Sonic Compass is a live sound performance event to launch the sound sculpture and musical composition that charts a journey through listening.

Sonic Compass is a sound sculpture and musical composition that charts a journey through listening. Composed by Cameron Deyell aboard a sailboat on a voyage along Australia's East Coast, it traces a path shaped by water, wind, and memory. Presented as a circular array of speakers arranged in the formation of a compass rose, sound drifts from point to point — like stars across a navigational sky.

The work is launched by a 40-minute live performance by the artist in front of the Changshu Pavillion at 5pm on Thursday 24 September, before continuing to run day and night through to 11 October.

Cameron Deyell is a composer, producer and sound artist whose work spans pop production, experimental sound art and installation. He was producer and performer on Sia's Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum album This Is Acting, and has worked at a high level within international commercial music.

He is a member of avant-punk band Liars (Mute Records, UK), and has toured and recorded with ARIA-winning artists Missy Higgins, Lior and Katie Noonan. He composes music for contemporary dance company Dancenorth, and holds a PhD in Interactive Composition from the University of Melbourne.

Alongside this production and performance work, Deyell maintains an independent practice in eco-acoustic composition, using field recordings and environmental sound as core material. He sailed across the Pacific Ocean and now lives aboard his yacht near the Great Barrier Reef, where his location directly informs the recording, research and development of new work.