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Mat Ward Pulse of the Dragon
La morte mi troverà vivo
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
22 February to 19 April, 2020
Contemporary Art Tasmania Sydney
Until 23 February, 2020
Tasmania
Tasmanian artist Mat Ward explores the ‘Pulse of the Dragon’, curated by Guan Wei,
origins of experimental music with a focus on is a group exhibition that explores Chinese
early 20th century artists. As the recipient of tradition and heritage as pluralistic via themes
the 2017 Claudio Alcorso Foundation’s travel of religious witchcraft, mythology, folk art and
grant Ward investigated the life and work of culture and the spirit of orthodox scholars.
Italian pioneer of noise art, Luigi Russolo. Local and international participating artists
include; Amy Fu, Cang Xin, Guan Wei, Gu
‘La morte mi troverà vivo (In death you will Xiaoping, Jiang Zhe, Palla Jeroff, Yang Jinsong,
find me alive)’ is a 90-minute piece of sound Yang Xifa, Zhang Jin and Jin Sha.
art that traverses field recordings and music
composed using number theory, as an
imagined conversation directly with Russolo.
Mat Ward, La morte mi troverà vivo (video still), 2019 Cang Xin, Consubstantiality, 2009, performance
Courtesy the artist and Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart Courtesy the artist and Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney
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