Angela Goh, The Concert (2022), moving image, 40:00 (film still). Commissioned by the Sydney Opera House. Image courtesy the artist and Fine Arts, Sydney.
Sometimes, objects are so imbued with memory and meaning it is hard to discard them.
When the Sydney Opera House refurbished its Concert Hall, its iconic ‘doughnuts’ – as people fondly referred to them – the acoustic reflector rings that hovered above the stage since 1973, were retired.
It was too good an opportunity for Sydney-based dancer, Keir Choreographic Award-winning artist and film director, Angela Goh, who was invited to undertake a residency at the Opera House in 2021 and create a new work with the doughnuts.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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