Gold Leaf
2001
Designer/Artist/Programmer: Sally Pryor
Sound Designer and Composer: Mick Girasole
An exploration of the cultural, spiritual and alchemic meanings of gold
Gold, incorruptible, product of corruption
Gold, incorruptible, produces corruption
Maceration and Purification Didier Gille, Zone 1/2 1986
Why do we care so much about gold?
How can it be associated both with the divine and
with money, 'the root of all evil'?
What are its phyisical and chemical properties?
What do we use it for?
A sample of what you might see and hear on the screen:
Viewers press keys on the keyboard
Each key plays one of over 40 audiovisual stories about gold
This work explores the multi-faceted meanings of gold
Drawing on chemistry, alchemy, history, geometry, commerce and everyday language
Now an interactive multimedia sculpture in the collection of the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Installation Design and Construction: Peter Stronach
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