Edwina Stevens is a Narrm-based audiovisual artist from Aotearoa/Te Wahi Pounamu. Her ongoing place-based practice engages improvisational processes of wandering and closer listening through varying techniques of sonic recording, responsive synthesis and found acoustic possibilities. With a focus on the incidental and unanticipated - producing works drawing on our potential to learn from the complex overlaps and dialogues in the details consistently present around us. Her processes accumulate to produce audiovisual works, compositions and installations, further expanded through performances, exhibitions, community conversations and collective wanderings.
Recently Edwina has been focusing on resonant engagements with infrastructure, transducing environmental recordings and harmonic modulating drone-frequencies through metals and other resonant materials. As a non-indigenous artist working on unceded lands, her projects intend to address continuing problematic colonial perspectives of place, specifically questioning western imperial concepts of ownership and control of land in so-called Australia and Aotearoa.
Edwina is currently undertaking a PhD at Deakin University, School of Communication and Creative Arts under the supervision of Cameron Bishop, Ann Wilson and cultural advisor Liz Cameron, researching the representation of place in audiovisual creative work. Through her ongoing creative research, Edwina wishes to further develop a respectful, responsible and resonant approach to the representation of place through audiovisual creative processes to encourage conversation within the wider community in questioning ongoing colonial perspectives.
Alongside her audiovisual installation practice, Edwina has played under the moniker of ‘eves’ since 2011 performing live visual and sound works across New Zealand and Australia (FFFFFF, eves). She has performed at local and international events such as Sonorous V (2022), Lines of Flight Festival Dunedin 2019, Ladyz In Noyz Australia 2017, Sisters Akousmatica Liquid Architecture/Next Wave Festival 2016, Nowhere Festival Auckland 2014 and Make It Up Club Melbourne, recorded and released 3 albums (eves.bandcamp.com) and was nominated for The Age Music Victoria Awards/Best Experimental-Avante Garde Act for 2015.
Edwina has also established, operated and curated within two project spaces within New Zealand, None Gallery (Dunedin, 2006-2012) and Rice and Beans (Dunedin, 2011-2012). The two spaces frequently exhibited and hosted artists locally and internationally as a no-cost, open space for experimental artists and their practices.
2024
Beechworth Biennale - collaborative sculptural sound-work with visual artist Carly Fischer.
Lecturer - Bachelor of Songwriting and Music Production, Melbourne Polytechnic - Teaching in Music Production and Industry Subjects.
PhD Candidate - Deakin University, School of Communication and Creative Arts - completion November 2024.
2023
Performance - Melbourne Synthesizer Orchestra - Melbourne Town Hall as part of Now or Never festival, August 2023.
Treatment III, April 2023 - Multichannel site-specific sound installation, Western Treatment Plant Werribee.
Lecturer/Tutor - Music Video Production, Melbourne Polytechnic Song-writing and Music Production.
PhD Candidate - Deakin University, School of Communication and Creative Arts.
2022
School House Studios, Multichannel sound and sculptural collaboration with visual artist Carly Fischer, September 2022.
Composite, 1 month collected solo presentation of 3 audiovisual works with artist’s talk at microcinema ‘composite’.
M.E.S.S Sonorous V, creative residency with Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio commissioned 8 channel/Octophonic composition and performance - June 2022.
Correspondences Studio, 3 month residency at Correspondences Studio, Brunswick, Narrm-Melbourne, access to studio and exhibition space to develop and show work and hold community events.
Lecturer/Tutor - Music Video Production, Melbourne Polytechnic Song-writing and Music Production.
PhD Candidate - Deakin University, School of Communication and Creative Arts.
2021
Conversation Piece, Incinerator Art Award 2021 : Art for Social Change. Dual channel video sand stereo soundscape for headphones.
Artist in Residence - Podcaster, Yarra City Arts / Working for Victoria - 6 month residency as podcaster.
Conversation Piece, 2 channel video/multichannel sound work in collaboration with Carly Fischer, Bus Projects, MEL.
‘Place: Environmental Recording in Aotearoa, Group show, Blindside, MEL.
Lecturer/Tutor - Music Video Production, Melbourne Polytechnic Song-writing and Music Production.
Masters by Research - Deakin University, School of Communication and Creative Arts.
2020
Fair play compilation - eves (contributing artist) - Tsuku Boshi label (France).
Looking for glass - ‘eves’ release through local label ‘Music Company’, Nov 2020.
sonic.land / ‘Place: Environmental Recording in Aotearoa, Group show (shifted to online format) Blindside (ONLINE), MEL.
Room with a View, Correspondences, featured artist and development of new work.
Works for Waves Audio foundation & 95bFM, Radio Broadcast of New Work – Auckland, AOTEAROA.
’Slippage’ – eves, 6 track audio release – soundcloud.com/e_eves
, ONLINE.
Listen In, eves track ‘There’ paired with Lesley Duxbury’s ‘Another Day’, LaTrobe Regional Art Gallery, VIC.
Masters by Research - Deakin University, School of Communication and Creative Arts.
Lecturer/Tutor - Music Video Production, Melbourne Polytechnic Song-writing and Music Production.
Video Editor, Sound Editor and Recordist, Videographer - Arts Centre Melbourne, Various Freelance.
Video Editor - Melbourne Polytechnic.
M.E.S.S Member - Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio Member and contributor for ongoing workshops.
2019
I Feel The Earth Move Under My Feet, sound/sculptural installation w Carly Fischer, Incinerator Gallery, MEL.
I Feel The Earth Move Under My Feet, radio soundscape w Carly Fischer, Radiophrenia 2019, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, SCOTLAND
Lines of Flight (3-day noise festival, funded performance of Torrential Brain, Dunedin, AOTEAROA.
Eves performances at Polyester, Mesma, Longplay, MELBOURNE.
A Century of Salt, Audio foundation (Auck) at Loop Bar – Live Performance to Film by Kim Pieters, MEL.
Redbull Music Festival Melbourne – M.E.S.S Ltd, 5 day residency and public performance, MELBOURNE.
Poise – Sound for Installation as part of Midsumma at Arts House, MELBOURNE.
Eves, 'Shimmer' included in curated mix for sound installation – MESH Sound online @ Dirt Gallery, WELL.
M.E.S.S Member - Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio Member and contributor for ongoing workshops.
Lecturer/Tutor - Music Video Production, Melbourne Polytechnic Song-writing and Music Production.
Video Editor, Sound Editor and Recordist, Videographer - Arts Centre Melbourne, Various Freelance.
Masters by Research - Deakin University, School of Communication and Creative Arts.
2018
‘Lands end – Rakiura/Ulva Island’ - 28 min broadcast work for Radia Network – curated commission, RAKIURA.
Torrential Brain project - live improvised short-form noise - 2 piece percussion (Jen Tait) + guitar, MEL.
2017
Eves – 'She asked me to play a concerned stranger' visual work for ‘eves, train to’.
Divide & Dissolve, Assimilation (music video aired on Rage TV).
Eves 'Yaw' (5 track online release).
Eves 'Svaha' featured on Abstract Paradigms podcast.
2016
'Peripheral Visions' on ABC Spotlight - Audible Women, field recording composition work featured.
Sisters Acousmatika – Liquid Architecture/Next Wave Festival, Live radio performance, MELBOURNE.
Eves – Live Performance various shows and collaborations *
Residency – The Otways - 5 days (1 track per day to produce 5 track released as 'Disrhythms'), MELBOURNE.
Coyoacan 'Peripheral Visions' composition work, MEXICO.
This Cloud Is – Eves sound installation/performance in large scale community installation, Otepoti, Aoteroa.
2015
Ladyz In Noyz tour + This is Not Art – included performer, MEL, ADL, SYD, NEW CASTLE .
Nominee for Best Experimental/Avant-Garde Act - The Age Music Victoria Awards, 2015, VIC.
'Lands Line' selected for Environmental Film Festival's 'Sensory Environments', MELBOURNE.
2014
Nowhere Festival – Eves performance, AUCKLAND.
Eves, 2 week tour (Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Port Chalmers), AOTEAROA.
2011
FFFFFF Collective exhibition 'Introduced Birds' - Blue Oyster Project Space, OTEPOTI.
2010
Media Povera, Audiovisual Installation, group show - Blue Oyster Project Space, OTEPOTI.
The Tainted Love Project - The Anteroom - group exhibition sound installation 'Songs for lovers', Port Chalmers, OTEPOTI.
2009
None Gallery featured by Auckland's Artspace as part of 'New Artists Show' - live stream from None to Artspace.
Group show 'OH9' - None Gallery - Audiovisual projection work within ceiling crawlspace
2008
Advanced Diploma in Video Post Production - Natcol Design Technology, Wellington.
2007
Massey College of Creative Arts Graduate Show – Audiovisual Projection Installation.
Joint show with Erin Templeton, Thistle Hall, Wellington.
2006
Research Assistant to Su Ballard (Otago Polytechnic School of Art, Time-based Media and Digital Moving Image).
Tutor & Technician at Otago Polytechnic School of Art - Time-based Media and Digital Moving Image.
Video Post Production services Otago University.
*Not all live shows have been included.
*Not all minor collaborations have been included..