SONIA LEBER & DAVID CHESWORTH
AustraliaCollaborating since the 1996, Sonia Leber and David Chesworth have created a series of large-scale installation artworks, using sound, video, architecture and public participation, often utilizing the human voice as a principal element. Their HD video works are influenced by the sound-based aspects of their practice as well as specific architectural and social settings. They are regularly commissioned to create site-specific sound installations for the public domain.
Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Zaum Tractor’, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne (2014); and Gridchinhall, Moscow (2013); ‘The Way You Move Me’, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne (2012); ‘Space-Shifter’, Detached/MONA FOMA, Hobart (2012); Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (2011); and Conical, Melbourne (2009); and ‘Almost Always Everywhere Apparent’, Mildura Arts Centre (2008); and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2007).
Sonia Leber’s early films have been exhibited widely at film festivals and contemporary art spaces including Germany’s Oberhausen International Film Festival, Madrid Week of Experimental Cinema, the Aurora Australis tour of galleries in Canada, Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney and Australian Perspecta at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. In 1994, Leber curated the sound art event 'Earwitness: Excursions in Sound' for Melbourne’s Contemporary Music Events.
David Chesworth's music compositions and sound installations have been performed and exhibited extensively in Australia and internationally. Major festivals featuring his work include Ars Electronica, Festival d’Automne de Paris, Big Chill, Paris Quartier D'été, Edinburgh International Festival, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Adelaide Festival of Arts, Biennale of Sydney, SoundCulture and the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival. Chesworth’s awards include a Churchill Fellowship and an honourable mention in Prix Ars Electronica.
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