Something Close to Music - by John Ashbery Sound Art 158mm x 220mm

158mm x 220mm

electronic soundtracks

Welcomed into Melbourne’s artistic community by members of the infamous ‘Heide Circle’

Moving from the ecological question to the rule of experts

Something Close to Music - by John Ashbery Sound Art 158mm x 220mmAshberys poetry is frequently described as ekphrastic, though, rather than writing a poem based on or inspired by the content of an artwork or piece of music, he engages with how the experience of seeing it and the artistic strategies employed offer ways of thinking about it and through it. Many observations from Ashberys art writing also provide keys to how we might read his poetry. Many recordings he listened to feature contemporary classical works