Glenorchy Geosonic

Sean O’Connell

Friday 28 August – Saturday 19 September 2026

Exhibition Launch: 5:30pm, Thursday 27 August 2026

Image credit: Sean O’Connell, “Haematite”, high voltage discharge photograph, 2024

Glenorchy Geosonic explores the geological bedrock beneath Glenorchy through sound.

Artist, Sean O’Connell builds electronic audio oscillators, capable of capturing the sound produced when electricity moves around inside rock samples. The sound is unique to each rock, changing as electrons jump across grains and angle around crystalline geometries, expressing their structure and geographical location.

Experimenting with stacks of thinly sliced, locally sourced rock samples – including quartz-filled sandstone of Dogshear Point, hard crystalline dolerite from Mt Hull and the fine limey mudstones of Tolosa St Quarry – O’Connell extracts the quintessential rock music of Glenorchy.

Entry to the galleries is free.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Moonah Arts Centre and Glenorchy City Council acknowledge the Muwinina people as the traditional owners of this Land on which we gather. We recognise all Tasmanian Aboriginal people as the original owners and continuing custodians of the land and waters of this island, Lutruwita. We pay our respect to Aboriginal Elders, past and present. We commit to working for a City that welcomes and respects all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Image credit: Courtesy of the artist