Performing Mobilities in 10 minutes, with a text by Theron Schmid
PERFORMING MOBILITIES > the Australian program of PSi#21 > Fluid States: Performances of Unknowing > the Performance Studies international globally distributed performance research project taking place in a sequence of 15 different locations over 2015, curated by Mick Douglas
> > > further information: project website
PERFORMING MOBILITIES explores how contemporary life in Australia, the world’s largest island continent, is framed by borders whilst constantly being reconstructed through dynamic processes of mobility. The program seeks to creatively and critically explore forms, forces, dynamics, meanings and consequences of performing mobility. It proceeds through journey-based projects that manifest TRACES in gallery expositions, via PASSAGES of mobile performance, into this ASSEMBLY symposium. Proposals were invited from artists, makers, writers and researchers for cross-form and interdisciplinary creative projects and performances, temporary interventions, performative presentations and academic papers. The ASSEMBLY aims to bring together artistic research and critical reflection to investigate intersections of performance and mobility that are of Australasian regional relevance and global resonance.
> > > TRACES exposition of movement projects > > > > > > >
RMIT Gallery > 25 September – 24 October
Margaret Lawrence Gallery VCA > 9 October – 7 Nov
Mammad Aidani, Omid Movafagh, Mike Fard & Mohsen Panahi > Punctum > Australian Performance Exchange > Chris Barry > Lucy Bleach > Brogan Bunt, Lucas Ihlein & Kim Williams > David Cross & Jem Noble (UK) > Mick Douglas > Paul Gazzola & Nadia Cusimano > Jondi Keane & Kaya Barry > La Jetée (IT) > Malaysian Australia Raft Project > Graeme Miller (UK) > Open Spatial Workshop > David Thomas & Laurene Vaughan >
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depart RMIT Gallery + Margaret Lawrence VCA Gallery > 3-11 October
Bill Atchison (UK) > Chris Braddock (NZ) > Cultural Transports Collective > Kim Donaldson > Ceri Hann, Benjamin Cittadini, Fiona Hillary & Shanti Sumartojo > Deirdre Heddon (UK) > Angela Kilford (NZ) > Shaun McLeod, Peter Fraser, Olivia Millard, Jason Marchant & Sophia Cowen > Pflab > Sasha Grbich & Heidi Angove > Eddie Paterson & Lara Stevens > Julieanna Preston (NZ) > Brian Tairaku Ritchie & Stuart Tanner
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RMIT University / University of Melbourne, 8-11 October 2015
> Companion Curators: David Cross, Paul Gazzola, Bianca Hester, James Oliver, Paul Rae, Laurene Vaughan, Meredith Rogers, Fiona Wilkie