Marlize de Klerk: Frisson in silence
Marlize de Klerk’s ceramic practice explores memory, emotion, and sensory experience through sculptural porcelain vessels. Created through repetition, each piece becomes a site of quiet listening — attending to material, memory, and what is unspoken but felt. This meditative process allows unconscious traces to surface, embedding emotional resonance through time and touch. Informed by embodied practice and endurance-based making, her vessels draw on Walter Benjamin’s ‘aura,’ embodying presence through labour.
Each form in Frisson in silence holds a subtle charge — shaped through quiet acts of repetition, listening, and attention to material. Viewed as transitional objects, they bridge internal and external worlds. Rather than holding fixed narratives, they invite shared emotional reflection through their tactile surfaces and their presence.
Frisson in silence is proudly presented as part of the South Australian Living Artists Festival.
Details
Marlize de Klerk: Frisson in silence
29 July to 30 August 2024
Tuesday to Saturday 10:00am–4:00pm
Free entry (Roman Room and Foyer spaces only). Selected works displayed in Frisson in silence are available for purchase.
Entry to Dancer and tours of Fermoy House are separately ticketed.
Image: Marlize de Klerk, A fluttering 2025. Photograph: Michael Haines Photography