Writer in Residence 2019: Jennifer Eadie

The Mill’s Writer in Residence program is focused on fostering arts writing and criticism by emerging arts writers. This year The Mill will partner with Fine Print magazine for writing and editing support and with Scotch College for an additional Writer In Residence educational program.

Each Writer In Residence is provided with a 6 month residency at The Mill in a private studio, with The Mill commissioning three pieces of writing per artist and support them on a personal collaborative project.

About the writer:

• Jennifer Eadie

  Jennifer is writer and artist, having only recently moved to Adelaide / Kaurna country. Currently, she is a lecturer & tutor for the Aboriginal Pathway Program at UniSA. Jennifer studied art and creative writing at UNSW and critical legal studies at ANU. Her writing practice is motivated by the broad question of whether the notion of community - which is currently premised on an exclusive human ‘we’ - can be re-imagined so as to recognise and include ecological agency.

  Her upcoming book Rethinking the Animal Rights Movement (Routledge) explores this question from historical and activist perspectives. Her writing has been published in Modern Fiction Studies, Borderlands e-journal and extempore.

Exhibition: Girl Space, 'GODDESS'

September 4 - 27, 2019

Opening Night: September 6, 2019, 7-10pm

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $5

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The ancient goddesses of varying mythology are often regarded as the reason for existence of water, of crops and harvest and of the human race. From the ancient Greek goddess of spring and re-birth, Persephone, to the indigenous Australian mother goddess, Kunapipi, women in mythology are heralded as heroes – strong, wise and of eternal importance. Yet, often when depicted in art, we see these heroes from a male gaze and not as the strong, raw women they were. These goddesses were also often mistreated and subjected to heinous acts of abuse and violence.

This exhibition will show these goddesses in all of their human glory – as wmn with strength, weakness, power, determination and courage. It will also showcase our current goddesses – the wmn in modern times who have shown us the qualities of the goddesses of ancient times.

Come along to the opening night and share a drink with us, have a chat with the artists and enjoy the incredible art by these amazing local wmn artists. We will have a curator talk at 7:30 with Laura Gentgall and Hannah Southcombe - the Girl Space team, and the exhibition will be officially opened by Amber Cronin.

Gaga/people Movement Classes: 12 Weeks in Adelaide 2019/20

Photographer: Ascaf

Classes

When: October - 17, 24, 31, 6-7pm, November - 7, 14, 21, 28, 6-7pm, December - 5, 12, 19 (at The Mill), 6-7pm, January - 2 (at The Mill) 6-7pm

Where: Adelaide College of The Arts, Level 3 Rehearsal Studio, 39 Light Square, Adelaide

Cost: $20

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About the classes:

Gaga/people Classes are open to people ages 16+, regardless of their background in dance or movement. No previous dance experience is needed!

Gaga is the movement research developed by Ohad Naharin (ISRAEL) over many years, parallel to his work as a choreographer and the artistic director of Batsheva Dance Company.  

Gaga/people classes last for one hour and are taught by dancers who have worked closely with Ohad Naharin.

What to expect:

Gaga/people classes offer a creative framework for participants to connect to their bodies and imaginations, increase their physical awareness, improve their flexibility and stamina, and experience the pleasure of movement in a welcoming, accepting atmosphere.

Teachers guide the participants using a series of evocative instructions that build one on top of the other. Rather than copying a particular movement, each participant in the class actively explores these instructions, discovering how he or she can interpret the information and perform the task at hand.

What to wear:

Participants should wear comfortable clothes and be prepared to dance barefoot or in socks. 

About the teacher:

• About the teacher

  Lee Brummer is an independent choreographer, international guest teacher and educator based in Sweden. She studied at the Jerusalem Academy for music and dance in Israel where she also completed her BA and teaching degree in 2007. Lee has studied psychology, theatre and pilates alongside her career as a dancer and choreographer. Lee is a certified Gaga teacher.

  Lee is the Associate Director and Co Founder of ilDance, an independent and international contemporary dance company and organisation based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Since 2016 Lee also manages GAGA SWEDEN under the umbrella of ilDance.

  Lee danced with the Bat Dor Dance Company (Israel), The Emanuel Gat Dance Company (Israel) and with various independent choreographers across Europe. She has worked as choreographer's assistant in a variety of dance productions and musicals in Sweden and abroad.

  Over the years Brummer has been teaching and working with companies such as: DV8, Australian Dance Theatre, Sydney Dance Company, National Dance Company Wales and Norrdans to name a few. She has been guest teaching at open professional classes, schools and universities worldwide and has been choreographing her own work within different international structures since 2010.

• About the company

  Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening the body and adding flexibility, stamina, agility, and skills including coordination and efficiency while stimulating the senses and imagination.  The classes offer a workout that investigates form, speed, and effort while traversing additional spectrums such as those between soft and thick textures, delicacy and explosive power, and understatement and exaggeration.  Participants awaken numb areas, increase their awareness of habits, and improve their efficiency of movement inside multilayered tasks, and they are encouraged to connect to pleasure inside moments of effort.  The research of Gaga is in a continual process of evolution, and the classes vary and develop accordingly. 

  “We are aware of the connection between effort and pleasure,  we are aware of the distance between our body parts, we are aware of the friction between flesh and bones, we sense the weight of our body parts, yet, our form is not shaped by gravity . . . We are aware of where we hold unnecessary tension, we let go only to bring life and efficient movement to where we let go . . . We are turning on the volume of  listening to our body, we appreciate small gestures, we are measuring and playing with the texture of our flesh and skin, we might be silly, we can laugh at ourselves.  We connect to the sense of “plenty of time,” especially when we move fast, we learn to love our sweat, we discover our passion to move and connect it to effort, we discover both the animal we are and the power of our imagination.  We are “body builders with a soft spine.”

  We learn to appreciate understatement and exaggeration, we become more delicate and we recognize the importance of the flow of energy and information through our body in all directions.  We learn to apply our force in an efficient way and we learn to use “other” forces.

  We discover the advantage of soft flesh and sensitive hands,  we learn to connect to groove even when there is no music.

  We are aware of people in the room and we realize that we are not in the center of it all. We become more aware of our form since we never look at ourselves in a mirror; there are no mirrors.  We connect to the sense of the endlessness of possibilities.  Yielding is constant while we are ready to snap . . .

  We explore multi-dimensional movement, we enjoy the burning sensation in our muscles,  we are aware of our explosive power and sometimes we use it.  We change our movement habits by finding new ones, we can be calm and alert at once.

  We become available . . .”
  Ohad Naharin

Lee Brummer Gaga/people teacher, Adelaide.

OzAsia Festival Masterclass: Valentine Nagata-Ramos, 'Hip Hop from streets of Paris'

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Masterclass

When: Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 2-3.30pm

Where: Level 3, Rehearsal Studio, Adelaide College of The Arts, 39 Light Square, Adelaide SA 5000

Participant Level: Professional Level/Tertiary/Full time Dance Student

Cost: $20

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B-girl Valentine has danced for leading hip-hop troupes around the world, and started her own dance company, Uzumaki, in 2011. She performed with the MTV dance crew and has won numerous breakdance battles. She will run this special masterclass, sharing many of her unique break styles as seen in the performance of Kata by choreographer Anne Nguyen as part of Oz Asia Festival 2019.

An internationally renowned B-girl, Valentine has danced for companies Black Blanc Beur, Montalvo/Hervieu, 6° Dimension, and with the crew Fantastik Armada (world champion at BOTY 2004). She performed with the MTV dance crew 2005-2006 and has won many breakdance battles (BOTY 2007, IBE 2008…) which she also judged (BOTY 2004). For her Dance Company Uzumaki, she choreographed her first soloSadako in 2011, the duet JE suis TOI in 2014, and My Mother is better than yours in 2018. Valentine has also worked with Anne Nguyen before, replacing her in the solo Square Root (2007), and is dancing with her in the duet Yonder Woman (2010). She is also dancing in the female quartet Autarcie and in the 2017 par Terre Dance Company’s production Kata.

Photo: Valentine Nagata-Ramos by Tetsuo Nagata

OzAsia Festival Masterclass: Damien Jalet & Aimilios Arapoglou, 'Contemporary Dance in Visual Art & Film'

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Masterclass

When: Sunday, 27 October, 2019, 10am - 11.30am

Where: Dance Hub SA, Lion Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & North Tce, Adelaide

Participant Level: Professional Level/Tertiary/Full time School Dance Student

Cost: $20

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The Mill in partnership with OzAsia Festival and supported by Dance Hub SA, present Masterclass with Damien Jalet, choreographer of ‘Vessel’ presented as part of the 2019 OzAsia Festival.

About the artists:

• Damien Jalet

  Choreographer of ‘Vessel’, Damien Jalet is at the forefront of contemporary dance. Damien Jalet is an independent Belgian and French choreographer and dancer whose work has been presented all over the world . Interested in the capacity of dance constantly reinventing itself by conversing with other media such as visual art, music, cinema, theatre and fashion; his works are often collaborative. He worked as a choreographer and dancer for companies such as Ballet C. de la B., Sasha Waltz and Guests, Chunky Move, Eastman, NYDC, Hessiches Staatballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Scottish Dance Theatre, Icelandic Dance Company , Gothenburg Dance company and many more.

  Damien will share his experience as a choreographer in areas of visual art and film with his collaborator Aimilios Arapoglou.

  As a teacher Jalet has also taught his specific technique using centrifugal force in many companies and institutions including Pina Bausch Company, ImPulsTanz Vienna, Atelier de Paris, Architanz Tokyo.

  Damien Jalet has been entitled knight of the arts and letters by the French government in 2013. www.damienjalet.com

• Aimilios Arapoglou

  Aimilios Arapoglou graduated from the Greek National Dance School in 2011. A few notable performances include, Bolero, YAMA, Gravity Fatigue and BABEL 7.16. He recently contributed to the creation of Skid, a piece by Damien Jalet and visual artist Jim Hodges. In addition to freelance touring throughout Europe, the United States and Japan, Aimilios was invited by Ceprodac Dance Company for an artistic residency in Mexico in August 2018. There, as a guest artist and choreographic assistant to Damien Jalet, he collaborated on Omphalos, which premiered in Mexico City that year.

  Images: Damien Jalet and Aimilios Arapoglou - image by Koen Broos

OzAsia Festival Masterclass: Guillaume Gabriel (Herve Koubi Company), 'Urban Street Dance, Classical Dance and The Warrior'

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Masterclass

When: Monday, October 21, 2019, 5.30-7pm

Where: Level 3, Rehearsal Studio, Adelaide College of The Arts, 39 Light Square, Adelaide SA 5000

Participant Level: Professional Level/Tertiary/Full time Dance Student

Cost: $20

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The Mill in partnership with OzAsia Festival and Adelaide College of The Arts present Masterclass with co founder of Company Herve Koubi, Guillaume Gabriel, presenting ‘What the Day Owes to the Night’ as part of the 2019 OzAsia Festival.

About the masterclass:

This masterclass with co-founder Guillaume Gabriel of Herve Koubi Company, will highlight the importance of quality movement, weight, balance and provide guidance to work thorough challenges.

‘What the Day Owes to the Night’ by Herve Koubi brings together an incredible troupe of male dancers from across the Mediterranean Basin. In this work the performers share their connection for urban dance, classical dance and ancient performance rituals. In this physical masterclass, Guillaume will share the techniques he developed to create this game-changing piece of choreography.

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This program has support from

Call Out: ENGAGE - Development Project for First Nations Australian Dance Artists 2019

The Mill in Partnership with Critical Path (Sydney) is offering a position for one South Australian First Nations Australian Dance Artist, to attend a 3-day Development Project in Sydney, NSW.

Artists participating in the three day project will explore and share where they find themselves in their practice now, their connections and responsibilities to community, and work to explore how they represent their work (in text, image and when speaking about it) along with what they communicate with others. Finally they will look at how they can support each other to take their respective practices forward.

The Project will have the input of guest First Nations Australian Artists, and has been planned with advice from BlakDance.

Claire Hicks, the director of Critical Path will be facilitating the agreed framework for the program, with other guest artists, working together to roll out the activities together across the three days.

Confirmed artists are: Jacob Boehme, Mariaa Randall, Henrietta Baird & Jasmin Sheppard

The Mill will provide a $1000 bursary toward accomodation and travel for the 3 days to the successful SA applicant. Critical Path will provide a small fee/honorarium for all participants of $500. Food will be provided.

Details

When: 21st - 23rd September, 2019

Where: The Drill Hall, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney (Critical Path)

Artist Fee: $1500 for successful South Australian applicant.

Call Out opens: July 29th, 2019

Call Out closes: August 19th, 2019

Applicants notified: August 23rd, 2019

To apply: please send your CV and photo to director@themilladelaide.com and include a short paragraph about yourself and why you’d like to attend this development project at this time in your career.

Visual Artist in Residence: Grace Marlow, Doors & Windows

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Grace Marlow, Let me carry that for you, Grace Marlow with audience participants, performed in Psychache co-curated by Adele Sliuzas and Ray Harris, Holy Rollers, 2018. Photographer: Sam Roberts.

July 1 - August 28, 2019

Where: The Mill Exhibition Space, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: Free

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In July and August, 2019, Grace will be exploring collaboration and participation within her practice. Sitting somewhere between performance and social engagement, Grace’s residency will include research, writing and collaborative practice that investigates understandings of authorship and value.

Come check out the evolving work in The Exhibition Space at The Mill. Grace’s residency runs through to the end of August 2019.

Grace Marlow, WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY, black painted text and line on the gallery skirting boards, in Who speaks for a community? curated by Bella Hone-Saunders, Sister Gallery, 2017. Photography by Christopher Arblaster.

Grace Marlow, again back, remain through, performed with Virginia Barratt, in Into My Arms co-curated by Frances Barratt and Toby Chapman, Ace Open, 2018. Photography by Sam Roberts.

Writer in Residence 2018: Letti K-Ewing

The Mill is thrilled to announce Letti K-Ewing as the recipient of the 2018 Writer in Residence residency. Letti receives a studio at The Mill for 6 months, a budget for commissioned writing and publication outcomes with our partner organisations.

The Writer in Residence program supports emerging writers from a variety of disciplines. The program creates a broader audience for writing through leadership, mentorship and publication.

• About the writer

  Letti is a published journalist and poetry writer with a special interest in the Arts. She has written for Adelaide online and print magazine Yewth, and Edinburgh-based magazine, Fest, covering both local and international artists and acts during Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide Festival, and beyond.
  
  Letti has also had her poetry published in Chicago-based magazine Hooligan Mag, and exhibited written poetry works locally at Adelaide Fringe Festival.
  
  You can view Letti's portfolio of works and engage with her through her website: lettikewing.wordpress.com

Writer in Residence 2018: Ben Brooker

The Mill is thrilled to announce Ben Brooker as the recipient of the 2018 Writer in Residence residency. Ben receives a studio at The Mill for 6 months, a budget for commissioned writing and publication outcomes with our partner organisations.

The Writer in Residence program supports emerging writers from a variety of disciplines. The program creates a broader audience for writing through leadership, mentorship and publication.

• Ben Brooker

  Ben is a writer, editor, critic, essayist, and playwright. His work has been featured by Overland, New Matilda, New Internationalist, Australian Book Review, RealTime, The Lifted Brow, and Daily Review. Ben is a co-facilitator of Adelaide’s Quart Short literary reading salons and in 2016-17 was an inaugural Sydney Review of Books Emerging Critics Fellow.
  
  Find out more: benbrooker.com

Testimonial:

“It was great to have The Mill’s support, and the company of so many lovely Mill residents, as I wrote some of the most challenging and rewarding pieces I’ve done in some time. From getting branded (twice!) to tangling with Peter Goers, it was a wild ride.” Ben Brooker, 2018-19 Writer in Residence

Writer in Residence 2017: Eleanor Scicchitano

The Mill is thrilled to announce Eleanor Scicchitano as the recipient of the 2018 Writer in Residence residency. Over the next 12 months, Eleanor will create work for, with and about The Mill, from a permanent base within our creative community.

The Writer in Residence program supports emerging writers from a variety of disciplines. The program creates a broader audience for writing through leadership, mentorship and publication.

• About the writer

  Eleanor is the Visual Arts Program Curator at Country Arts SA. In 2012 she completed a Masters in Curatorial and Museum Studies at Adelaide University and she has previously work as a co-director at FELTspace ARI and founding co-director of onesixteenth ARI. She is a Board member at ACE Open, and spent 5 weeks in Venice in 2015, working in the Australian Pavilion at the Biennale.

  She maintains in independent curatorial and writing practice, and has presented exhibitions in galleries around Australia. She has published articles, reviews and essays with Artlink Magazine, Marmalade, and for a number of artists and galleries in Adelaide.

Testimonial:

“The writer-in-residence program at The Mill gave me the space, not just physically but also mentally, to focus on my writing. It allowed me to dedicate time to my practice, and to grow it through new opportunities. I was able to expand my repertoire to include pieces about dance and residencies. This was challenging, but also rewarding as I was able to learn a new language, and to explore a different discipline.” Eleanor Scicchitano, 2017-18 Writer in Residence

Writer in Residence 2017: Aimee Knight

The Mill is thrilled to announce Aimee Knight as the recipient of the 2017 Writer in Residence residency. Over the next 12 months, Aimee will create work for, with and about The Mill, from a permanent base within our creative community.

The Writer in Residence program supports emerging writers from a variety of disciplines. The program creates a broader audience for writing through leadership, mentorship and publication.

• About the writer

  Aimee writes cultural criticism and creative non-fiction. Her words appear on and in The Big Issue Australia, Little White Lies, Kill Your Darlings, The Lifted Brow, Daily Life, Broadly and more.
  
  In 2015 she was a Writer in Residence at SA Writers Centre. The following year, she was selected for Critics Campus at Melbourne International Film Festival. She’s set to appear as an artist at National Young Writers' Festival in October 2017.
  
  Aimee is a poptimist who digs gender equality, sexual diversity and good mental health. Dancing on stage with Bruce Springsteen didn’t cure her anxiety, but it sure did help.
  
  Read her work here: www.clippings.me/siraimeeknight

Testimonial:

“As an inaugural Writer in Residence at The Mill, I've had the space and support to connect with many of the resident and exhibiting artists. It's a lively environment full of fascinating people creating vital new work. The Mill's staff has been especially encouraging of all my literary endeavours.” Aimee Knight, 2017-18 Writer in Residence

SALA Masterclass: Chris Orchard (drawing), 'The Body Caught - Drawing the Body in Motion'

The Throw, by Chris Orchard 2018

Presented by The Mill in partnership with SALA Festival, 2019, a Chris Orchard Masterclass The Body Caught - drawing the body in motion

Masterclass information

When: August 3 and 4, 2019, 10am - 4pm daily

Where: The Mill’s Breakout Space, 154 Angas St (enter via Gunson St), Adelaide

Cost: $400

About the masterclass:

The intensive will be constructed around the body in motion vs. stillness. Our model will “choreograph” movement that participants will capture in drawings sometimes as fleeting as the moment and at other times held in suspension for longer periods. We will focus on the “loss” of memory and each participants’ capacity to invent when memory fails. We will use repetition both in the models movements and in the drawers’ marks to embed imagery in more developed drawings in charcoal and or materials of the participants’ choice. We will make a lot of drawings and engage in discussion along the way. 

Artists to consider; DAUMIER. FUTURISM. JENNY SAVILLE. DEGAS. KENTRIDGE. MUYBRIDGE.

About the artist:

Chris Orchard held his first solo exhibition 1975. 1982 Founding member of Central Studios Adelaide. Over 60 solo and group exhibitions to the present. Former Head of Drawing at Adelaide Central School of Art. 1984-1987 joined Air and Space Studios Berry St London. 2000 residency at Gunnery Studios Sydney. 2002 taught Drawing at the New York Studio School. 2011 Awarded the Arts SA Fellowship. 2012 Three month studio development of new work at Present Company, Brooklyn, NY.    In 2017 awarded the SALA feature artist with a publication by Wakefield Press, “Christopher Orchard, The Uncertainty of the Poet with text by Peter Goldsworthy, Margot Osborne, Julia Robinson, Roy Ananda and Rod Taylor. Maintain studio practice in Adelaide and New York to the present. Represented in Adelaide by BMGArt, in Sydney by Wagner Contemporary Galleries and in New York by Stephen Rosenberg Fine Art. 

Materials:

Participants must provide the following;

12, Sheets Bulky Newsprint, NOT butchers paper.

6, Sheets 210 gsm Cartridge. (CA Grain or equivalent.)

3, boxes natural charcoal, thick sticks, about pencil thickness.

2 Charcoal pencils, medium. (Central Art Supplies at Glenside have terrific “Peel & Sketch” charcoal pencils, just an option.)

2, Sticks compressed charcoal, medium & soft. Conte also makes an HB compressed charcoal that participants may find interesting

White latex erasers.

20mm Masking tape.

Retractable blade utility knife.

A rag, napkin size, old T-shirt or bed sheet.

(Each participant will have his or her preferred mediums to add to list.)

Umbrella Music Festival: 'The Hum Of Concrete' Blues 'n' Roots / Indie / Folk

The Mill in partnership with Umbrella City Sounds Festival/Music SA presents; The Hum of Concrete - Songs from the City to Suburbia, curated by Jen Lush.

When the city comes alive with the hum of concrete – songwriters bring warmth and their own unique observations, with stories and songs that take us beyond the concrete surfaces and into the suburbs of our imaginations.

An open air street session of folk-blues with Jimmybay kicks off the Umbrella City Sounds event at The Mill. The Fiddle Chicks thread their folk tunes through the inner spaces, roving storytelling at it’s finest, leading to the Breakout space where Loren Kate, Jen Lush and Ryan Martin John, fill up the night with their indie-folk/rock songs of identity and belonging, joining the hum of the city’s night soundscape.

Details

When: July 26, 4.30pm - 10pm

Set times:
4:30 - 5:15pm Jimmybay (45 mins - Free outdoor event)
5:30 - 6:15pm Fiddle chicks (45 mins - Enter via The Mill Exhibition Space)
6:40 - 7:30pm Loren Kate (45 mins - Enter via The Mill Breakout)
7:50 - 8:40pm Jen Lush (45 mins - Enter via The Mill Breakout)
9:00 - 10pm Ryan Martin John (45 mins - Enter via The Mill Breakout)

Expand: Motus Collective, Artist in Residence

Supported by The Mill, Motus Collective are in residence in The Mill Breakout in 2019 as part of The Mill’s EXPAND Program.

This program is designed to create a space for artists to expand their own individual practice whilst being inspired and supported by other interdisciplinary artists. This ongoing workshop series will facilitate new explorations and connections between artists of diverse disciplines.

The aim of this program is to;

• To bring the Adelaide arts community together.

• To provide networking opportunities for artists of diverse disciplines.

• To provide a creative space free from the pressure to perform, or to provide an

• To enable a safe space for creative practice, in which all participants are equal.

• To allow artists a place to develop their own individual practice with the support of fellow

  local artists, to be inspired by others and excel at their own unique style.

• To give artists a place to experiment and step outside of their comfort zones.

• To enliven contemporary dance practice in South Australia.

About the artists and residency:

Felicity Boyd and Zoe Gay

Motus Collective are Felicity Boyd and Zoe Gay, based in Adelaide facilitating connections between artists from diverse backgrounds and disciplines in a shared rigorous contemporary movement-based practice. Motus Collective are creating new work in The Breakout space in 2019 and running public Jam Sessions;

Interdisciplinary Jam Sessions

Tuesday nights, The Mill Breakout Space, 7-9pm

Felicity Boyd: felicityb91@hotmail.com

Zoe Gay: zjwgay@gmail.com

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Masterclass: Ella Ziegler (public art), 'Transforming Everyday Sites'

Image Credit: work by Ella Ziegler

Presented by The Mill, Open Space Contemporary Arts (OSCA) and supported by City of Adelaide, Transforming Everyday Sites a masterclass with artist Ella Ziegler.

Masterclass information

When: Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 10am - 4pm

Where: The Mill Breakout and Public walk, 154 Angas St (enter via Gunson St), Adelaide

Cost: $50 adult and $30 concession

About the artist:

Ella Ziegler uses a wide range of artistic methods to creatively transform mundane existence into interesting opportunities for playful artistic expression. Her interdisciplinary observations and reflections lead us through a variety of social situations where she highlights, questions and renegotiates the importance of individual participation in public space. Her distinctive practice inspires new pathways and thought patterns as to how artists can approach the use of the public domain for artistic and relevant outcomes unique to that space. Ella has participated successfully in international exhibitions, residencies and projects and has received numerous awards and recognition for her work.

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About the masterclass:

This one-day masterclass/workshop is focused on temporary site-based and unexpected art events in the public domain. Taking its lead from Ella’s innovative approaches that utilise performance and visual art strategies, to creatively transform mundane public spaces into dynamic spaces of playful artistic expression. Masterclass/workshop participants will be invited to explore the importance of individual participation in public space by means of context - based actions, events and performance proposals.

This masterclass/workshop will offer local Adelaide artists a fertile space to share, learn, create and exchange ideas, skills and processes. The overall directives will open up new ways of thinking, doing and making in a collaborative and collegial gathering that will extend and address each participating artists’ own practices and interests.

“I take delight in renewing my own as well as my viewers’ consciousness by highlighting and sensitizing us to what normally passes us by inconspicuously. My independent, idiosyncratic practice is simple and radical at the same time, inspiring wonder, provoking curiosity and making us think differently about what we previously considered ordinary.” Ella Ziegler.

Exhibition: Robyn Wood, 'Natural Progression'

Robyn Wood, 2018, photo: James Knowler, courtesy of Brand SA

Robyn Wood, Reflect Desk, 2015, Victorian Ash, photo: Simon Vaughan

Robyn Wood, Wave Coffee table, 2019, American Oak, glass photo: Nick Clayton

Robyn Wood, Bud lamp, 2015, hand/ turned timber and bonded parchment, photo: Simon Vaughan

Robyn Wood, Daisy low stool, 2016, Hoop pine ply, wood wash and wax, photo: Simon Vaughan

Please join us in The Exhibition Space for Natural Progression, an exhibition by Adelaide based designer/maker Robyn Wood.  

Natural Progression is a solo exhibition of furniture and objects by Robyn Wood. The exhibition features new work and previously unexhibited pieces, alongside a visual exploration of Robyn’s prototyping development. The exhibition gives insight into artistic process, showing how raw materials are transformed into something useful and beautiful. For this exhibition Robyn has explored new materials and processes, extending from her previous work in timber. 

‘Maintaining a connection to nature is an important theme in my designing; simple sculptural forms, lines gently curved, the touch and feel of warmer materials. These are things I am drawn to. I am looking for ways to connect the end user to nature and provide warmth and character to spaces they inhabit. Designing furniture and objects with character, balance and restraint. The use of natural materials and a preference for organic forms are tools I use to express my ideas.’ 

Artist Biography

Robyn Wood (www.robynwood.com.au) is a Furniture designer and maker based at The Mill, Adelaide. Her practice is informed by traditional joinery and current manufacturing techniques. She is influenced by the everyday things she observes, gaining fresh insight from her travels. Maintaining a connection to nature is important in her designing. She expresses her ideas through the use of warmer natural materials and a preference for organic forms. Robyn studied and practiced as a teacher before following her passion for design and returning to study as a designer. She has a Bachelor of Design - Interior Design from the University of South Australia.

She has worked for Australian Joinery firm IJF, during which time she oversaw a 3-year interior project fit out in Paris on the Australian embassy residences. As an Interior designer she worked on a wide range of commercial and government projects, where she continued to develop her interest in joinery. In 2014 she pursued her love of furniture design and established her studio. Since then she has been designing and making. Being hands on in her joinery work has become important in developing new work. Robyn is undertaking mentorships with two traditional woodworkers, learning techniques in using hand tools and traditional joinery techniques.

In 2016 Robyn exhibited in Home in the Asia Pacific space design alliance conference and as part of the WOMADelaide Creative Industries Showcase. She was selected as an artist for Guildhouse’s Wellmade program in 2016 and is currently an ambassador for Brand SA craft industries. She has presented her work at Big Design Market Melbourne (2015-18) & Sydney (2016-18), The Mill Market (2018) and Bowerbird Market (2014-18). Her work has been featured in the Adelaide Review, The Sydney Morning Herald and City Messenger. 

She has worked on a range of commercial projects and private commissions. Her one off pieces and small production runs were launched at Bowerbird in Adelaide in 2014. She is currently working on a new collection of furniture and objects in collaboration with leading South Australian artisan makers and artists. 

EXHIBITION DETAILS
Robyn Wood
Natural Progression
June 3- 28 2019
The Exhibition Space, The Mill Adelaide
154 Angas Street, Adelaide SA 5000

Breakout Residencies: Announcing successful recipients 2019

Spotlight Residency: Brittany Plummer

Chameleon; April/July 2019

Work in development: Throughout her Spotlight Residency, Britt will be collaborating with Hew Parham, as Director, and Ben Brooker, as Dramaturg, to shake up original work Chameleon that Britt devised and performed in for its premiere season at Adelaide Fringe 2019. Britt, and her creative team, will be turning the piece on its head and delving further into the world of the Bouffon. Bouffon is a way of shining a light on the injustices in society, the lead up is slow burning, and then the message lands strongly. Chameleon was created with the desire to rouse social change around men’s attitudes towards women, sexism, and harassment women encounter in the workplace, in relationships, and wider society. The ways we adapt, and mould our selves to meet other's expectations; changing our behaviour, appearances, and masking of emotions, to blend in, and sometimes survive. Chameleon is a personal piece for Britt, as all stories are her own. It is a conversation, a celebration of women, authenticity and embracing our individuality. 

Britt Plummer is an actress, theatre-maker, teacher, and director of FRANK. Theatre, she is a graduate of the Adelaide College of the Arts, and École Philippe Gaulier in France. In 2018, Britt founded FRANK. Theatre, a SA company presenting original work that explores the human condition with honesty, humour, and heart. Specialising in bouffon, clown, and vaudevillian styles, Britt is driven by theatre rooted in the realms of pleasure, play, and connection with the audience. Britt has worked with Monski Mouse Productions, Foul Play, Punctum, Early Worx, Slingsby, Five.Point.One, ActNow, and State Theatre Company of SA. Britt is a teacher of Le Jeu, Neutral Masque, Mask Play, Bouffon, and Clown, to acting students at the Adelaide College of the Arts. In 2018, she directed students in a Bouffon show in Paulo Castro’s ‘La La Luna’. Britt premiered ‘Chameleon’, her first solo work, in the 2019 Adelaide Fringe Festival at MakeSpace, and received the Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award for Emerging Artist. In March 2019, she worked with Punctum on the immersive durational theatre work ‘Public Cooling House at WOMADelaide. In June 2019, Britt joins the London cast of the Edinburgh Fringe hit, Flabbergast Theatre’s ‘The Swell Mob’, presented by Adelaide Festival Centre as part of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

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Freerange Residency: GIRL

Masc; May, 2019

Work In Development: Masc will be a sonic event, an electronic song cycle and a live experimental sound performance that responds to the following provocations: How do we forge a sonic template for queerness? How does a non-Masc body exist in that space?

GIRL is an Australian-based queer music and live performance project by Jason Sweeney and Em König in collaboration with LGBTQI+ comrades. These artists formerly known as Winter Witches seek to amplify queer sonics and bent gestures into a world gone normal. Their work to date spans live art concerts, art DJ duo (Vegan Festival, Wild Style, Laneway Festival, Adhocracy) and sound art installation/performance. Their first major work, Sentients, was commissioned as part of the Vitalstatistix Climate Century Festival in 2018. As a live art project, GIRL continue to tour across Australia. Their new work, MASC, is being developed with support from Adelaide Festival Centre, The Mill, The SUBSTATION, pvi collective and Performance Space in 2019. 

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Freerange Residency: Tobiah Booth Remmers

Damaged Goods; June, 2019

Work in Development: Damaged Goods is a solo research project that explores the frailty and unpredictability of being human. Through metaphor and imagery the work will delve into the experience of living and surviving in a world that sometimes throws everything at you, and at other times leaves you completely alone. It will search through ideas of endurance, vulnerability, unknowingness and revelation in an attempt to make some sense of this continuing journey.

Tobiah is a freelance dance creator, performer, teacher and facilitator from Adelaide, Australia. Since graduating from the ‘Adelaide College of the Arts’ Bachelor of Dance Performance in 2009 Tobiah has worked with a wide range of Australian and international artists; Garry Stewart (ADT), Graeme Murphy (Sydney Dance), Branch Nebula, Brink Productions, Larissa McGowan, Lina Limosani, Gabrielle Nankivell, Paul Gazzola and Paulo Castro among many others. Tobiah has performed in major arts festivals; Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide Festival, Brisbane Festival, WOMAD, Dance Massive (VIC), Dublin Dance Festival and has performed at the Barbican Centre, London. Tobiah has choreographed numerous works with his Adelaide based performance collective; ‘The Human Arts Movement’ and short works for students at ‘Adelaide College of the Arts’ and ‘LINK Dance Company’ in Perth and has lectured at both colleges as well as at ‘Queensland University of Technology’ and ‘Transit Dance’, Melbourne. Tobiah has lived and worked in Europe during 2016/17, receiving residencies in Bulgaria, Brussels and Sweden, with resulting works being performed in Brussels, Bulgaria and Greece. Tobiah has also taught workshops on his own creative and movement practice in Brussels, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Sweden and Israel.

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Freerange Residency: Anya Anastasia and Aaron Austin-Glen 

August, 2019

Work In Development: Anya Anastasia and Aaron Austin-Glen are currently developing a theatrical musical comedy for stage and screen set in an unspecified rural Australian town that has seen more prosperous days. The crux of the script centres around the town’s attempt to return the community to its glory days through a series of heart warming yet ridiculous large scale schemes. With particular focus on the frustration, felt both on an individual and collective level with local bureaucracy and political inaction, the script is a razor sharp commentary on the current Australian and global landscape.

Anya Anastasia is an internationally acclaimed songstress with a vivid and twisted imagination. She has traversed the globe with her original songs and bold performance pieces appearing at festivals in Europe, the UK, around Australia and NZ.  Anastasia’s vocals range from husky jazz with a brazen Aussie inflection, to operatic soprano paired unusually with irreverent contemporary musings, though her roots firmly in the world of folk, and she wields a shamelessly un-ironic penchant for catchy pop melodies. Known for her wit and poetic lyricism she is the creator and writer of multiple critically acclaimed darkly funny musical theatre shows that are currently touring Australia. http://anyaanastasia.com/

Aaron Austin-Glen is an independent producer developing multi-disciplinary productions in unconventional spaces for major festivals and arts organisations. With extensive experience as a producer for Brisbane Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, New Zealand Festival and the Southbank Centre London spanning contemporary music, theatrical performance, community engagement, literature and large scale spectacle he has a wealth of creative knowledge and industry connection in Australasia, UK, Germany and India. Aaron has also written, performed and produced his autobiographical show 'Somewhere Else But Now' in Germany (Munich & Cologne), UK (Southbank Centre) and Australia (Anywhere Festival).

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Brink Productions Theatre Residency: Hew Parham

Three Bananas; April/May & August, 2019

Work in Development: Three Bananas is a one-man theatrical show about the bicycle, heroes, trophies, the ego and the ups and downs of life. Drawing from the styles of physical theatre, clowning and story telling, the show is ambitious, epic and crosses many continents in its scope.Inspired by legendary Italian cyclist Gino Bartali who said: “Medals aren’t meant to be worn on the shirt they are to be worn on the soul”, the "three bananas" are the performer himself searching for meaning, self worth and an award-winning story; an egomaniacal narcissist cycling champion whose relentless drive to win covers a deeper truth, and Bartali himself. It calls on the great socially aware clowns such as Chaplin, Tati and Fo in how the buffoon through humour can shine a mirror to what is happening in the world right now. Can the clown stop looking at himself for a second to see what is happening in the world? Can the clown move out of the shadows of his heroes to see his own worth?

Hew is a graduate of Flinders University Drama Centre, Adelaide Australia. In 2007 Hew was the recipient of the Neil Curnow Award where he studied at The Hunter Gates Academy of Physical Theatre one-year program in Canada. Hew has also extensively trained and mentored in the Pochinko Clowning/Clown through Mask Method with John Turner at The Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance (MCCP). In 2013 Hew received a grant from Arts SA to work with British Physical Comedy troupe Spymonkey in London, England. Hew has developed several solo shows with his comedic characters – including Odyssey Schmodyssey which played at the Sanguenay Fringe Festival in Quebec, Canada as well as the Amuse Bouche New York Clown Theatre Festival; The Giovanni Experiment and Giovanni! which also played at the New York Clown Theatre Festival in 2014 and more recently at The Wonderland Festival in Brisbane, Australia. In 2016 Hew was commissioned to produce a new work at The Adelaide Cabaret Festival Rudi’s The Rinse Cycle. In 2017 Hew was employed by Melbourne based company Bunk Puppets to tour their show Sticks Stones Broken Bones to Norway, Germany and China. He is the resident Clown teacher at Flinders University.

Adelaide Fringe: 2019 program

Our 2019 season was programmed via an open callout and EOI. The resulting festival was an amazing mix of dance, comedy, music and theatre.

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Because There Was Fire

Theatre

On a warm summer night two teens disappear from a neighbourhood barbecue, vanishing without a trace.

There's Clara, seventeen, fed up with her suburb and everyone in it. Everyone except Andrew, the newly arrived rich kid from the right side of the tracks. Sparks fly and they jump in his Monaro and hit the road, yearning for a life of adventure. But they soon learn that escape isn't that easy, and fires can burn beyond control.

Written by Jamie Hornsby, one of South Australia's most exciting new writers and winner: Best New Work - Newcastle Fringe Festival.

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Goose

Theatre

When River reveals they're a goose, child genius Charlie takes it into her own hands to fix things. An adventure filled with time travel, Frenchmen, Mums and Dads; watch as Charlie and Chelsea put things right.

From Little Lamplight Productions - a new, independent theatre collective based in Tasmania.

Little Lamplight also doubles as an ever-growing project in which we aim to create job opportunities and act as a creative outlet for creators in Northern Tasmania.

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are...

Theatre

When thrust into a world you cannot control and confronting a future not of your own making, would you leave your fate to the toss of a coin? A fast, funny, frenzied surreal tragicomedy - compelled into existence by not being able to get the rights to another play.

Presented by a fresh, fierce new generation of Adelaide theatre-makers, this existential comedy will make you laugh and also think about death. A lot.

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Benchmarks

Theatre

Seventy-year-old Ivan has been homeless for many years. Seventeen-year-old Luke has been homeless for seven hours. Tonight their worlds collide as each struggles for clarity, self-worth and domination of the other. Through their cat and mouse games, Benchmarks explores the themes of homelessness, alienation, belonging, manipulation and deception.

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The Best Show

Comedy

A dark comedy about madness, theatre, and Sonic The Hedgehog.

The greatest thespian of this or any other generation, Eddie, guides you through his masterful new one-man play. 'The Best Show'. Why aim lower? 'The Best Show' is a tour de force, epoch-defining theatrical landmark. Exploring all themes, tackling all genres and subjugating all mediums.

"Inner life monologues don't come more brilliantly written and performed at hyper speed...The fabulist nature of Morrison's writing and performance is superb, utterly gripping..."Barefoot Review

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The Riddalin Brothers Pty Ltd, Present: Vol 3 Part 5 The Beginning of the End of Times New Romantic

Physical Comedy

This world premiere is a playful and wistful romp for those wanting to relive your youth. Imagine a crossover of Transformers, a Bunnings Commercial and Lawrence of Arabia and then forget about it, it's not relevant.

The Riddalen Brothers are the bi-product of the over active imaginations of Callan Fleming and Hew Parham. A show for those of you who were told off for being naughty, being too much, being a nuisance.

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FEMME

Dance

From the catwalks of Paris, to the office boardroom, FEMME is a new solo theatrical dance work by choreographer/performer, Erin Fowler. Drawing on her experiences as a fashion model and business woman, FEMME is one woman's search for self within the cacophony of gender and sexual conditioning that surrounds us.

FEMME explores concepts of femininity and female sexuality, the female body, the gender roles we conform to, or break against, and what it means to be powerful in a largely masculine dominant culture.

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Evangeline

Physical Theatre

"A writer and director of true theatrical instincts" Canberra Times

"Little Dove Theatre Art confirms its place as one of the foremost exponents of Butoh in the country" SMH

★★★★★ The Guardian UK
★★★★★ The Herald UK
★★★★★ The List

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ELSKA - Heart & Harp

Live Music

Infusing playfulness and wonder into the Australian pop music industry, Gold Coast artist ELSKA has redefined the humble harp - marrying the delicate instrument with the power of a loop pedal. Oozing charm with a new brand of breezy soulful pop, ELSKA creates melodic harp-infused pop music designed for daydreaming, road tripping and romance.

"The best kind of surprise package!" BLEACH* Festival.

"An absolute powerhouse of a performer!" Six8 Music.

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Super Jazz Bros

Live Music

Challenger approaching! Welcome to the only live scored performance of Super Smash Bros!

Prepare to be entertained by bout after bout of furious and explosive combat, with a soundtrack provided by the hottest band you'll see all fringe, Squeltch.

Experience Super Smash Bros as you've never experienced before at 'SUPER JAZZ BROS'!

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Sound and Silence

Live Music

No band. No microphones. No Stage. The award-winning vocal group, Voice of Transition, like you've never seen them.

'Sound & Silence' is an immersive experience that puts the audience in the centre of the performance. Enjoy an evening of a Capella, designed to showcase the power and subtlety of the human voice.

Voice of Transition is an acclaimed ensemble with sold-out Fringe seasons to their name. For the first time, they're forgoing any amplification or accompaniment, showcasing their talents as individuals, and cohesion as a group.

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She’ll Be Right

Live Music

With a shared passion for all things Australian, what a better debut for dynamic duo Madz and Kate than an hour filled with an eclectic array of music from great Australian artists.

Kate and Madz have worked with Kate Ceberano and been mentored by Kim Spargo under 'Platform Academy'.

Now the VB flows, while the jokes, laughter and music are had a plenty with these two crazy Aussie chicks - so join for a drink and a night of adventure in Fringe 2019.

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Tracy Chapman Tribute

Live Music

If you love the songs & music of Tracy Chapman you will love this intimate solo live performance of her works by Jonny Lee. Be quick, previous seasons have sold out! This year the show continues to evolve & grow into larger spaces.

★★★★★ "You'll leave feeling... blown away by how heartfelt and beautiful the singing was! It reminded me why I love Tracy Chapman so much." Channel 44, Holly

Masterclasses: Richard Cilli, 'Countertechnique'

The Mill Adelaide in partnership with AC Arts present Countertechnique masterclasses with national dance artist Richard Cilli.

Masterclass Details

Venue: Adelaide College of The Arts, Level 3 Rehearsal Studio

When:
Saturday, April 13, 2019, 11am -1pm
Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 10am - 12pm
Thursday, April 18, 2019, 3pm - 5pm

Cost: $20/class

Participant level: Professional level contemporary dance

About the artist:

Image by: Gregory Lorenzutti

Richard Cilli trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts before joining Sydney Dance Company in 2009, and in 2010 he won and the Helpmann Award for Best Male Dancer for his performance in Rafael Bonachela‘s We Unfold. He has danced for Sydney Dance Company, Dancenorth, K.Kvarnström & Co (Stockholm), Lucy Guerin Inc. and various independent choreographers around Australia. As a choreographer he has created works for Sydney Dance Company, The Australian Ballet, LINK Dance Company, and WAAPA, as well as his own independently produced work. He joined Chunky Move in 2018 to work with Anouk van Dijk on Common Ground, and since then has danced for the company in Anti Gravity (Netherlands Tour), Accumulation (National Gallery Victoria), and the film Traces. 2019 has seen Richard co-produce and perform alongside celebrated percussionist Claire Edwardes inRecital directed by Gideon Obarzanek for Sydney’s March Dance festival and Melbourne’s Dance Massive.

Richard is a certified Countertechnique teacher and continues to perform, choreograph, teach, mentor and produce around Australia.

About the masterclass:

Countertechnique provides tools for body and mind to deal with the deman­ding dance practice of the 21st century. It is a movement system to help the dancer think about the dancing body, focusing on the process of incorporating information into action. Within a clear structure of exercises, the Countertechnique class thoroughly prepares the body for rehearsal and performance, enabling dancers to move bigger, more fluidly and more spatially, while becoming stronger and more flexible.

Join Richard in exploring how these tools can be applied to movement and to life!