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Darling Square performances April 1 - 18 2021
LINK to view CREDO performance trailer
LINK to ABC interview May 2023 - Northern Rivers Aquarius Festival
LINK to Good Weekend article by Candida Baker Feb 15 2023
View the ABC iview short filmed in June 2022 “ART IS EVERYWHERE”
LINK to Coast Magazine article Dec 2022
Free the music. Free the people.
Yantra installs pianos in public places for the community to play. She believes accessible music and colour in the streets play a major role in our recovery in these unprecedented times, as we are being challenged to reassess our sense of belonging as a collective and diverse society.
In each location, Yantra gathers pianos, local musicians, choirs and artists. Together they create totally unique free outdoor performances, inspired by the land and people, the love of pianos and making music together.
At the heart of this project are music recycling and the importance of gifting, restoring and reinventing unwanted pianos.
In between programmed performances, the pianos are accessible to anyone who wishes to play. The public are encouraged to upload videos of themselves playing to our social media channels.
Yantra creates site specific artwork on each piano using a combination of watercolour, decoupage and mixed media. As a plein air water colourist she draws inspiration from the spirit of place, before concrete colonisation.
Film making and working with projections to create an added performance layer is a passion of Yantra’s. Her live performances are a visual and aural feast.
WATCH Home A Place of Belonging (5 Lands Walk Opening Ceremony 2020)
Celebrating the year of the Piano and ABC series The Piano, the ABC and Piano Plus Australia are delivering pre-loved pianos, donated by everyday Australians, to communities across the country. As part of this initiative, ABC and Yantra de Vilder from Pianos for the People, organised for a piano to be donated to the FunHaus Factory (image #3), an inclusive arts and culture institution based in Gosford, just an hour outside of Sydney. LINK TO VIDEO on facebook.com/abc.classic
PUBLIC PIANO INSTALLATIONS in NSW
Image 1 - Piano at Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
Image 2 - Darling Harbour (Pier St underpass)
Image 3 - Funhaus Factory Gosford
Image 4 - Terrace Park Brunswick Heads
Image 5 - Dawes Point Park under Sydney Harbour Bridge
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