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                    Kiera Brew Kurec

                    Test Sites: Round 3

                    Two violinists and a flautist performing at a Melbourne tram stop
                    Kiera Brew Kurec is a Melbourne artist working with live endurance performance, performance for video, photography and installation practice.

                    Kiera Brew Kurec recently completed her MFA (visual art) in 2014 at Victorian College of the Arts. She utilises live endurance performance, performance for video, photography and installation practice to explore the middle ground or 'grey area' mapping the physical and mental boundaries and the resulting space between two opposing forces. Kiera has exhibited and resided in Melbourne, Central Australia, New York and Berlin.

                    The Grey Symphony

                    Kiera Brew Kurec's Test Sites project tested a sound activation artwork idea. The test saw three performers holding a single note for 1.5 hours. Brew Kurec’s Test Sites project saw her working with a sound composer to create a score, researching possible locations, and conducting a small test performance with less than ten performers. She worked through considerations such as aesthetics, required permits, pedestrian thoroughfare, traffic, sound considerations and amenities such as toilets and a space for performers to rest.

                    The project tested the feasibility of a large scale public performance ‘The Grey Symphony’. Over a 40-hour period an orchestra will play a continuous note of ‘middle C’ creating a large-scale audio–visual spectacle held in a public space in the City of Melbourne. The work references Yves Klein’s 40 minute performance, Monotone Symphony, where an orchestra plays a single note for 20 minutes followed by 20 minutes of silence.

                    'The Grey Symphony' extends on this idea, exploring the limits of both performer and audience endurance. Middle C is the middle point on a piano, referencing a space of equality between the treble and the bass, the performance will create an expansive body of sound, and a large and visually interesting gathering of performers which will activate the public domain.
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