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triestement

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This sound recording is a component of a painting installation I presented at the John Buckley Gallery in Melbourne from April 15 until May 9, 2009.

The installation comprised fourteen monochromes, each loosely based on an original painting by the French artist Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955). Well known for his idiosyncratic, even poetic, light-filled representations of Montmartre, the artist had, until late middle age, lived a life marginalised by alcohol-addiction and poverty.

The core of this project proposes that Utrillo’s luminously coloured
manifestations of Montmartre were in fact transmutations of the artist’s inner shadow. What did this shadow look like?
More importantly how did it manifest as sound, because, I suggest, the artist must have heard this sound before transmuting shadowy darkness into light.

Each of the fourteen paintings attempts to locate and then preserve the shadow-image that preceded the making of each original Utrillo.

As a corollary, this sound recording attempts to describe the inner aural world that Utrillo inhabited as he transmuted shadow into light.

The keys were touched in response to the questions that arose through the unfolding of this project. Though certain conversations took place and were duly witnessed, all questions were ultimately deemed unanswerable.

It proved to be abundantly more than enough, however, to simply ask and then listen.


Domenico de Clario
April 2009

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released April 15, 2009

digital piano: domenico de clario
treatments and sound production: miles du heaume
recorded and mastered at magneto belle studios melbourne, australia
photography: miles du heaume

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domenico de clario VIC, Australia

Domenico de Clario is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, musician and academic.
He was born in Trieste, Italy, in 1947 and migrated to Australia in 1956.
Since 1966 de Clario has presented over 300 exhibitions, installations and sound performances worldwide. He has received numerous grants and residencies, including the Australia Council Fellowship, and has published 5 cds of his music. ... more

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