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Kristin nelson: sounds of curtains (now destroyed) sydney opera house

Project by artist Kristin Nelson
Featuring compositions by Süss, Andrea Roberts, Kelly Ruth, hannah_g, Gail Priest, crys cole, Judith Rice, Christine Fellows, Casey Mecija, and Roger White
Risograph print with text by Jeanne Randolph and artwork by Kelly Campbell
Red vinyl with silkscreened cover, edition of 100

Sounds of Curtains (now destroyed) Sydney Opera House investigates the labour of curtains in ten compositions by ten artists from across Canada and Australia. Each artist incorporated recordings made in Sydney, Australia, of one of ten mechanical winches within the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House. These mechanical winches were removed in 2017 as part of a larger Sydney Opera House renewal project. This is an archiving of their sounds and includes the work of crys cole, Christine Fellows, hannah_g, Casey Mecija, Gail Priest, Judith Rice, Andrea Roberts, Kelly Ruth, Süss, and Roger White.

The album is not available in digital format and can only be purchased on vinyl. A bonus risograph insert contains a written response to the artists project by Jeanne Randolph and artwork by Kelly Campbell. The artist would like the thank the Winnipeg Arts Council.

Kristin Nelson is an inter-disciplinary artist working with ideas of labour and value in a post-industrial, capitalist society. Kristin attributes personal and alternative narratives to everyday objects, people and places, seeking to introduce new ways of viewing what is often overlooked.