Tuesday, 27 May
10.00pm

This week, Artists At Work follows the trials and triumphs of The Glass Percussion Project as its creators, Eugene Ughetti and Elaine Miles, prepare for an ambitious performance in the Atrium Gallery at Melbourne's Federation Square.

The Glass Percussion Project is a meditative and musical interplay inspired by the themes of air, water and divine melody, where Ughetti is the percussionist/composer/conductor and Miles is the glass/installation artist.

Featuring the most extensive use of glass art in a musical composition ever attempted, this percussive installation consists of no less than 300 gongs, 100 bowls, 160 goblets, 50 maracas, 60 udu drums, plus various wind-chimes, xylophone bars and bells, as well as a collection of suspended glass sheets and shards.

Artists At Work joins the developmental process from the glass blowing, through to the tuning and installation of the various glass instruments, right up to rehearsals, bump-in and opening night. It's a journey that shows the myriad frustrations and small creative decisions that go into producing a complex, hybrid, new music performance.

"It's the biggest and most ambitious project we've done to date," says Ughetti. "I'll be composing, recording and designing the sound installation as well as being the stage manager, production manager and producer, not to mention performing. It's also one of the biggest projects I've ever directed."

Artscape: Artists At Work: The Glass Percussion Project will be repeated on ABC2 – Sunday, June 01 at 7:00pm