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I can’t hear explores cross-cultural connections through children’s nursery rhymes and games. The games sung are variations of child and adult finger-play games sung in Lithuanian, Russian, Malagasi, Indian, Croatian and more. The English equivalent of some of the games is “This little Piggy went to market…”.

I can’t hear is a continuation of Bacic’s explorations of the migrant experience and language but a first as an audio-spatial experience. I can’t hear is a new work and combines her continuing investigations of camera obscura (dark room) and her ongoing explorations of participatory works which attempt to challenge participant’s perception of image, sound and physical space. I can’t hear is in a small space for people to explore one at a time, in the semi-darkness left only with themselves and the surrounding sounds.

BIO

Anita Bacic is a Hobart-based artist who explores media old and new, with a focus on interactive experiences. Bacic is fascinated with the construction of stories, images and experiences and how we as individuals can actively contribute and interact in these processes. She continues to explore works which encourage curiosity, participation, personal connections and self-reflection that in turn potentially challenge our perceptions and how we see and interpret the world around us.

Bacic has explored older pre-cinema technologies, including camera obscura as installations and street-based mobile experiences for a number of years. Bacic’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and has participated in Parramatta Lanes, White Night Melbourne, Nextwave Festival, Electrofringe New Media Arts Festival, ANAT’s Portable Worlds I & II, amberPlatform and Videobrasil.