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Forthcoming exhibition:

Familial – opens Feb 14th 2026

Town Hall Gallery, 360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn

 

 

Gallery Hours:

Mon to Frid 9-5, Sat 12-4

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October 2 – 15 November, 2015

Torrent

  • Martine Corompt, 
  • and Philip Brophy

Martine Corompt and Philip Brophy, Torrent 2015 (video still), multi-channel digital animation, 5.1 surround sound, dimensions variable.

Photo: Martine Corompt; installed at Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart, courtesy the artists.

Torrent
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Artists:
Martine Corompt and Philip Brophy
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Presented by Centre for Contemporary Photography in association with Melbourne Festival.

From a tiny trickle to a turbulent vortex, Torrent is an audio-visual maelstrom of light and sound.

Continuing a series of works that Australian artist Martine Corompt has been producing since 2010, Torrent is a mesmerising multi-screen animation that explores the flow of water as an allegorical force. Using simple white and black graphics, we see water trickling, pouring and cascading down the walls, swirling onto the floor then finally draining away to nothing.

The hypnotic visuals are accompanied by an original harp score produced by Philip Brophy, an arrangement that plays on—and against—the traditional associations between the timbre of the harp and the imagery of gently swirling water.

OFFICIAL OPENING AND ARTIST TALKS
Saturday 10 October 2015
Opening: 12pm
Free Artist Floor Talks: 1pm