Atmosphère Commune
(Comoning Atmospheres)
(2024-)
Supported through HAIR AIR Cité Internationale des Arts Residency; and CREATENSW
Exhibition documentation by Cristea Zhao
𝘼𝙩𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝è𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙚 (𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙩𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨)
investigates the (counter)economies of ventilation shafts, originally installed as part of the Metro system in the early 20th century, when gentrifying social engineers sought to ‘breathe fresh air’ into the city, displacing working-class communities in turn. Beyond their ‘practical’ function, these sites also operate as more-than-weather systems of atmospheric ‘commoning’ for precarious communities and individuals in Parisian urban spaces during the extreme forces of Winter.
PARA-$ITIC-OPERA
(2022-)
PACT CENTRE; Cité Internationale des Arts; CASHMERE Radio; Critical Path’, LIQUID ARCHICTURE
POOR/PARA OPERA(TIONS) is an exploratory ‘poor’ opera company concerned with making ‘cheap performances within one’s means’ across the three ecologies. The first iteration B(Z)LOOM ANONYMOU$ was performed as part of Liquid Architecture’s MONO-POLY; the second iteration THE MARINE ROOM, was developed at PACT Centre with mentorship from choreographer Martin Del Amo. Documentation by Jeremy Elphick.
(UNDER)
SCORING THE COMMONS (2021-)
Gosford Regional Gallery; University of Helsinki; World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, Avant Project (Poland)
Ongoing sonic research and performance activity exploring the relationship between shared lives and livelihoods across working-class social spaces derealised by precarity, and development working with local ensembles, brassbands, community volunteers and interviews with youth in the regions. Videography by Jeremy Elphick.
underscoringthecommons.com
CLASS ACTION$ COLLECTIVE (2022-)
Carriageworks, CEMENTA Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Ethics Centre
https://carriageworks.com.au/events/sleeplessness-2022/
Collective comprised of: Gadigal/Bidgigal/Yuin Elder, Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, Kaz Therese, James Hazel
(concerned with intersecting, lived experiences of poverty - across micro-geographies in an era of radical change) with a host of collaborators to articulate what ‘class’ means within the contemporary world
PRE(CARE)IOUS SCORES (2020-)
Livedreams/Performance Space, ADSR ZINE, RTM.FM, Radiophrenia (Glasgow)Precareious scores explores classed/trauma’d embodiments through working-class vocality text, voice and utterance
i. hidden injuries (for voice and fixed media)
ii. transposing aspiration (for voice and field recordings
Introductory essay to collection of essays and creative works on the subject of working-class art practice
https://disclaimer.org.au/contents/poor-acoustics-classed-vocalities
(under)scoring the commons; troubling the acoustics of urban renewal
(2023)Proceedings of the Conference of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, Atlanta Centre for the Arts, FL, March 23-26, 2023.
Research paper exploring Hazel’s ongoing “(under)scoring the commons” project with respect to what the composer terms an ‘extended transcription’ process.
ADSR Zine is an online, quarterly publication that features diverse work from contributors who are, or who work with contemporary practising artists in Australia. Functioning from an 'art begets art' premise, we value the process of reflection, translation, interpretation, critical response and active engagement with Australian art and performance. Poster design by Elia Bosshard.
Political pamphlet produced by CLASS ACTIONS Collective on classed-pedagogies and participation in the arts. Designed by SEPT. Design Studio
(de)Ghosting the Archive
(2022)Carriageworks Journal
07–15–24
https://carriageworks.com.au/journal/deghosting-the-archive-kaz-thereses-sleeplessness/
Critial response to Kaz Therese’s ‘Sleeplessness’
~scores for ensemble
~scores for dance
~electronic
some things i should have told you (2021)
for cello quartet, electronics and voice memos
Performed by Quartetto Zuena
at the highSCORE Festival 2021 (Italy) Supported through CREATE NSW
Performed by Quartetto Zuena
at the highSCORE Festival 2021 (Italy) Supported through CREATE NSW
hum (2019)
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for Mixed Ensemble
Performed by Ensemble Mise-En (New York)
Performed by Ensemble Mise-En (New York)
tryin’ to find a way thru this malaise (2023)
for Solo Double Bass, performed and commissioned by Will Hansen
'tryin' to find a way through this malaise' explores the phenomenon of 'waiting' in late-Stage capitalism - drawing on plain-chant, no-wave, and working-class colloquialism(s).
'tryin' to find a way through this malaise' explores the phenomenon of 'waiting' in late-Stage capitalism - drawing on plain-chant, no-wave, and working-class colloquialism(s).
entangled labours (2020)
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Video Lecture for Mixed Ensemble
Performed by Ensemble Offspring (Australia)
Performed by Ensemble Offspring (Australia)
