The Tortoise and the Spider:  A Sonic Metamorphosis 

​An Ancient Ritual Performance: conceived and designed by Ros Bandt, created collaboratively with Made of Walking and friends at Sikelianos Amphitheatre to Parnassos, July 20, 10.p.m  Delphi, Greece  2017 

Watch the final rehearsal of the 'The Tortoise and the Spider: A Sonic Metamorphosis by Ros Bandt and Friends' at Sikelianos Amphitheatre to Parnassos, in Delphi, Greece ( July 2017)

Watch 'The Tortoise and the Spider' video launch live stream from Melbourne, Australia
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"The Tortoise and the Spider"


​Watch the live performance and International collaborative video launch of "The Tortoise and the Spider:  a sonic metamorphosis" at SEEN SOUND, LOOP BAR, in Melbourne, Australia on 
Wednesday November 22, 2017,  8.30 p.m. Australian Time. 
 
"The Tortoise and the Spider:  a sonic metamorphosis" is an Ancient Ritual Performance : conceived and designed by Ros Bandt, created collaboratively with Made of Walking and friends at Sikelianos Amphitheatre to Parnassos, on July 20, at 10.p.m  Delphi, Greece  2017. 

LISTENING THROUGH THE WALLS

Internationally renowned Australian sound artist Ros Bandt collaborates with local artist and photographer, Konstantin Fischer, and historian Anja Zuckmantel in Hania, Crete, Greece in May 2016.  They invite the people of Hania to listen to their town with fresh ears. The installation “Listening through the Walls” in the Sabbionara Gate, combines sound recordings, sonic notations, photographs and historical information, all regarding the walls of the old city – the walls themselves and the spaces inbetween. Hania is a unique acoustic, social and architectural habitat built over thousands of years. 

NEW RELEASE: TARHU CONNECTIONS (2016) Ros Bandt 

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Ros Bandt has created a stunning 2 CD set of original  sound works fusing old and new,  east and west influences with her cross- cultural modern Australian spike fiddle, the tarhu. This extraordinarily resonant instrument probes 6 world heritage sites in Europe and the Pacific, accompanies poetry in ancient Greek,  Persian and Maltese, and connects with artists from China, Vietnam, Thailand, Turkey, the US, Greece, Crete, Germany,  Australia, Thailand, and Samoa. She investigates the environmental issues of global warming in the arctic, water usage, fishing and farming ethics, and the biosphere reserves of America. The connections trace back to the worlds oldest bird, the lyrebird and the longest continuing culture on earth in Australia. Ros Bandt is at once a composer, sound artist and skilled musician, as at home in the concert hall, the gallery, the electro-acoustic studio, the internet or the bush as these CDs show. The works created over a decade interpret each acoustic space individually, from improvised solos and duets to elaborate electro-acoustic symphonies and award winning multi- channel works remixed.  But it's the sonorous worlds she creates that are so worth the deep listening they invite.
 
Tarhu Connections launches on May 19th at the 14th century Venetian Sabbionara Gate in Hania, Crete at the opening of the collaborative exhibition Listening through the Walls, one of the tracks on the CD. The artist will perform live at this event. It is in Hania that the artist developed her unique style on the tarhu informed by 30 years of performing , recording and sound research. Seven tracks were made at this incredible location.  The Australian CD launches will be in September following a new ABC radio commission on this public interactive exhibition. Visit our current projects page for more information on the Crete CD Launch or our catalogue to order this double CD.