"An audio-visual maelstrom of light and sound." That's how the Melbourne Festival program describes this intriguing free installation at the Contemporary Centre for Photography in Fitzroy. Torrent is the latest in an ongoing series of multiscreen animations from moving image artist Martine Corompt concerning water. Using vivid black-and-white imagery accompanied by a harp score from composer Philip Brophy, the artist depicts water flowing down the walls before collecting in a whirlpool on the floor. Just try not to get swept away by the current.
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