Ross Manning Spectra XIII, 2017. Fluorescent, oscillating fans, steel cable, aluminium and timber. Installation view Ross Manning: Dissonant Rhythms at Caloundra Regional Art Gallery. An Institute of Modern Art and Museums & Galleries Queensland touring exhibition. Spectra XIII originally commissioned by the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. Image: Ben Vox
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Performance Programme
Direct Bodily Empathy – Sensing Sound is enlivened by an evolving performance series across the exhibition’s duration spanning choreography, performance, sound installations and kinetic sculpture.
Ross Manning Spectra V (2012) Performances: continuous 18 May – 23 November 2025
Spectra V is a suspended kinetic sculpture which imbues the gallery walls with shifting chromatic washes of colour. Both affecting and sensorial, it produces an immersive experience for audiences on a somatic level, playing with ocular perception. Like an autonomous musical instrument performing aerial ballet to its own hidden optical soundtrack.
Performance Programme
Direct Bodily Empathy – Sensing Sound is enlivened by an evolving performance series across the exhibition’s duration spanning choreography, performance, sound installations and kinetic sculpture.
Ross Manning Spectra V (2012) Performances: continuous 18 May – 23 November 2025
Spectra V is a suspended kinetic sculpture which imbues the gallery walls with shifting chromatic washes of colour. Both affecting and sensorial, it produces an immersive experience for audiences on a somatic level, playing with ocular perception. Like an autonomous musical instrument performing aerial ballet to its own hidden optical soundtrack.
