DURING her formative years, jazz musician Paige Duggan struggled to understand science and cosmology.<\/p>\n
Now with more than two decades of performing behind her, Duggan is exploring those concepts through her latest album Cosmos Made Conscious.<\/p>\n
Following the record\u2019s Melbourne-based launch in mid-October, she\u2019s bringing the album to Bendigo later this month as part of what she\u2019s calling a slow regional tour.<\/p>\n
Duggan said she\u2019s excited to introduce the album to regional audiences.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to bringing this to regional centres where perhaps they don\u2019t get this sort of artistic thing coming through often,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll have music, animation, art, all-abilities friendly, and it\u2019s all-in-one.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe show will be an enriching experience where the visuals will really give you an insight into what I was thinking, feeling, and seeing while composing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Duggan will be joined by guitarist Robbie Melville, bassist Zoe Frater, wind and brass player Gideon Brazil, and Maddison Carter on drums, all of whom performed on the album.<\/p>\n
The live show will be accompanied by an animated visual arts projection featuring dozens of works created by Duggan.<\/p>\n
Work on Cosmos Made Conscious began early last year, after which the 13-track album was recorded at Melbourne\u2019s Pughouse Studios.<\/p>\n
Duggan said the album explores humanity\u2019s connection with and relationship to the wider universe.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always respected science and believed in it,\u201d she said. \u201cUnderstanding the universe and the cosmos is something I\u2019ve always been intrigued and slightly scared by.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you consider particle physics, we\u2019re made of these tiny little things the rest of the universe is made of, how is it we have consciousness and what separates us?<\/p>\n
\u201cI started this coming out of COVID and we\u2019d all been stuck in out little worlds. I wanted to really go outside myself and explore a body of work that turned out to be as far outside yourself as you possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n
An accessibility table will feature at the show for deaf and disabled attendees.<\/p>\n
Duggan\u2019s local performance will take place at 7pm at the Old Church on the Hill on Saturday 18 November.<\/p>\n
General admission tickets are $27.78 at bit.ly\/3QMZciN, while those struggling financially can request a free Gertrude ticket for the event, either at the door or by contacting Duggan on her social media or via her website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DURING her formative years, jazz musician Paige Duggan struggled to understand science and cosmology. Now with more than two decades of performing behind her, Duggan is exploring those concepts through her latest album Cosmos Made Conscious. Following the record\u2019s Melbourne-based launch in mid-October, she\u2019s bringing the album to Bendigo later this month as part of […]<\/p>\n