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Exist-Ence Catalogue 2011 exist-ence a festival of live art, performance art and action art 13 – 16 October, 2011 Brisbane Powerhouse Queensland, Australia http://existenceperformanceart.wordpress.com THANK YOU This event would not be possible without the generosity of each and every participant. You have given your time and your work for free for us to experience your art. Thank You. CURATED, PRODUCED & PRESENTED BY [2011 crew] Thomas Quirk & Rebecca Cunningham PRESENTED BY SUPPORTED BY ARTISTS HAVE HAD ASSISTANCE FROM CONTENTS about exist-ence about exist schedule overview about the program artist’s information writing on performance/ writers in residence 2 day project websites related to this event exist acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which it is situated, and is committed to fostering a culture of remembrance and respect for Indigenous people. The contents of this catalogue is printed in good faith; any errors within are the curators alone. Opinions expressed by exist-ence participants are theirs alone and not necessarily the opinions of the curators of exist-ence. exist-ence: a festival of live art, performance art and action art presented by exist and the Brisbane Powerhouse Venue: Brisbane Powerhouse, 119 Lamington St. New Farm Admission: $10/8 day pass $30/25 festival pass Presenting work by artists from Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA About exist-ence: a festival of live art, performance art and action art Following the success of exist in 08, exist presents the fourth annual exist-ence festival, bringing the best, the bold and the brave to Brisbane Powerhouse. Emerging, mid-career and established artists from across the city, nation and globe will gather in Brisbane exploring unknown terrain, unanswered questions and unresolved conversations. Across four days these artists will carve a space for live art, action art and performance art into our city. Audiences are invited to take part by exploring our diverse program including performances, artist talks, films, networking events, forums and symposia. About exist exist is an independent artist run initiative based in Brisbane, Australia that has evolved from Rebecca Cunningham’s initial vision: exist’s inaugural international live event “exist in 08“. exist’s core members comprise of Rebecca Cunningham, Melody Woodnutt, Nicola Morton and Thomas Quirk and also includes volunteers who offer their valuable time and resources exist aims to make spaces where artists, audiences and communities can engage openly; spaces where one can pause; ask, discover, surrender, to being – to existing. exist holds a range of events – from international festivals, “exist-ence”, to regular local events, “exist-ing”, to cultivate an open and visible platform for live, action, and performance arts through altruistic curation. exist is committed to the inclusion of willing artists that need a space to practice, produce, progress, share, present, and develop work that builds their practice and contributes to a larger dialogue within the Australian establishment of live arts culture. About the curators: - Thomas Quirk is a director of contemporary performance and inter-arts forms. Thomas’ focus is towards creating an immersive and sensory experience for theatre audiences. Driving his practice are questions about closing the space between audience and performer: How do we manage the line between challenging an audience and alienating our audiences? What moral and ethical values are we as artists responsible for upholding where the treatment of our audiences is concerned? Are we causing our audiences discomfort? Does this discomfort cause change?Most recently Thomas directed The Pact presented by Backbone Youth Arts and Brisbane Powerhouse for World Theatre Festival 2011. Over the past two years Thomas has created and directed Pro-stasis (BF09 UNDER THE RADAR Festival, 2009), Shades of Grey (Vena Cava Productions, 2009), [vacant] at the burned down skate arena in Red Hill (2009), the initial development of Pro-stasis (Vena Cava Productions’ Capillaries Festival, 2008) and The Girl Who Fell In Love With Winter with the Queensland University of Technology. Thomas is a term-based workshop facilitator for young people with Backbone Youth Arts, is an associate artist with the company and in 2010 was the Performance Coordinator for the company’s annual 2high Festival. 2011 will see Thomas develop The Raven; an experiential live performance adaptation of the literary masterpiece by Edgar Allan Poe. - Rebecca Cunningham is an Australian sound and performance artist, curator interested in all methods of making. Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Music, Performance from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University and Bachelor of Creative Industries 2A Honours, Interdisciplinary from QUT and is currently undertaking a PHD in Business [Griffith University] exploring the impact of trust in the global performance art network. www.rebeccacunningham.wordpress.com exist-ence schedule Thursday October 13 Time Artist(s) / Program Venue 1700 – 2200 various \ performance on DVD {free} Turbine Platform 1700 – 2200 various \ documentation/2 day project Graffiti Room 1700 – 2200 Robert Millett \ live Graffiti Room 1900 – 2200 Andi & Sun \ live Various 1900 – 2000 Agnes Nedregard \ remote Turbine Rehearsal Studio 2015 – 2100 VestAndPage \ film Turbine Rehearsal Studio 2100 – 2200 Ron Seeto\Benji Johnson \ live Turbine Rehearsal Studio Friday October14 1600 – 1800 artist talks/forums {free} Graffiti Room 1700 – 2000 Malcolm Whittaker & Georgie Meagher {free} Lift 1800 – 2300 documentation / 2 day project [various] Graffiti Room 1800 – 2300 Robert Millett \ live Graffiti Room 1900 – 2200 Andi & Sun \ live Various 1800 – 1830 BBB Johannes Deimling \ remote Performance lawn 1830 – 1845 Michael Mayhew \ film Turbine Rehearsal Studio 1845 – 1900 Francis O’Shaughnessy \ film Turbine Rehearsal Studio 1900 – 2200 Lady Kitt \ live streaming Graffiti Room 1900 – 2000 Jake Sun & Annie Bowman \ live Turbine Rehearsal Studio 2020 – 2100 Rebecca Cunningham \ live Turbine Rehearsal Studio 2100 – 2145 VestAndPage \ film Turbine Rehearsal Studio 2145 – 2200 John G. Boehme \ film Turbine Rehearsal Studio 2200 – 2210 Beatriz Albuquerque \ film Turbine Rehearsal Studio 2210 – 2230 Alexandra Zierle & Paul Carter \ film Turbine Rehearsal Studio Saturday October 15 1400 – 1800 artist talks/forums {free} Graffiti Room/Performance Lawn 1700 – 2000 Malcolm Whittaker & Georgie Meagher {free} Lift 1800 – 2300 documentation / 2 day project [various] Graffiti Room 1800 – 2300 Peter Baren \ documentation Graffiti Room 1800 – 1900 Teatro Deluxe \ live streaming Graffiti Room 1800 – 2300 Clare Dyson \ live Dressing Room / Graffiti Room 1900 – 2000 Jamie McMurry \ live Turbine Rehearsal Studio 2000 – 2030 Frans van Lent \ film Turbine Rehearsal Studio 2030 – 2300 Performance on DVD Turbine Rehearsal Studio Sunday October 16 1600 – 1730 artist talks/forums {free} Graffiti Room 1730 – 1830 Symposia {free} Graffiti Room 1800 – 2300 documentation / 2 day project [various] Graffiti Room 1900 – 2200 Rachel Parry \ remote Graffiti Room 1900 – 2200 James Cunningham \ live Turbine Rehearsal Studio 1900 – 1910 Adam Gruba \ film Graffiti Room 1910 – 1930 Nicola Morton \ film Graffiti Room 1930 – 2200 Michael Mayhew \ film Graffiti Room 2000 – 2200 Michelle Xen & Dhana Merritt \ live Turbine Rehearsal Studio This catalogue is printed on Australian sourced Reflex carbon neutral paper About the program: Artist talks / forums/symposia are a series of talks, panels and debates will bring together artists, researchers and audiences to discuss issues of Live Art Practice. Live performance: Live performances will occur in various spaces in the Brisbane Powerhouse. See the exist-ence schedule for full details Streaming Performance: Some international artists will perform live streaming their performances into the various spaces in the venue. Remote Performance There are a number of artists who wished to be present in person at this event, however due to funding constraints, they were unable to join us in the flesh, but have instead, offered documents, films, instructions, and actions for us to explore and experience in their absentia. Performance Art on Film: DVDs of performance documentation or performance for film will be screened in space Performance archive/art-i-fact/documentation Want to know more about performance art, live art, action art? Spend some time perusing the archive materials, books, pictures and art-i-facts, collected by the curators and submitted by artists for you to enjoy each day in the Graffiti Room. Artists information from A - Z Adam Gruba Poland Performance art on Film GOLEM performance-in-process GOLEM is a series of performances based on his own philosophy (Adam Gruba) as an emerging powerhouse in its own way-against-the method of constructing a message to the space chosen intuitively as possible to adapt the situation of being a physical representation of the deduction inside the mind as the main representative of the context and its own traditions. The presented work is a summary presentation of the different http://adamgruba.blogspot.com Agnes Nedregard Norway Remote Performance Agnes Nedregard is a Norwegian performance artist based in Scotland and Norway. Her working practice is primarily based in live performance, while exploring a bodily language in other mediums like video drawings and sculptural installations. She holds a Masters of Fine Art from the Glasgow
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