(under)scoring the commons (2022-)
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
4k or Feral
(2024-)
Bianca Lyla Clifford
James Hazel
Kaz Therese
Kings Artist-Run-Initiative:
14 March 2024–13 April 2024
︎︎︎Room Sheet PDF
Emerging from discussions and embodiments among the three underclass artists from social-housing backgrounds, 4K or Feral explores the notion of ‘fidelity’ from a working-class, intersectional perspective.
Beyond the idea of ‘lo-fi’ as merely a co-optive or performative strategy employed by the design practices of the so-called creative class, or corporate propaganda, here we seek to examine what it means to work within the limitations of practice in a time of ongoing disaster by returning to what is available to the artists (often cheaply available media) and aligning with the ad hoc emergent.
By ‘tuning in’ as artists adrift between classes and codes, and questioning narratives around professional aesthetics and their imperatives to “overcome” our precarious (human) conditions to “succeed,” the works express nuance in the ecstasy and agony of underclass voices by ‘staying with the trouble’ of contemporary struggles – challenging mythologies of ‘working-classness’ that are often narrated from the outside by extractive social practice(s).
KINGS Artist-Run is generously supported by City of Melbourne through the Arts and Creative Partnerships Program. Exhibition documentation by Seb Kainey
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(sitic)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.
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.
On Pre(care)ity or Underclass Love (2024)
Published in:
THICK PRESS; 𝔄𝔫 𝔈𝔫𝔠𝔶𝔠𝔩𝔬𝔭𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔞 𝔬𝔣 ℜ𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔩 ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤
https://thickpress.com/
An Encyclopedia of Radical Helping
Edited by Erin Segal, Chris Hoff, and Julie Cho
10.25 x 7.6, 512 pp.
ills color, paperback, exposed binding
Design by Omnivore Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-7320666-4-9
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From “abundance” to “zinemaking,” An Encyclopedia of Radical Helping* invites the reader to wander through a collection of interconnected entries on helping and healing by over 200 contributors from the worlds of social work and family therapy; art and design; body work; organizing; and more. Privileging co-construction over diagnosis, wisdom over evidence, collective healing over individual cure–yet always blurring categories and embracing contradictions–this world-making collection reveals a pluriverse of helping practices grounded in love and freedom.
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
concessions (for my father)
https://noisenotmusic.com/2020/06/15/review-james-hazel-concessions-for-my-father-precarious-texts-jun-9/
EP
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)
for Mixed Ensemble
Performed by Ensemble Mise-En (New York)
Performed by Ensemble Mise-En (New York)