Annual Music and Art collaboration rocks the PAC

"Music is art to the ear and art is music to the eye," Tanya Frid.

CHRISTINE TAYLOR | Co-Director of Cocurricular Music

JULIE SEIDEL | Head of Performing Arts

Soundscape - A Night at the PAC, in Term 1, was a collaborative event between the Music Department and Art Department and an extravaganza for the senses.

The two-concert event showcased the wide diversity of Music ensembles in Junior High and Senior School. Still artworks created by Art students in curriculum classes as a response to the music were projected during performances. The strong link between art and music was clearly expressed by the IB Art students who produced a Body/ Floor Drawing in response to the live music performances during a 90 minute period.

The intent of the IB Art work was to experience a heightened sense of creative expression using the principles often embedded in Performance Art, generally an ephemeral experience. The concept of using the body to produce marks that are fluid and layered in response to sound enables the artist to move from observation to personal expression.

The large format paper requires the artist to assess their physical proportions and start in the centre of the work. The aim is to work across the surface that becomes a visual record of the process of harnessing energy, movement, and sound, using materials to map the interaction of the body and sound. These elements meld together to visually record the immediacy and sensation of engaging in the creative process! The students collaborated to develop layers and build an aesthetically pleasing image for the audience to enjoy. For Alanna, the experience of performing with the ensemble and then drawing offered a significant elevation of the senses!

Congratulations to all those students in the music ensembles and to Alanna, Luella, and Lina for their authentic Art performance!

Images: Provided by photographer, Colin Bushell.