“Attending To”
Aarti Jadu and Claire de Carteret
20 Feb → 23 Feb 2025
Melbourne Art Fair, 20 Feb, 6 am – 23 Feb, 6 am
West Space presents Attending To, a new work exploring the interplay between sound and ceramics by Aarti Jadu and Claire de Carteret.
Attending To unfolds across two sites, the Melbourne Art Fair PROJECT ROOM and our main space as part of The place we do not know is the place we are looking for.
Aarti Jadu and Claire de Carteret have been in residence in the West Space Studio, using the space to collaborate. From a background of group devotional singing and folk tradition, Aarti seeks to integrate participatory work into contemporary composition. Claire is a ceramicist exploring clay chemistry, technologies, and resonating sculptural form.
With Attending To, the artists are interested in how listening, rather than hearing, can cultivate intimacy, subjective interpretation and reflection.
Attending To is supported by the Melbourne Art Fair, Liquid Architecture and Sarai-CSDS through the Centre for Australia-India Relations Maitri Cultural Partnerships Program.
West Space's PROJECT ROOM is an opportunity to present experimental, non-commercial practice within the context of a major international event. We will be alongside Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE), our peers in the Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia (CAOA) network.
Melbourne Art Fair is held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Read on: melbourneartfair.com.au/project-rooms-2025
Aarti Jadu is a sound artist in Naarm/Melbourne whose practice seeks to integrate group and public participatory work into contemporary composition and public programming. A recent project with Khyaal Vocal Ensemble involved a public sound installation exploring imaginings stemming from intuitive expression of the naked voice.
Claire de Carteret is a ceramicist in Naarm/Melbourne interested in clay chemistry, technologies and listening. Her recent project becoming better friends with the eels, investigated acoustic resonance through clay bodies and sculptural form, presenting nine resonating ceramic sculptures.
