I've started working on a new sort of project with Andre Conate, actor extraordinaire from the Swinburne days; we're starting to take my costumes and create movement pieces in them. The Growing a Fringe festival in Benders is in two weeks and we are hoping to put something together for the performance showcase. I'm really excited because it's another step towards the kind of work I want to do, ie. visual theatre. I'm hoping that we can get something exciting happening for this piece then extend what we're doing in future projects.
I watched two fully sick films today - a Russian film called Stalker and The Maltese Falcon. Part of the Birthday series - I bought them both last Friday on the trip to Melbourne. It was a really enjoyable day, got to spend the day dragging James around town (he's such a trooper) and popped in to Swinburne and saw two of my lecturers - George, our lighting teacher who gave us a tour and all the gossip, and John, who forgot my name and called me Kylie. This is what happens when you aren't a star in the acting classes! But George loves me, so it's ok!
I think I'm going to be doing a radio show next month, so I'll post the details up here when it's happening. The broadcast is going to be within about a 6k radius of the station so don't get too excited if you don't live in Bendigo. And to be honest, if you don't live in Bendigo or know me personally you're probably not reading this so it doesn't matter. But if you are, I'm going to start practicing my radio technique: For the readers out there, do you watch theatre? and if you do, what do you like/hate when you're watching it? Go to www.cvcb.org.au to respond. I think that's the website anyway. Don't really, there's nowhere to respond. Just have a look or something.
Wow, look at the shit I've written!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Hello, boys
Long time no speak. I've lost my camera in the junk in my room so I've been putting off making an entry, but I've accepted the fact that if I don't actually look for the camera I'm probably not going to find it any time soon. I'll get onto that, I swear.
Well, the Olympics are almost upon us, and the title of this entry is a reference to Roy & HG's The Dream show that they did during the Sydney Olympics. They were commentating Men's Gymnastics and didn't quite know the names of the positions, so they made them up. "Hello boys" was the splits, and the 'Chiko Roll' was a forward roll, I'm assuming. Somehow it came into my lexicon when I was experimenting with different ways of answering the phone without having the person on the other end of the line pick up on it. Sometimes they do, sometimes not. "Happy House of Fun, Ellen Speaking" is a bit harder to go unnoticed with.
Anyway, that has nothing to do with sewing. Next big thing is Flock, which is Carly, Clare and I crafting it up at Allan's Walk with the theme of birds and nature. I've been designing for it in my *studio* (aka front bedroom that no one wants to live in) and it's slowly getting there. There is the possibility that I will end up creating works that use patterns and techniques I've used in previous works - ruffles from Foma, scales/feathers from The Reality Hour. Is that bad? Who cares, I'm doing it anyway.
In other news I've applied for a workshop with Next Wave - I just can't get enough! It's a thing to collaborate with an artist on work - something I want to do if I can find a dancer. It's part of a few things I want to do with my work - work with a dancer/performer and then get into filming. When that happens, it will be an achievement with my work. A pinnacle, if you will.
Super-fine, 100%!
Well, the Olympics are almost upon us, and the title of this entry is a reference to Roy & HG's The Dream show that they did during the Sydney Olympics. They were commentating Men's Gymnastics and didn't quite know the names of the positions, so they made them up. "Hello boys" was the splits, and the 'Chiko Roll' was a forward roll, I'm assuming. Somehow it came into my lexicon when I was experimenting with different ways of answering the phone without having the person on the other end of the line pick up on it. Sometimes they do, sometimes not. "Happy House of Fun, Ellen Speaking" is a bit harder to go unnoticed with.
Anyway, that has nothing to do with sewing. Next big thing is Flock, which is Carly, Clare and I crafting it up at Allan's Walk with the theme of birds and nature. I've been designing for it in my *studio* (aka front bedroom that no one wants to live in) and it's slowly getting there. There is the possibility that I will end up creating works that use patterns and techniques I've used in previous works - ruffles from Foma, scales/feathers from The Reality Hour. Is that bad? Who cares, I'm doing it anyway.
In other news I've applied for a workshop with Next Wave - I just can't get enough! It's a thing to collaborate with an artist on work - something I want to do if I can find a dancer. It's part of a few things I want to do with my work - work with a dancer/performer and then get into filming. When that happens, it will be an achievement with my work. A pinnacle, if you will.
Super-fine, 100%!
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