Sal Cooper is an interdisciplinary artist who has been practicing for 20 years with a focus on screen-based works. Her wide ranging cross-platform practice covers independent film-making, hand drawn and stop motion animation, installation and performance events. Her work utilises an observational language that gives expression to deliberate misunderstandings, absurd irregularities and comic abstractions. She employs complex and refined production techniques to project a lyrical depth and meaning onto objects and landscapes – fully exploring the imaginative possibilities of the ordinary world around us. The integration of music within the context of moving image is a central part of her practice as can be seen in her ongoing collaboration with composer Kate Neal under the title Flight Risk. This collaboration has given rise to a body of commissioned material that includes major theatrical/performance works, concert pieces and music videos as well as work for cinematic settings.Sal’s artistic practice also includes works on paper, which she exhibits in regular solo and group shows. In the course of Sal’s practice she has undertaken several public art projects and attended residencies in Australia and overseas. Her short films and experimental videos continue to be screened around the world.
Sal Cooper
