Deep Valley is a new work by Australian artists Seaworthy (Cameron Webb) and Matt Rösner, composed and recorded during a week long residency at Bundanon Art Museum on the south coast of New South Wales.
The Bundanon property was gifted to the Australian people by renowned artist, Arthur Boyd and his wife Yvonne in the 1990’s. In making this gift, the Boyd’s opened a creative place for artists to immerse themselves in a truly distinctive Australian landscape. The property sits on the banks on the Shoalhaven River and surrounded by towering sandstone cliffs, dense forests and unique animal species that exist alongside historic studio buildings that were used by the Boyd family and many artists working in their footsteps.
Webb and Rosner spent a week in the Musicians Hut and exploring surrounding wildlife sanctuary. All the pieces featured in Deep Valley were composed using recordings of sounds of the outside environment and weaving them with guitars, piano and electronic processing to create a new work inspired by Arthur Boyd’s famous comment, “You can’t own a landscape”. The statement rings true even more today and Deep Valley reflects that perspective and a desire to record ecosystems in states of flux . . .
