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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

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.

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.


Rhapsody (2023)


New Annual Festival 

Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub present: Rhapsody a radical new dance work by accomplished choreographer Omer Backley-Astrachan. Music and sound: James Hazel 




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. 




©MMXXII James Hazel
All scores, texts, works available via request