II EMBEDDED

This is the first physical draft of our installation, II embedded. It is an exploration into the subjectivity of memory through sensory encoding and decoding.

We are showing material devised during the residency and also drawing on ideas 2 years in the making. We found clarity and ambiguity were not mutually exclusive concepts in memory and this had a profound effect on our process. It led us to the searching for faint whispers of memories; a smell, a texture or taste. More often than not we found our memories wanting, veiled images and emotions that frustratingly surged and subsided, unwilling to be exposed.

2010 into 2011

Arts ACT has opened their application for 2011. We are applying again (last year we were unsuccessful) in the hope of getting support to create the work.

Embedded is not a 'straight' dance work, which we believe adds artistic value to the arts and dance community in Canberra. This project is looking at creating dialogue between artists from diverse art forms with the objective to expose our practice (physical movement and installation) to critical discussions.

As always, when applying for funding, there is a slight mistrust in success, as competition is high and all that stuff that they tell you.

Meg and I have had this project on our minds for a long time and can not wait to get in to a studio, work on it full time and perform it for our community.
We are confident it will engage our fellow artists and practitioners, develop collaborations and create new audience.

third voice..

Just had a meeting with mark dyson - light designer and production manager based in brisbane. we sat in the garden of his family home and talked about the installation/dance performance project meg and i are currently working on.

lots of interesting discussions…
how the interaction between performer, installation and viewer will occur, evolve and effect the performance and therefor installation.
we spoke about space and its purposes to engage or include..or…
conceptual art installation performance
merging interacting excluding

mark is certainly an interesting person to work with. i look forward to meeting him again and continue these conversations.

sound..

reflection..

We are currently in a creative development of the new performance/installation work Embedded.

The work is looking at textures and metaphors in material and movement. We will be exploring the relation between physical manifestation of memories and how material evolves through time.

At this stage we are experimenting with salt and doing alot of talking. Very inspiring!

We are also sending in our proposal to the newly opened Belconnen Arts Centre.


That's it for today.

Video of Enduring Intimacy

This is a short video clip of the site specific work Enduring Intimacy performed at The National Gallery of Australia in 2008.
Choreography, installation and costume design by Meg Millband.
Performance by Adelina Larsson, Holly Diggle, Lailah Masiga and Hayley Schmidt.
Music in this video clip is Nest - cad goddeu

page one....

This is a new project in its first stage of development. Collaborators Meg Millband and Adelina Larsson both with background in dance will be creating a new dance/installation work entitled Embedded.
This artistic research will explore installation material, movement (body) and initiate dialogues with artists in art forms other than dance. The title Embedded refers to memories, experiences and the way they manifest themselves in our lives...