Ali Bezer: A Noisy Kind of Resonance

Overview

We've all grown up on film and television shows telling us that sound and space just don't mix. "In space no one can hear you scream," the 1979 science fiction classic Alien told us, and that's only one example; however, Queensland-based artist Ali Bezer wants to prove otherwise.

In her latest exhibition, A Noisy Kind of Resonance, Bezer brings the sonic signatures of intergalactic items — think planets, stars, nebulas, comets, asteroids and more — to life. Well, to be more accurate, she interprets an array of eerie and dissonant cosmic noises and turns them into physical objects.

You won't be hearing the echoes and static that Bezer contends actually fills space — you'll be staring at it. It all springs from her ongoing, practice-led research into how contemporary experiences of noise can be encapsulated through works of art, and yes, it does look as interesting as it sounds.