Sedulur Gamelan/Gamelan Sisters

Sedular Gamelan (Gamelan Sisters) consists of two interlocking wooden structures that reconfigure elements of traditional Javanese architecture through the De Stijl philosophical principles of neoplasticism to create an abstraction of an 18th century double grand piano.

These two cases house 56 traditional Gamelan instruments from Yogyakarta that have been automated to function as a self-governing electro-mechanical orchestra, performing transcriptions of Indonesian, American & Australian experimental music and avant-garde sound-art of the 1970s and 80s.

The work examines parallels and intersections between ancient Javanese mystical systems, the musical structures that traditionally articulated these, and the derivations and misconstruals of colonial European & post-colonial American visitors.

• 23rd June - 21st July 2012 at Darren Knight Gallery
• Opening: Saturday 23rd June 4–6pm
• Invitation: [pdf]