It has been established that soundwaves cannot travel in an airtight vacuum, so it is often assumed that sonic energy does not exist in outer space. This assumption is furthered through film and television, which often represent outer space as an empty, still and silent zone. Yet sound existing in space is feasible because not all of space is contained in a vacuum. Sound occurs within the atmospheres of gassy planets and nebulae, or soundwaves traverse the molten substance of stars. Otherwise, objects and energy fields in outer space can be heard via radio and microwave frequencies or by translating cosmic data into electronic recordings.
Space, as it turns out, can be a very noisy place; each planet, star, nebula, comet and asteroid has its own sonic signature. The black void of space is actually filled with ancient radio static, speculated to be left over from a ‘Big Bang’ event that occurred around14 billion years ago.
In this exhibition, Ali Bezer has interpreted an array of eerie and dissonant cosmic noises into physical objects. The works encapsulate her feelings of curiosity and unease when listening to the realm beyond Earth’s atmosphere.
OPENING / 20 May 2015, 6PM
ARTIST TALK / 27 May, 6PM
FRIDAY NIGHT / 5 June, from 5:30PM onwards
METRO ARTS GALLERY, Level 2
