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Billy's Swan

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Paulen
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-06T06:07:58Z
dc.date.available2021-09-06T06:07:58Z
dc.date.issued2017-11-07
dc.descriptionFirst exhibited with animation, Billy's Swan, at MaySpace Gallery 7-24 November, 2017<br><b>Provenance:</b><br>Delineation, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, VIC, 16 March - 5 May 2019<br><i>(Finalist)</i> Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize 2018, Noosa Regional Gallery, 19 October - 2 December 2018<br><i>(Finalist)</i> Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery, 28 July - 23 September 2018<br><i>(Finalist)</i> Paul Guest Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic, 30 June - 9 September 2018<br><i>(Finalist)</i> Swan Hill National Print and Drawing Awards, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, VIC, 12 May - 15 July 2018<br><i>(Finalist)</i> 9th Annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition, University of North Carolina Asheville, USA, 19 January - 23 February 2018<br><b>Acquired by the Elliott Eyes Collection, 2017</b>en
dc.description.abstractBilly’s Swan is an electroacoustic work which assesses the fantastic escapism that dance can offer the young queer male identity. The audio adopts routine melodic fragments from Tchaikovsky’s ballet score, Swan Lake, and sets these against expressive digital sounds. The fantastic element is symbolised by a sprawling climax of bells chimes (sounds with queer potential) that develop as the piece progresses and the fragments of ballet score fade out. The piece uses musical traditions of arrangement and transcription coupled with the social and political meanings of different sound worlds to consider queer identities.en
dc.format.extent5 minutesen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:psmith65en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31459
dc.languageenen
dc.notification.token499940fc-2ffc-4845-aad0-1490e59d82f0en
dc.publisherMay Spaceen
dc.relation.urihttps://youtu.be/6TkbEGpxIa0en
dc.titleBilly's Swanen
dc.typeOriginal Creative Works - Otheren
dcterms.typeElectroacoustic digital recordingen
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local.contributor.firstnamePaulen
local.contributor.lastnameSmithen
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/94f4f9ec-a114-4e32-b232-6bff13e150fden
local.identifier.unepublicationidune:1959.11/31459en
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local.output.categoryZ5en
local.output.categorydescriptionZ5 Original creative works - Otheren
local.profile.emailpsmith65@une.edu.auen
local.profile.orcid0000-0002-5508-3662en
local.profile.rolecreatoren
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.publisher.placeSydney, Australiaen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.record.placeauen
local.relation.fundingsourcenoteCommissioned by animator Todd Fulleren
local.relation.urlhttps://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/work/smith-paul-billy-s-swanen
local.relation.urlhttps://www.mayspace.com.au/works/billys-swan-animationvideoen
local.researchstatement<b>1. Research Background:</b><br>This work explores relations of queer male identities and dance. Throughout the 20th century, the act of dance became canonised as a stereotypically feminine act. This is in part because of dance’s connection to the body which is problematically feminised against the idea of a masculine mind. Many queer performing communities have actively worked against the restrictive heteronormative ideas of gender, especially the ballet and musical theatre communities.<br><b>2. Research Contribution:</b><br>Billy’s Swan is an electroacoustic work which assesses the fantastic escapism that dance can offer the young queer male identity. The audio adopts routine melodic fragments from Tchaikovsky’s ballet score, Swan Lake, and sets these against expressive digital sounds. The fantastic element is symbolised by a sprawling climax of bells chimes (sounds with queer potential) that develop as the piece progresses and the fragments of ballet score fade out. The piece uses musical traditions of arrangement and transcription coupled with the social and political meanings of different sound worlds to consider queer identities.<br><b>3. Research Significance:</b><br>The composition was used as a collaboration with artist Todd Fuller for his animation of the same name. The final work has been exhibited at galleries in Sydney and Melbourne and acquired as part of the Elliot Eyes collection. The piece was also a finalist of the 9th Annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition, University of North Carolina Asheville, USA, as well as numerous Australian prizes. The piece is also available through the Australian Music Centre.en
local.search.authorSmith, Paulen
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local.subject.for2008190406 Music Compositionen
local.subject.for2020360302 Music composition and improvisationen
local.subject.seo2020130102 Musicen
local.subject.seo2020130103 The creative artsen
local.submitter.notesNot sure about the publisher. The CD should have been published by 'Australian Music Centre', but the animation/video by 'MaySpace'. The latter has been inserted in the relevant field by the submitter. But because the type of work has been stated as 'Electroacoustic digital recording', I think 'Australian Music Centre' should be mentioned as the publisher. However, consider the work has been commissioned by animator Todd Fuller and the CD is non-commercial. Not sure what to do with the piece of information "Commissioned by animator Todd Fuller", so, included as a source of funding. SEO code/s should be obtained.en
local.title.maintitleBilly's Swanen
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local.workflow.noteAuthor feedback requested SEO code/s and file requested Zarringhalam, Farzad 14/12/2020<br />Library processing record FZ WOT Zarringhalam, Farzad 25/09/2020<br />en
local.year.published2017en
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