Words: Saskia Edwards
Images: Jonathan Rae
Music and visual art have been widely
inseparable since their inception. In fact, the etymology of music is muses, the nine goddesses of art and science.
The works in Seen + Heard fuse together popular
culture, music, sound and visual art through sound installations, vinyl and
musical scores.
Overarching Seen + Heard is the exploration of
the symbolism of LP covers as an artistic representation of music. In a world
that largely consumes intangible music, the exhibition strives to expose the now
somewhat obsolete craft of an LP cover.
The exhibition includes more than 100 LP covers
that trace the evolution of the 31.5cm x 31.5cm format. Recognisably it
includes iconic designs like Andy Warhol’s Velvet Underground works and Joy
Division’s Unknown Pleasures.
Perhaps the exhibition suggests the necessity
of both forms to enhance each other; that you cannot fully see something until
you hear it and you cannot fully hear something until you’ve seen it.
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