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Pleasure Garden

BY Genevieve Lacey

THEME LEADER Jane Davidson

SUPPORTED BY University of Melbourne, as part of the NGV Triennial – exploring the emerging intersections of art, design, science and society.

Genevieve Lacey is a recorder virtuoso, serial collaborator and artistic director, with a significant recording catalogue and a career as an international soloist. As part of Triennial Voices, Genevieve Lacey has contributed audio files of her work in Pleasure Garden – a listening garden inspired by the story and music of the 17th-century musician, composer, improviser and nobleman Jacob van Eyck, and in collaboration with Jim Atkins, Robin Fox, Pete Brundle, Sera Davies and Stephen Goddard.


  • Lichen
  • Amarilli
  • Granite
  • Her Nest
  • One Tree Hill
  • Amarilli variations II–III
  • Whipbird
  • Bee Halo
  • Marie
  • Bermagui Dawn
  • Daphne
  • Feather Storm
  • Amarilli variation IV
  • Pale Blue Evenings

The full project can be found at www.pleasuregarden.com.au

BIO
Genevieve Lacey concept, co-composer of Pleasure Garden.