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Gifted visual artist, songwriter and musician PARKER has today announced her iridescent new single Can’t Keep Waiting, a once-in-a-lifetime
song, one that soundtracks a grand leap into the unknown and away from everything comfortable and safe, set for release today, October 4.

PARKER has also announced a cinematic video clip to accompany the track, made in collaboration with director and technology artist Jaymis
Loveday (Emma Louise, Ball Park Music) and sculptor Briony Law. PARKER has just completed an artist residency at Sawtooth ARI gallery
alongside drawer and sculptor Jo Lane, in order to prepare their upcoming exhibition You, Me and that Other Thing, an exploration into human
connection. The official opening of You, Me and that Other Thing will take place today, Friday October 4 from 6PM at Sawtooth ARI in
Tasmania (running for one month), and will include a screening of the Can’t Keep Waiting video clip.


Can’t Keep Waiting is transcendental, meditative; at times it feels almost ambient, with heavy, industrial percussion and repetitive synth
patterns. But one thing that pulls the track into a truly close, emotive space is PARKER’s soft, intimate yet commanding voice. Evocative of
Massive Attack and the lyrical and vocal prowess of Lana Del Rey, Can’t Keep Waiting is epic and overflows with the power of primal human
emotion. “Can’t Keep Waiting is about gathering the courage to be honest with myself. It’s about letting go of all that is safe and familiar in
life in order to evolve and grow,” explains Parker. “I believe it’s in the moments when we feel completely lost that we find the opportunity to
discover something new about ourselves. Nothing is permanent, everything can change. Each moment we have the ability to create ourselves anew.”

Already receiving multiple accolades, including Best Concept at Clipped Music Video Festival in Sydney, Best Music Video at the Los Angeles
Film Awards, New York Film Awards and Top Shorts, not to mention selection for screening at the Austria International Film Festival, the clip
for Can’t Keep Waiting is a triumph of a true marriage between sound, visual art, and cinema. Made by PARKER, in collaboration with Jaymis
Loveday and Briony Law, the clip sees clay mounds, turning gracefully to human forms, dissolving in a deep-seascape with very little light from
above. PARKER displays a clear and intricate understanding of her art, as she describes the clip, “The clip concept for this song was born out of
a video installation work I made called Dissolving Self. Dissolving Self was a projection installation of a video art work. The video was a of a
clay cast of my face dissolving in water set on a loop that made it look like it was falling apart and then rebuilding. I showed the work to my
friend Jaymis Loveday and he suggested we make an extension of the work by creating full body casts and miniature models using a larger tank
and cinematography techniques in the filming. Brisbane based sculptor Briony Law worked closely with me on the sculpting of the plaster
landscapes and made all of the body casts and moulds for us to create the figures.”


You, Me and that Other Thing is the title of the upcoming exhibition that will see PARKER and Jo Lane explore the many facets of human
connection. The exhibition will consist of three parts: historic works where inspiration has already manifested, a transition piece, and the work
from an experimental performance of unity. PARKER and Jo Lane have spent the last two weeks in residency at Sawtooth ARI, working side by
side in a dedicated studio space where the exhibition will take place. Giving her audience a taste of what to expect from the exhibition,
PARKER enthuses, “We will create a body of work together around the theme of human connection combining Jo’s skills in drawing and
sculpting and mine in sound and video. The Exhibition will combine a collection of our existing works and the new work we make during the
residency.”

PARKER is Tash Parker. Can’t Keep Waiting is set for release today, October 4 and the You, Me and that Other Things exhibition will take place today at Sawtooth ARI at 6pm (October 4)

YOU, ME AND THAT OTHER THING EXHIBITION OPENING
FRI 4 OCT | SAWTOOTH ARI, LAUNCESTON TAS | 18+ | FREE ENTRY
Stream: CAN’T KEEP WAITING Watch: CAN’T KEEP WAITING

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