POOR OPERA(TIONS) / PARA OPER (IA)
(2022-)
PACT CENTRE; Cité Internationale des Arts; CASHMERE Radio; Critical Path
POOR/PARA OPERA(TIONS) is an exploratory ‘poor’
opera project 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. 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
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.
(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
ATMOSPHERES ~ HETEROPHONIES
(2023)
CRITICAL PATH REGIONAL FELLOWSHIP
https://criticalpath.org.au/resources/reflections-with-regional-fellows-kristina-chan/
Choreographer Kristina Chan (Biripi Country) @chankristina; composer, artist, researcher, and dramaturgist James Hazel @poor_opera_para_operaia ; and dancer, choreographer Sophia Ndaba @sophiandaba investigate-speculate what it could mean to collaborate affectively via dance and sound in a way that acknowledges a ‘pluriversal' conception of the world - ‘troubling’ human-orientated ways of conceiving of communicating-relating.
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)
