
In The Financial Times, 24 March 2018: ‘Sydney harbours a treasury of art’
[Excerpt] The 21st Sydney Biennale […] brings together 70 artists from 35 countries in […]
Read MoreOliver Beer works at the intersection of architecture, sound and image, exploring the connections between space, objects and acoustics. Informed by his training in fine art, musical composition and film theory, his projects – often taking the form of large-scale installations, live performances, sculpture and video – are research based and use original techniques to test and manipulate the experience of sound. Interested in the resonant frequencies of objects and architecture he devises work that stimulates the unique voice of empty space. His ongoing ‘Resonance Project’ (2007-) has transformed the CentrePompidou, MoMA PS1, and an Ottoman hammam, during Istanbul Biennale (2015), into ‘architectural instruments’ producing audible compositions born from their inherent notes. Performed by trained singers, often alongside ‘two dimensional sculptures’, installations and films, which splice through recognisable objects and narratives, Beer encourages a re-assessment of sensory perception. As he has said of his sculptures, ‘These…are a way of hearing with our eyes – or seeing with our ears.’
Oliver Beer
Recomposition (Jenny), 2018
Violin, sectioned and set in resin, gesso
67 x 47 x 2 cm
Oliver Beer
Recomposition (Clive), 2018
Violin, sectioned and set in resin, gesso
67 x 47 x 2 cm
Oliver Beer
Composition for Mouths (Songs My Mother Taught Me) I, 2018
single-channel video, sound 4 minutes 10 seconds
Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney
Oliver Beer
Out of Shot, 2013
single-channel Cinemascope video, sound
12 minutes 18 seconds
Oliver Beer
Mum’s Continuous Note, 2012
single-channel video, sound
3 minutes 10 seconds
Oliver Beer
The Resonance Project: Deep and Meaningful, 2010
single-channel video, sound
7 minutes 15 seconds
[Excerpt] The 21st Sydney Biennale […] brings together 70 artists from 35 countries in […]
Read MoreOliver Beer nonchalantly leans into the corner of the art gallery and sings. Adjusting […]
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