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‘Metamorphoses in ‘A’ Minor’ is a filmed hybrid art installation, set across three projections and a multi-channel soundfield.

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“This is a work in the tradition of symbolic mysticism, an exploration of the transformative nature of the individual. The work relies heavily on time manipulation, and part of the challenge was to both produce and improvise movement that would be played back at speeds other than the speed at which it was originally filmed. This also provided cinematographic challenges, which were met through the use of digital cameras, including a Phantom high-speed digital camera running at 1500 fps (frames per second) to produce ultra-slow-motion.” says Sadia.

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The twenty-two minute work takes place over three ‘movements’ or ‘chapters’, and features the Australian dancer and choreographer Wakako Asano. It is set to an original neo-classical composition produced in collaboration with the UK composer and sound artist Stephen W. Tayler, using recorded layers and repetitive themes that build sequentially until an eventual moment of release.

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“Multiples, sets, and collections feature heavily in my work. Even unconsciously, I tend to build altars, as well as using the triptych format, and I have a particular interest in how symbols carry powerful meaning across cultural divides”

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Originally conceived in 2007, the work was produced with the support of Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces (Melbourne) and the British Council, in Sydney, Australia in 2009.

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