Crescendo

Overview

The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art keeps on sparking innovation with their latest exhibition, Crescendo. Showcasing seven distinct projects that explore the intersection of film and music, ACCA has reaffirmed its status as one of the country's most daring contemporary institutions.

While the form of the works differ, from projection to installation, all pieces on show seem to be somewhat dark and unsettling in their exploration of a distinctly European side of history and humanity. Each creates a claustrophobic and completely experiential world for its audience.

In Nummer veertien, home, Dutch artist Guido van der Werve embarks on an epic journey across Europe to bring soil from Chopin's homeland to his grave in Paris. The resulting film is powerful and affecting in its exploration of history, pain and myth. Similar themes are present in Ana Torfs' work Anatomy where she unearths testimonies from the 1919 murder trial of German communist party founders Dr Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg — enlisting the help of young actors, she recreates their final hours and films the performance at Berlin's eerie 18th century Anatomical Theatre.

Other international artists whose work is on show include Dorothy Cross, Rodney Graham, Markus Kahre, Hans Op de Beeck, and Julian Rosefeldt. Crescendo will be on exhibition at ACCA till March 2, 2014.