Ignition Recipients
3 x $5,000 plus in-kind studio access and mentoring opportunities
Salome Redux
PETA COY
'Salome Redux' was created by four female interdisciplinary artists; Peta Coy, Tina Mitchell, Shura Baryshnikov & Helen Yee through as part of Siti Company’s Residency for new works in New York 2016. A hybrid dance theatre piece with live music and live streaming technology, based on the infamous character Salome. Set in the wrestling ring, WWE style, it is an exploration of internalized misogyny in contemporary society. How women explore, repress, and destroy themselves and each other in their quest for authentic self-expression.
Roaring
LIBBY BROCKMAN
'Roaring' is an immersive theatre experience where audiences are invited to explore 1920s Geelong. Using history as a mirror, and with a pretence of fun and frivolity, Roaring will delve into ideas of power, corruption, and untold female stories.
LOVELY DAY TO BE ONLINE
CONNOR MOREL
'A Lovely Day To Be Online' (working title) is one-person-pop-musical-turned-existential-crisis about a young adult realising the effect that social media is having on him. It addresses how it affects his relationships, his local community, and his broader understanding of how the world functions.
Jump Start Recipient
2 x $1,000 plus in-kind studio access
QUERTY
ATLANTA EKE
Dance and video project 'Querty' will see Surf Coast-based dancer and choreographer Atlanta Elke experiment with her interior and exterior interfaces and expand previously developed movement material by asking the questions; where is the surface of a dance? How does the dissonance between the seeing and feeling of the physical body program new pathways?
The Privilege-O-Meter
AMANDA FIRENZE
'The Privilege-O-Meter' will be an interactive street artwork that will aim to ultimately encourage as many residents of Geelong as possible to take a privilege quiz and learn about how privilege works (or doesn’t) for people in our community.
Place To Make
2 x In-kind studio access
Greater Geelong Play Festival - Feasibility Study
GEELONG PLAYWRIGHTS
Geelong Playwrights will use their Creative Engine support to build a feasibility study and funding case for their vision for a new play writing festival in Geelong. Over five weekends, the Greater Geelong Play Festival would look to local venues across the state to provide playwrights with an opportunity to showcase new, original plays in competition. Culminating in a final for the winners of each ‘heat’, the festival would seek to adopt a non-traditional judging format, with a small panel of judges and both in-person and online audience members voting on the performances.
Magic Adventures
DAN BINGHAM
'Magic Adventures' by Dazzling Dan is an innovative, interactive video project akin to ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’.
Dan’s Place to Make grant will continue on the work he started with us in his 2021 Jump Start grant.
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