For Flute, Voice and Electronics
“She went hysterical when I was taken away and it took two people to hold her down.” “I used to look into prams. I was convinced that I was going to find her.” “As for my birth father, I don’t know anything other than his name.”
These are just some of the harrowing quotes from transcripts compiled on the History of Adoption website by Monash University: http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/historyofadoption/
This tragedy of recent Australian history forms the foundation of the electroacoustic work Imago: for flute, voice and electronics. The piece responds to the multi-faceted stories of those affected by Forced Adoption within Australia as well as societal attitudes and the eventual governmental apology to the victims.
Imago was created with the support of APRA AMCOS Art Music Award
