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Gillian Lever is a sound artist and composer working across multichannel sound performance, diffusion and sound installation. Her practice examines the intertwined nature of the relationship between spatial sound, the space it inhabits, and the exploring listener. Gillian completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sound) with Distinction at RMIT University, Melbourne, in 2017, and is a founding member of Starlings Spatial Sound Collective. She is currently undertaking a Master of Design by Research degree in spatial sound at the School of Design, RMIT. Gillian composed the live, surround sound score for Watson’s critically acclaimed Moosehead-award winning show Go To Hell (2017), and for their Jhonsey award winning show Once Were Planets (2013). She has also composed sound for works by choreographers Amanda Lever (Dasein, 2013; Hypnagogia, 2015), Anna Seymour (Distraction Society, 2016; remounted 2017) and Chelsea Byrne (Human Sized Box, 2015). Gillian held a solo exhibition at Montsalvat, Sustain and release, in January 2019, performed at the Tilde New Music Festival 2019 and was a member of a collective producing a finalist work for the 2019 Nillumbik Prize.

 

Gillian Lever

Gillian Lever is a sound artist and composer working across multichannel sound performance, diffusion and sound installation. Her practice examines the intertwined nature of the relationship between spatial sound, the space it inhabits, and the exploring listener. Gillian completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sound) with Distinction at RMIT University, Melbourne, in 2017, and is a founding member of Starlings Spatial Sound Collective. She is currently undertaking a Master of Design by Research degree in spatial sound at the School of Design, RMIT. Gillian composed the live, surround sound score for Watson’s critically acclaimed Moosehead-award winning show Go To Hell (2017), and for their Jhonsey award winning show Once Were Planets (2013). She has also composed sound for works by choreographers Amanda Lever (Dasein, 2013; Hypnagogia, 2015), Anna Seymour (Distraction Society, 2016; remounted 2017) and Chelsea Byrne (Human Sized Box, 2015). Gillian held a solo exhibition at Montsalvat, Sustain and release, in January 2019, performed at the Tilde New Music Festival 2019 and was a member of a collective producing a finalist work for the 2019 Nillumbik Prize.

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