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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 Elphich
underscoringthecommons.com
underscoringthecommons.com
POOR/PARA OPERA(TIONS) (2022-)
POOR/PARA OPERA(TIONS) is an exploratory ‘poor’
opera trilogy 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 performed and developed at PACT Centre with mentorship from choreographer Martin Del Amo.
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 performance.
(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 performance.
POOR ACOUSTICS: CLASSED VOCALITIES (2023)
GUEST-EDITED EDITION OF LIQUID ARCHITECTURE: DISCLAIMER JOURNAL
https://disclaimer.org.au/contents/poor-acoustics-classed-vocalities
A collection of performance, video, scores, poetry, and essays that foregrounds working class vocalities/legacies using un(common) sonic dissonance to foster sharp commentary and working class solidarity and sociality.
