LEETON'S Jason Richardson has paid tribute to the Riverina in a clever and unique way.
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Mr Richardson currently has an exhibition open at the Griffith Regional Art Gallery, titled Earthwords & Soundscaping.
The exhibition looks into how living in the Riverina has shaped Mr Richardson's creative output.
The resulting exhibition brings together his myriad creative interests as a producer of poetry, imagery and music over the past 10 years.
Mr Richardson's music, concocted from playgrounds across the Riverina gained national and international attention.
Canadian website Playgroundology wrote "I would hazard a guess that Richardson is defining a niche of playful, minimalist music. Reminiscent of Steve Reich, I love the inventiveness, the audacity and the fun".
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His collaboration with London-based Naviar Records has seen his music played at exhibitions in England, and productions from their musicians performed in Narrandera as part of the 2017 Crossing Streams exhibition, which he curated for Western Riverina Arts.
As a result, there's been even more creativeness happening.
"One outcome from that activity (the exhibition) is I've published a book featuring local scenes in photography and poetry," Mr Richardson said.
"It's an innovative publication in merging the 500-year old Japanese tradition of haiku verse with a 100-year old creative technique developed by Dadaists in France and popularised by artists like Burroughs, Bowie, Beck and Radiohead."
Copies will soon be available at the Visitor Information Centre.
In closing the exhibition on October 27, Mr Richardson will host a "one-man festival ideas" which is a free event and includes an artist talk and participatory workshop.
"This exhibition ... features Haiku poetry, photography and music videos, so the closing event aims to infuse tastes and tactile activity for a smorgasbord of stimulation," he said.
"We will be sharing a snack after witnessing the collision of Dadaist art-making with a Japanese tradition in the Australian landscape.
Everyone attending on the day will have an opportunity to take home a collaborative piece, as well as discuss creative techniques."
Griffith Regional Art Gallery co-ordinator Ray Wholohan praised Mr Richardson's work.
"Jason has been active as artist, cultural-maker and curator for many years now and has an inspiring, dynamic and thought provoking arts practice," he said.
"Anyone interested in art or ideas about cultural production will absolutely love Jason's floor talk."
The free event will be held at the gallery from 1pm on October 27.
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