Listening in Corners

Tucked into the corner, Listening in Corners offers a gentle reversal – a reminder that what’s pushed aside or buried can still radiate, be heard, and be felt.

The piece was sparked by a moment of quiet awe: a visit to MONA in Tasmania, where Nedovic encountered a sculpture accompanied by music. The pairing of form and sound created an experience that transcended the visual — something immersive; momentarily suspended in time. Listening in Corners seeks to evoke that same stillness.

Standing over 2.6 metres tall, the piece is composed of discarded silk offcuts encased in oversized aluminium tubes. The pairing is deliberate: soft, timeworn fabric set against a hard, industrial frame. Light filters through the silk in diffused, quiet pulses, while a warm, meditative soundscape by Melbourne producer Nicholas Acquroff plays gently alongside — enveloping the viewer in a sensory experience that invites pause and attention. 

The silk — offcuts sourced from a local lampshade maker — had long been set aside: forgotten remnants of a bygone production, salvaged for a new purpose and form.

Resisting definition but commanding feeling, Listening in Corners is an ode to reinvention, to Nedovic’s commitment to sustainable practice, and to the beauty that lives in the margins of making — sometimes, buried beneath the pile.