Ngiyawaygunhanha

For this newly commissioned work premiering at Adelaide Festival, Wiradjuri/Ngyiampaa artist SJ Norman has worked with Ngyiampaa/Yuin/Gumbangirr musician and composer Eric Avery to bring the DNA sequences of various Australian bird species into sonic life. Norman and Avery worked with musician and Molecular Biologist Dr Mark Temple, utilizing the system of DNA sonification he developed, to devise a series of spare musical compositions, the notes of each corresponding to the DNA annotations for each species. Throughout the course of each day of the performance, Avery will play the scores, filling the space with the sound of each bird's dreaming data, marking the progression of the day- from the Kookaburra in the early morning, to the afternoon call of the Australian Raven.