane Venis Naked and Confused MP3 Soundtrack
Numerous studies in recent years have documented how lower pH (higher acidity) can make it harder for shellfish and tiny organisms to form shells or internal skeletons and to reproduce. So not only will some be naked (as they can’t make shells) but many are confused through their loss of ability to see and navigate. The sea-life in this sound work are in some way threatened by rising acidification, micro plastic pollution or sound pollution which effects their ability to survive. Drifting through the soundtrack you will hear the cry of a contemporary bone flute – similar to a traditional köauau - on which I play a lament to the state of our oceans.
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Marion Wassenaar 1/1200 (after Duchamp) Take 3 screenprints on paper
1/1200 (after Duchamp) Take 3 is a reference to Marcel Duchamp’s 1200 coal sacks exhibited at the 1938 Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme held at the Galerie Beaux-Arts in Paris. This is the third iteration in my use of coal sacks that seeks to explore the catastrophic effects of industrialisation and the impact the use of fossil fuels has on our environment.
