Arts House, Antony Hamilton & Melanie Lane Present

Antony Hamilton & Melanie Lane C l O u d s AbOve Berlin

Black Project 1 has been supported by Tilted Fawn explores the relationship Lucy Guerin Inc. and the Tanja Liedtke Foundation between sound, objects and the body. Arts House Tilted Fawn has been supported by Programm A visual sound installation constructed North Melbourne Town Hall Kultur, Looping and Lucy Guerin Inc. with an orchestra of tape machines, objects Wed 7 – Sun 11 Mar 2012 Clouds Above Berlin has been supported by and choreography propels a lone dancer Post-show Q&A: Thu 8 the City of Melbourne through Arts House through landscapes that are at times stark, Image: courtesy Antony Hamilton Projects melancholic, dark and mythical. Duration: 90 minutes, including Melanie Lane 15 minute interval “…the choreography, light, sound About Black Project 1 and visuals come together as an The concept for Black Project 1 initially CAST/CREATIVE expressive totality, which impresses came as a response to a previous work I had created called Blazeblue Oneline. In Tilted Fawn with its dynamism and produces Choreography/Concept/Performer: that work I was attempting to transform an an evening of thrills.” Melanie Lane environment through physical actions such tanzpresse.de (on Melanie Lane’s Tilted Fawn) as graffiti, leaving unique visual artefacts in Sound Composition and Installation: the space. Chris Clark “…an hypnotic mass of overlapping Artistic Collaboration: Morgan Belenguer motion which blurred the lines In Black Project 1 I wanted to move Dramaturgy: Bart van der Eynde between the organic and the away from the influence of sub-cultural Costume/Props: Melanie Lane mechanical…technically sophisticated iconography to arrive at something Lighting Design: Max Stelzl and visually complex.” more subjectively spacious, less easily categorised, and driven by the Black Project 1 RealTime (on Antony Hamilton’s The Counting) subconscious. I was interested in how the Choreography/Concept/Design: body is commonly viewed as a separate Antony Hamilton entity to its environment; rather than a fluid Performers: Antony Hamilton, About Tilted Fawn Berlin-based choreographer Melanie Lane structure of particles and energy that, on Melanie Lane a quantum level, is not really solid or ever Video Projection: Olaf Meyer and renowned UK electronic musician CLARK have collaborated for the second in a fixed point in space/time. To express Set Construction: Matthew Scott time, inviting the audience into an intimate this idea, I wanted to develop an abstract Music: Robert Henke, Vainio and Fennesz yet intense audio-sensitive universe, narrative, showing a simple progression of Costumes: Antony Hamilton where our urge to seek transformative actions and their effects on an object, in a melanielane.info experiences through advanced very linear fashion. antonyhamiltonprojects.com technologies is brought into question. Antony Hamilton artshouse.com.au

BIOGRAPHIES Room Award for Best Male Dancer in 2005, Art Theatre of China in Shanghai, providing Melanie Lane and the Helpmann Award for Best Male projection designs and technical direction. Born in Sydney, Melanie Lane graduated Dancer in 2009. He is currently designing a software from WAAPA in 1999. Since graduating she Chris Clark interface to NaturalPoint’s Optitrack optical has worked with companies and artists London-born Chris Clark has worked with motion capture system for Garth Paine throughout Europe, including Kobalt Works music and sound for 15 years. He is signed at the University of Western Sydney, | Arco Renz; Club Guy and Roni, Tino Sehgal, to the legendary British indie label Warp allowing artists to control sounds through Carte Blanche, and PVC. Since 2007 she has Records, for whom he has released five live body movement. been an artistic collaborator with Belgian albums and numerous singles. His records company Kobalt Works | Arco Renz. As have sold in excess of 250,000 copies artist in residence at Berlin’s Dock 11 studios worldwide and his live show has toured THANK YOU she has created Cooper (2005); Under clubs and festivals extensively throughout Angharad Wynne-Jones and everyone Violent Objects (2006); and in collaboration Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA. at Arts House; Gerlinde and Kurt with Morgan Belenguer, Riddle (2007), Liedtke; Shane Carrol; Kara Ward; Kyle Chris Clark’s work with Melanie Lane began Kremerskothen; Lucy Guerin; Michaela Held (2008) and Tilted Fawn (2010), in 2008, with a score for Held. The music performing in Germany, France, Portugal Coventry; Laura Levitus; Megafun; Lisa created for Held, and more recently for Steph, Jochen Sandig, Sasha Waltz and all and Switzerland. She has collaborated with Tilted Fawn, is a radical departure from his other artists including musician CLARK, at Radialsystem V, Berlin; Doreen Markert; usual work, representing the beginning of Tanzwerkstatt; Chris Clark; Dian Mcleod; video duo Photone, and filmmakers Timo a series of liberated, fully committed sonic Schierhorn and Eva S. Aridjis. Paula Levis; Felix Levis-Hamilton; Maria explorations into the world of performance Hamilton; Elly Levis; Helen Levis In Australia, Melanie Lane has art. In 2011 he collaborated as sound choreographed two new works for WAAPA, designer for location-based digital artists Antony would like to especially thank and Build Me (work in progress) for Sydney Blast Theory in Suffolk (UK) and for Saatchi Melanie Lane, Matty Scott, Olaf Meyer, Dance Company dancers Richard Cilli & Saatchi’s Cannes Lions ‘New Directors Dian Mcleod, Chris Clark and Paula Levis and Natalie Allen. She also works with Showcase’. He has completed re-mixes for for their tireless work, support and Australian independent artists Antony Massive Attack, Depeche Mode and Battles commitment to the project Hamilton and Paea Leach. Currently based and has composed for two forthcoming in Berlin, she continues to develop her work Hollywood feature films. He currently as well as offering professional training resides in Berlin, where he is completing his ARTS HOUSE and workshops for companies including sixth studio album. artshouse.com.au Sasha Waltz and Guests, Carte Blanche, [email protected] Olaf Meyer (03) 9322 3719 Tanztheater Bielefeld, PVC and Nordwest/ Olaf Meyer is an interactive multimedia Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg. 521 Queensberry Street artist working with video, sound, custom North Melbourne VIC 3051 Antony Hamilton hardware and software. Formally trained Antony Hamilton trained in dance in Sydney, in design, multimedia, computer animation, Arts House presents contemporary arts Perth and New York. Since 1999 he has video composition and renewable energy, in programs encompassing performance, performed extensively with Australian he has created interactive installations exhibitions, live art, residencies and Dance Theatre (Garry Stewart), Kage locally and internationally, including for other activities that nurture, support and Physical Theatre (Kate Denborough), Melbourne International Film Festival, stimulate cultural engagement. We value Chunky Move (Gideon Obarzanek) Next Wave, ElectroFringe, Sydney Festival work in which artists at different stages and Lucy Guerin Inc. (Lucy Guerin), and the Rotterdam European Cultural of their careers, as well as our diverse throughout Australia and internationally. Capital 2001. audiences and communities, are actively As a choreographer, he has worked both involved in creating an imaginative, just and In 2006 he designed multimedia projections environmentally sustainable global society. in Australia and abroad creating works for and content presentation systems for Big the Lyon Opera Ballet, Chunky Move, ADT, hART’s Ngapartji Ngapartji, Junk Theory Arts House’s programs include two Dancenorth, LINK, the Victorian College and Radio Holiday; and worked with curated public seasons of multidisciplinary of the Arts, Stompin and Rogue. He has Melbourne media artist Sue McCauley on work each year. From 2013, approximately also created short works for ADT’s Ignition the ArtPlay workshop Screens and Screams. half of this work will be selected through seasons and Lucy Guerin Inc.’s Pieces for He has designed and installed outdoor a new Expression of Interest process. We Small Spaces seasons. Independent works projection campaigns including video seek artists who are responding to the include Blazeblue Oneline (2008) and the projection mapping of buildings in Sydney urgent issues of our time in imaginative and 2010 drive-in work Drift. In 2009 Blazeblue and Melbourne; and since 2007 has been surprising ways, taking artistic risks and Oneline received two Green Room Awards, senior projectionist and technical director offering multiple ways for audiences for set and costume design, and for the Gertrude Projection Festival. to engage with or co-author their work. concept/realisation. For more information, please contact us on In 2009 Olaf Meyer performed with Stelarc, (03) 9322 3720 or visit artshouse.com.au. Antony Hamilton was the inaugural video-mixing live video signals generated recipient of both the Russell Page from brain wave and heartbeat information, Fellowship in 2004 and the Tanja Liedtke virtual reality and Steve Middleton’s Fellowship in 2009, which included a autonomous prosthetic head. In 2010 choreographic residency at Radialsystem V, he collaborated with Terrapin Puppet Berlin. He was also winner of the Green Theatre (Tasmania) and the Children’s Arts House is a City of Melbourne contemporary arts initiative