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    Etched aluminium sheet on wall
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    Aleatoric Music, Isabelle Pead, 2023, etched aluminium sheet, 200 x 100 cm 

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    Echo, Sigh, Weep, Isabelle Pead, 2022, sound installation, speakers, speaker stands, video, 6 min 38 sec

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    Myrtaceae, Isabelle Pead, 2023, laser etched Perspex, steel frame, 60 x 40 cm 

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    Installation of artwork, sound installation with laser etched Perspex and steel sculpture
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    Melisma, Isabelle Pead, 2023, sound installation, laser etched Perspex and steel sculpture, 36 min 28 sec

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    Installation photo of sound, projection, sculpture, ceramic
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    Sounding House: Revisited , Isabelle Pead, 2023, installation: sound, projection, sculpture, ceramic

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Isabelle Pead – MA/MFA/PhD

Based in London

I am an artist working across sound, sculpture, video and performance. Often utilising large scale installation, my work is informed by actions of storytelling, Deep Listening and collective engagement. Through a combination of electronic/synthesised sound, singing and vocalisation, I explore the material and relational properties of sound, and its resultant interaction between performer, space and audience. I aim to create space for shared listening as a means for greater communication and collective understanding. Over the last two years I have explored the sounds and actions of performative mourning, creating a series of sound pieces and sculptures, which play with ideas of lament and its transformative ability. This work has expanded into an interest in the resonant properties of the voice and the material properties of sound. Using live performance and relayed sound through speakers to create immersive, vocal, listening installations which accompany sculpture and moving image.