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Belconnen Arts Centre Artist in Residence Program

Belconnen Arts Centre is developing its seasonal Artists in Residence program and is offering assistance to local artists, writers, performers, new media collaborators and other creative professionals looking to use studio, performance and exhibition space for development and presentation of new work. As part of this program, the Centre can offer significant discounts on the hire of space, mentoring and professional development, plus support through profiling and marketing.
To be a part of our Artists in Residence program, download an Expression of Interest by clicking here and send your completed form to info@belconnenartscentre.com.au

 

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE PROFILE — BOHO

Boho Interactive have undertaken artistic residency in a Creative Studio at Belconnen Arts Centre on a part-time basis since August 2009. Boho is a cross-artform collective combining narrative theatre, electronic and trombone music and interactive multimedia.

We are delighted to welcome Boho as artists in residence in 2012 following their successful application for ArtsACT funding. They will be researching and developing a new work looking at multidrug resistant bacteria and experimenting in a new fusion of performance styles to reach a larger audience.

Previously at the Centre, supported by ArtsACT, National Science Week, the Powerhouse Museum and Belconnen Arts Centre, Boho developed and produced a new work, True Logic of the Future, culminating in a performance season in the Belconnen Arts Centre Dance Studio from 13–18 July 2010.

’True Logic of the Future is compelling, confronting and intellectually challenging in its relentless analysis of human complexity. It is a theatre of ideas, intriguing in its construct, imaginative in its
staging, and prophetic in its pronouncement of the global and national issues that will determine the future prosperity and security of the nation.’ — Lowdown

‘As theatrical experiences go, this is among the most enjoyable I have ever had. The way in which the performers draw the audience into participation so effortlessly ignited a sense of playfulnessmost commonly associated with childhood, and I simply found myself incredibly grateful for the awakening of my sense of wonder.’ — Australian Stage Online

‘A fine piece of drama that explores some of our bigger challenges as a society: the loss of anonymity, of power, and control of our environment.’ — The Canberra Times

True Logic of the Future was awarded a Canberra Critics' Circle Award in November 2010.

For more information, visit www.bohointeractive.com

 

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE PROFILE — HILAL DANCE CANBERRA

Hilal Dance Canberra have been offered an artists' residency in the Belconnen Arts Centre Dance Studio over spring 2011, to offer public dance workshops and to create and present an exciting new performance work.
Europe based, Egyptian born dancer and choreographer Suraya Hilal will be presenting open workshops at Belconnen Arts Centre from 1–3 October, followed by a presentation of her new work, Alchemy, on 15 and 16 October.
Suraya Hilal developed Hilal Dance drawing upon Arab/Egyptian cultural roots and knowledge of global dance practice. The result is a complete dance form that is universal, modern and accessible, combining the joy and freedom of movement, with the refinement of line and expression.
Suraya has been referred to as the Middle East’s Alvin Ailey, her creative work and choreographic language, evolving from solid cultural roots, has expanded the potential expression of Egyptian Dance and given rise to a genuine artistic movement. In the year 2000 this new language, free from ‘geographic borders’ and encompassing traditional, modern and universal expression, came to be known as Hilal Dance.

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE PROFILE — MEG MILLBAND AND COMPANY

Belconnen Arts Centre is delighted to announce the first Artist in Residence program for 2011 – a dance residency with local dance artists Meg Millband and Company, who are working on the second stage of creative development of a dance theatre and installation performance. The project – II Embedded – is exploring the subjectivity of memory; how it is affected by our emotional state both when encoding and retrieving, the psychological/emotional impact of retrieving through muscle memory and how time and experience modifies encoded memory. In addition to the dancers, the residency will also include a dance-film artist, a soundscape composer and a visual artist.

 

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE PROFILE — HANNA CORMICK

Hanna Cormick will be in residence at Belconnen Arts Centre developing a project as part of the Australia Council's JUMP National Mentoring Program for Young and Emerging Artists. Hanna has been selected to explore cross-cultural collaboration in the areas of Mask making and Mask performance under the mentorship of famous Balinese Mask maker and Mask dancer, Ida Bagus Anom. After an intensive mentorship period in Mas, Bali, Hanna's residency will see her developing a series of Masks and performance concept involving both Balinese and Western styles and techniques. A showing of this work will be performed in Bali and Canberra later in the year.

 

BELCONNEN ARTS CENTRE EMERGING ARTIST AWARD 2010— HEIKE QUALITZ

In 2009 Qualitz was selected by the Belconnen Arts Centre, as a graduate in Sculpture from The Australian National University School of Art, to present just passing through... as part of the Emerging Artist Support Scheme (EASS). She was also awarded the Peter and Lena Karmel Anniversary Prize in Art in 2009, and the Westende Travelling Scholarship in 2008, both from the ANU School of Art.
Heike Qualitz exhibits across Australia, most recently at Sydney’s Gaffa Gallery, in Reflex 2: A Show of Mechanical Poetry, an award-winning exhibition of kinetic objects.
“just passing through... are sculptural works borne from a desire to engage with the landscape, both constructed and natural. They are observations of the space we travel through – its shape, history and subtle change,” says the artist of her work.

 

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