Reverie Projects, in association with the Villa Alba Museum, is devoted to establishing a dialogue between the historic house in Melbourne’s Kew and contemporary art practitioners. This dialogue takes the form of a series of exhibitions in which the house acts as subject and muse.
Artist Profile no. 10: Stephen Philip
Musician Stephen Philip (of The Thought Criminals and Do Re Mi fame) will exhibit his composition Dusting For Prints at the Narrative Space exhibition.
Artist Statement
I know Villa Alba has been many things in it’s life and being a family home is one of them.
I’m simply imaging that at some stage in the history of Villa Alba that a child occupied a room and it had enormous importance to her.
This room was her “safe place”, “happy place”, “fun place” which goes towards defining her.
It’s her special private space/room even if she only spent a short period of time occupying it when compared to the total age of the building.
It’s also goes to “ownership” and our sense of what is, if only for a fleeting moment, thought of as solely ours and no one else’s.
We are all quite transient when it come to fixed dwellings yet I’d like to think (at least for the sake of this piece) that we all leave an impression or a memory in the bricks and mortar which lingers.
I have no idea if I’ll actually achieve this in the final product but Hell it’s fun having a go.
Preserved, deep frozen Memory is at the heart of “Dusting for Prints”.
Time and place memory - all cryo-packed for future delights.
Four sound sources: each projecting sounds and noises
Four sound sources: in and out of sync
Four sound sources: broadcasting - never repeating
Four sound sources: unpredictable
Dusting for Prints
IN LITTLE CRACKS AND LITTLE GAPS
THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND HER
Dusting for Prints
IN FADED TIMBERS CHALKY IN DUST
THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND HER
THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND HER
