IMAGE:
1. Ross Manning, Dichroic Filter Piece (extended projection), 2012–2017, Dichroic filters, cut glass, media players, and data projectors. Photography: Tony Nathan. Image courtesy Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
2. Ross Manning, Bricks and Blocks, 2016, LCD TV, video camera, fluorescent lights, and mirror, 860 x 1100 x 950mm. Installation view, Dissonant Rhythms, Institute of Modern Art, 2017. Photography: Carl Warner.
3. Ross Manning, Wave Opus I, 2016, Modified clock chimes, DC motors, hook up wire, motion detector, contact microphones, audio equipment. Photography: Sam Cranstoun. Image courtesy Milani Gallery, Brisbane.
4. Exhibition documentation of Ross Manning, Dichroic Filter Piece (extended projection), 2012–2017, Dichroic filters, cut glass, media players, and data projectors, Courtesy the artist. Shown gallery 3, Latrobe Regional Gallery, 2019.
5. Exhibition documentation of Ross Manning, Spectra XIII, 2017, Fluorescent lights, fans, timber, acrylic paint, steel cable, Courtesy the artist. Shown gallery 1, Latrobe Regional Gallery, 2019.
6. Exhibition documentation of Ross Manning, Sad Majick, 2009, Glass prisms, LED light, oscillating fan and timbre, Courtesy the artist. Shown gallery 2, Latrobe Regional Gallery, 2019.
DISSONANT RHYTHMS
Ross Manning
26 October 2019 to 5 January 2020
Gallery 1, 2 & 3
Dissonant Rhythms is Brisbane-based artist and musician Ross Manning’s first-ever survey exhibition. Best known for his use of everyday materials, Manning’s exhibition features sculptures that repurpose ceiling fans, fluorescent tubes, and overhead projectors. Propelled by electricity and their own kinetic forces, Manning’s work engulfs the entirety of the spaces they exist in, capturing viewers in mesmerising experiences with light and sound.
Spanning the past decade of Manning’s practice, Dissonant Rhythms was originally presented at the Institute of Modern Art (IMA) and has now been reconfigured to tour across Australia. Dissonant Rhythms is curated by Aileen Burns, Johan Lundh, and Madeleine King.
Ross Manning’s practice spans experimental music, new technologies, and immersive installations that often involve the play of light. Recent solo and group exhibitions include: Why Not Ask Again?, 11th Shanghai Biennale, China; Set in Motion, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand; Ross Manning, Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia; Device for Messaging Nothing, Milani Gallery, Brisbane, Australia; Colour Shift, Loop, Seoul, Korea (all 2016); Light Play, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia; GOMA Q, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia; Interplay, The National Museum of Modern And Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea; Imaginary Accord, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia; The Kaleidoscopic Turn, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (all 2015); and You Imagine What you Desire, 19th Biennale of Sydney, Australia 2014.
A travelling exhibition organised by Institute of Modern Art (IMA), toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Federal, State, and Territory Governments. Queensland venues are further supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. The IMA is a member of Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA). Ross Manning is represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane.
