Led by 2025 artist in residence, Susie Dureau
Led by contemporary artist Susie Dureau, Twenty-Six Seconds explores the Earth’s rhythms through sound, light, and pigment. Unfolding within the expanded field of Painting, this cross-disciplinary project bridges painting, sound, and sonography, capturing fleeting moments of the landscape in and around Eramboo, adjacent to Ku-Ring-Gai National Park.
Collaborating with two emerging artists, a musician, a sonographer and a scientist, Dureau translates scientific data into immersive, sensory artworks. By merging disciplines, Twenty-Six Seconds seeks to reveal something previously unknown, offering new ways of perceiving time, space, and our place within the natural world.
Art, Science and Music Team: Susie Dureau, Marisabel Gonzalez, Mackenzie Russell, Ringo Taylor-Cross, Harley Rimmer and Reuben Brown.
EXHIBITION
Events include: an Artist Talk & Panel Discussion on art, sound, and science;
a Sound Mapping Workshop using spectrograms to visualise the landscape’s rhythms; and
an Experimental Pigment & Painting Workshop exploring natural materials.
A Night-Time Activation on the opening night of the exhibition – timed at dusk (Sunset is 5:12pm on 26/07/25) will feature shifting light installations and ambient sound.
PUBLIC PROGRAM
The public program invites audiences to engage with Susie’s practice and the exhibition, Twenty-Six Second’s themes through talks, workshops, and interactive experiences at Eramboo Artist Environment.
A mentorship component will share insights into integrating sound, painting, and environmental themes. These programs foster new ways of seeing, listening, and engaging with nature.
KEY DATES
Experimental Pigment & Painting Workshop:
Saturday, July 19, 10:00AM – 12:00PM (12pp max)
FREE but ticketed Apply here
Participants in this workshop will learn how to make a painting medium with tree sap and then mix it with powdered pigments to make a water soluble paint.
Venue: Eramboo Gallery, 304 Mccarrs Creek Rd, Terrey Hills NSW 2084
Soundscape Workshop:
Sunday, July 27, 10:00 AM (12pp max)
FREE but ticketed Apply here
Participants in this workshop will learn how to use a spectrograph to record sounds in the environment and then use these images to make an artwork based on the sound.
Venue: Eramboo Gallery, 304 Mccarrs Creek Rd, Terrey Hills NSW 2084
Exhibition: Twenty-Six Seconds
Wednesday, July 23 – 30 (Eramboo Artist Environment)
Opening Celebration & Dusk Activation: Saturday, July 26, 3:00 – 6:00 PM
Artist talk and panel Q & A: Saturday, July 26, 4:00 PM :
Hosted by Eramboo directors Greg Stonehouse and Susan Milne with artist, Susie Dureau and a panel of exhibition participants.
PARTICIPANTS: Susie Dureau, Marisabel Gonzalez, Mackenzie Russell, Ringo Taylor-Cross, Harley Rimmer and Reuben Brown.
Venue: Eramboo Gallery, 304 Mccarrs Creek Rd, Terrey Hills NSW 2084
Read NBC’s our Local Creatives interview with Susie from October 2023
visit Susie’s website: susiedureau.com
