100clicksWest is both proud and honoured to bring two of Australia’s most innovative improvising performers together for the first time, in a combined live set featuring the sounds of voice and flutes.
Sonya Holowell is a Dharawal and Inuk vocalist, composer, writer and researcher. Her work spans many contexts and forms, with improvisation as a primary mode towards emancipatory aims. Sonya’s work as a vocalist and composer has been shown on numerous festival platforms. She has collaborated with leading new music ensembles such as the Song Company, JACK Quartet, Ensemble Offspring, International Contemporary Ensemble, Decibel, Tura New Music and the Australian Art Orchestra, and has presented her manifold work at leading Australian venues.
Jim Denley has worked with the text/music groups Machine for Making Sense, and 180º, releasing their first recording, Submental in 2019. With Splinter, he has recorded for ABC TV and Radio and their second CD, MUNGO was released in 2016. Through Fire, Crevice and the Hidden Valley documents Jim’s deep engagement with the Budawang Mountains south of Sydney. His current project is a new set of recordings: In Weather Volume 1: The Hidden Valley, With Weather Volume 2: Gadigal Country (2023), and As Weather Volume 3: Budawang Mountains (2024).