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| This project has been on slow boil for me for several years. I have struggled to contextualise my research within the contemporary dance or theatre worlds and feel that this project has been finally seeded in suitably fertile ground within the cultural laboratory of foam. I have enjoyed a couple of successful collaborations with Nik Gaffney in Adelaide in the late 90's and with this project it seemed like the right time to pick up the collaborative thread. My husband Matt also collaborated with Nik in the past and was looking forward to participating in the residency in Croatia along with Miranda. However, when state funding fell through our family had to ecomimise and we decided that Florence and I would travel to Europe and Matt and Miranda would contribute to the project remotely via daily skype meetings and email. | This project has been on slow boil for me for several years. I have struggled to contextualise my research within the contemporary dance or theatre worlds and feel that this project has been finally seeded in suitably fertile ground within the cultural laboratory of foam. I have enjoyed a couple of successful collaborations with Nik Gaffney in Adelaide in the late 90's and with this project it seemed like the right time to pick up the collaborative thread. My husband Matt also collaborated with Nik in the past and was looking forward to participating in the residency in Croatia along with Miranda. However, when state funding fell through our family had to ecomimise and we decided that Florence and I would travel to Europe and Matt and Miranda would contribute to the project remotely via daily skype meetings and email. | ||
| - | The area of research stretches over the fields of history, psychology and anthropology. Artistic forms put into play include photography, | + | The area of research stretches over the fields of history, psychology, botany |
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| *The aim of the project is to work with a concept and series of methodologies that can be extended in multi-platform processes and outcomes. Potential outcomes might include; live performance, | *The aim of the project is to work with a concept and series of methodologies that can be extended in multi-platform processes and outcomes. Potential outcomes might include; live performance, | ||
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| - | This residency was situated in a house amongst vineyards in an old part of Istria. Florence and I were among friends and we are all highly motivated individuals. Therefore we began an informal discussion that developed over a week, with ideas becoming more focused over time. Simultaneously we continued to expand our scope of research as we shared our knowledge and experience and chased down leads. Whilst not consulting literature or media we firstly located our own knowledge and feelings about climate change and the stories that have and could emerge to make meaning of this. From this we narrowed the area of interest from clasical | + | This residency was situated in a house amongst vineyards in an old part of Istria. Florence and I were among friends and we are all highly motivated individuals. Therefore we began an informal discussion that developed over a week, with ideas becoming more focused over time. Simultaneously we continued to expand our scope of research as we shared our knowledge and experience and chased down leads. Whilst not consulting literature or media we firstly located our own knowledge and feelings about climate change and the stories that have and could emerge to make meaning of this. From this we narrowed the area of interest from classical |
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| *Creating storyboard movies to narrate stories based around weather lore | *Creating storyboard movies to narrate stories based around weather lore | ||
| *Considering how design fiction might construct a futurist narrative around the staged photographs | *Considering how design fiction might construct a futurist narrative around the staged photographs | ||
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| This residency was structured to include my whole family so my husband Matt contributed a sound score and our daughter Miranda sent drawings and stories in response to the creative content generated. Foam founders and collaborators Nik Gaffney and Maja Kuzmanovic, not only contributed creative ideas and creative content but also picked up the ‘hard to do with a baby in your arms’ tasks like note taking and documenting. | This residency was structured to include my whole family so my husband Matt contributed a sound score and our daughter Miranda sent drawings and stories in response to the creative content generated. Foam founders and collaborators Nik Gaffney and Maja Kuzmanovic, not only contributed creative ideas and creative content but also picked up the ‘hard to do with a baby in your arms’ tasks like note taking and documenting. | ||
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| Working around the sleep, feed, play schedule of a baby meant that the methodology needed to be flexible and not fixed in time. Whilst this meant that ideas and tasks were sometimes left unfinished until a later time, everything remained in focus and most tasks were completed.The method of informal discussion allowed for the consideration of Florence but it is also a way of eliciting a personal and felt response to the range of ideas. By listening and questioning others and ourselves we managed to narrow the field of interest and begin to play with creative content. | Working around the sleep, feed, play schedule of a baby meant that the methodology needed to be flexible and not fixed in time. Whilst this meant that ideas and tasks were sometimes left unfinished until a later time, everything remained in focus and most tasks were completed.The method of informal discussion allowed for the consideration of Florence but it is also a way of eliciting a personal and felt response to the range of ideas. By listening and questioning others and ourselves we managed to narrow the field of interest and begin to play with creative content. | ||
| - | In Linz at Time's Up, I took part in the workshops for the Future Fabulators kick off meeting in Linz. By participating I was able to consider how the workshop might be adapted to work with communities in Australia. | + | **After Parenzana** |
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| + | * In Linz at Time's Up, I took part in the workshops for the Future Fabulators kick off meeting in Linz. By participating I was able to consider how the workshop might be adapted to work with communities in Australia. | ||
| - | In Brussels I engaged in a discussion with Rasa Alksnyte about possible future developments of the project in respect to performance/ | + | * In Brussels I engaged in a discussion with Rasa Alksnyte about possible future developments of the project in respect to performance/ |
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| __Live performance__ | __Live performance__ | ||
| - | + | * Work with performers to create scenarios based on historic proverbs/ future proverbs | |
| - | Work with performers to create scenarios based on historic proverbs/ future proverbs | + | |
| __Community Cultural development__ | __Community Cultural development__ | ||
| - | + | * Use the forecasting tools from Future Fabulators to work with regional communities in South Australia, particularly Mt Gambier. | |
| - | Use the forecasting tools from Future Fabulators to work with regional communities in South Australia, particularly Mt Gambier. | + | |
| - | Create a discussion around " The Sun Is Different Now" | + | |
| __Photographic study/ film development__ | __Photographic study/ film development__ | ||
| - | + | * Create photographs that include The Child, The Mother, The Storyteller in another environment. | |
| - | Create photographs that include The Child, The Mother, The Storyteller in another environment. | + | |
| - | Work with recorded storytelling | + | |
| - | Select proverbs | + | |
| __Presentation__ | __Presentation__ | ||
| - | + | * Follow up research leads and calibrate an argument resulting from the various lines of related sub-interests. | |
| - | Follow up research leads and calibrate an argument resulting from the various lines of related sub-interests. | + | |
| __Possible Finance__ | __Possible Finance__ | ||
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| * Arts SA Professional Development Grant | * Arts SA Professional Development Grant | ||
| * Arts SA Project assistance | * Arts SA Project assistance | ||
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| All in all I am arriving home with a creative vision dreamed up, a new network of futurists met, a very creative collaborative experience and a world of possibilities to develop my work through avenues opened in Europe. For Florence I hope she has gained a sense of herself in a larger world, a tolerance of travel and somewhere deep in her conscience the knowledge that the world is full of creative and strong personalities who can envisage a fantastic future. For Miranda I hope she learns that no matter where I travel and for how long, I’ll always come back (and perhaps next time she can come with me). More importantly I know Miranda realizes that wherever I am, my life includes her and I cherish her involvement in my work. For Matt, we both know that creative collaboration is part of the glue of our relationship, | All in all I am arriving home with a creative vision dreamed up, a new network of futurists met, a very creative collaborative experience and a world of possibilities to develop my work through avenues opened in Europe. For Florence I hope she has gained a sense of herself in a larger world, a tolerance of travel and somewhere deep in her conscience the knowledge that the world is full of creative and strong personalities who can envisage a fantastic future. For Miranda I hope she learns that no matter where I travel and for how long, I’ll always come back (and perhaps next time she can come with me). More importantly I know Miranda realizes that wherever I am, my life includes her and I cherish her involvement in my work. For Matt, we both know that creative collaboration is part of the glue of our relationship, | ||
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