Blue waves, Green waves

For the past few years I’ve been interested in bodies of water and the connections between bodies and water. The sea has always felt like home, and having lived on both the east and west edges of the Pacific Ocean it has become a place of connection for me.

Blue waves, Green waves is my attempt to connect with this vast watery body - evoking the physical sensation of being in, and with the ocean – sea spray (thick with salt) lashing skin, foamy whitewater evaporating through fingers, inhaling the salty water of a wave, air bubbles hissing past ears as they escape to the surface.

This release features a full-length video, a synthetic abstraction of light moments and water feelings by Rachael Archibald, shared here in full.


Recorded, composed, and mixed by Alexandra Spence, on unceded Gadigal and Wangal Land
Field recording on Air pockets made with Fiona Lee
Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space
Cover art and accompanying video by Rachael Archibald
Text in the video combines my writing with excerpts from Virginia Woolf’s The Waves
Thank you to Room40, my friends, family, and community
This project was supported by the APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund