Between Worlds: Navigating art

Presented by Naretha Williams

Hosted by Blindside
19/10/2019
Talk #81

Image courtesy of Christopher Sutherland

NARETHA WILLIAMS presents “Between Worlds - Navigating artistic experimentation, culturally informed practice, technology, ritual and context”

Naretha will discuss how, as an interdisciplinary experimental artist, her processed based work is informed by several key points of inquiry – bio data, cultural practice, place and esoteric frameworks.

NARETHA WILLIAMS is a First Nations experimental & interdisciplinary artist with a primary focus on music and audio arts practice. A Wiradjuri woman of mixed lineage, born and based in Melbourne on the Sovereign Land of the Kulin Nation, Naretha's work intersects installation and contemporary music, exploring themes around identity, place and the unseen. In 2017 Naretha began a major composition project titled CRYPTEX. In the same year Naretha's debut release on 12" LP by Heavy Machinery Records followed the success of Circle, a live activation of the large-scale sculptural instrument Federation Bells as part of the 2017 YIRRAMBOI festival. In 2019 Naretha presented Blak Mass, a live performance work for the Melbourne Town Hall’s Grand Organ which will be released as her first full length album in 2020