Air Moves Earth

Installation and sound work for exhibition, Hiraeth at Sauerbier House, SALA 2021.

Curated by Suzanne Close.

Air Moves Earth (A Song For Sheoaks)(2021) Sound Installation and sound work, 5minutes and 51 seconds.

Created by Amber Cronin

Performed by Emma Borgas

Recorded by Kaurna Cronin

Excerpt from the exhibition essay by curator, Suzanne Close:

THE CASUARINA GROVE

The inside of a grove of casuarinas whispers; it's like standing surrounded by aeolian harps.  

(Fraser, 2015)  

To the north of Sauerbier House, there is a grove of Casuarina trees, also known as Sheokes. Amber invites careful looking and listening, for if you take the time, you will find a family of magpies living there within the soft ground covering nettles and hear the trees whisper to the wind. Amber has collaborated with the vocalist Emma Borgas to create the sound piece Air Moves Earth (a song for Sheoaks). Their ethereal song, inspired by travelling folk melodies, references the migration of the humans, animals and vegetation through the perspective of the trees. The song invites a communion with the grove, to listen and deeply engage in a deep exchange of intimate knowledge so we may better understand each other.