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Palynopholy (instrumental music)

by Fiona Hill (2023)

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Library shelf no. 784.2/HIL 3 [Available for loan]

Work Overview

This piece is inspired by a particular rock mass near my home in the Blue Mountains. This mass appears to describe the shape of Physeter macrocephalus, commonly known as a Sperm Whale. On first contemplation the link between the ocean and the rocks of the Blue Mountains seemed remote until I started researching further, discovering that in fact there are many ocean fossils in the rocks and sediments of the mountains, mostly in the form of acritarchs, organic-walled microfossils which can be single celled, a cluster of cells, filaments or carbonaceous remnants of animal body parts. This work is a contemplation on the 'study of dust' (palynology) and our deep and ancient connection with Mother Earth.

Work Details

Year: 2023

Performances of this work

11 Mar 2023: at A Celebration of 'Composing Women' (Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music).

10 Mar 23: Sydney Conservatorium of Music, NSW

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