Thrilled to be nominated for Most Outstanding Visual Design for POESIS
@greenroomawards ✨
I’ve always been interested in aesthetics as a space where the conceptual and the intuitive meet.
With POESIS, that alchemy came to life.
I worked with my ‘more-than-human performers’ — who share my tactile sensibilities and octopus-inspired practice — to explore sensory perception across species using pointe shoes & boxing gloves, fluffy boots & burlesque heels, rubber shoes & slidey socks, stripes & spots, colour & black & white. Each element contributed, in ways I felt and discovered through the process, to the sensory, visual, and embodied layering of the choreographic acts.
POESIS was made on a shoestring but with enormous heart! Massive thanks to
@andrewtreloar for the parrot bodysuit, following our fascinating conversations with Dr Mark Elgar on animal camouflage; to
@bendy_ben for his exquisite craft of the swan skinsuit; and to sewing angel
@geoffreygeoffreygeoffrey for transforming a previous costume into a new one.
Endless gratitude to
@lisamibus for her lighting wizardry — and for indulging my persistent desire to pare everything back. Above all, deepest love to the extraordinary
@bendy_ben &
@tjsamaya — fearless, rigorous, endlessly generous performers who brought this world to life with such precision and heart. And to my composer extraordinaire
@chiarakickdrum , whose musical dexterity and artistic complicity are magic 💫
Very special thanks to our incredible supporters —
@_vivi___s_ ,
@theaustralianballet ,
@lil_jay_dub ,
@dancehouse.melb & team,
@phillipkeir and The Keir Foundation — for giving this work wings 🪽✨
Photos:
@pippa_samaya ✨
#POESIS #Choreography #EmbodiedAesthetics #VisualDramaturgy #MoreThanHuman #SensoryWorlds #ContemporaryDance #ExpandedBallet #ContemporaryPerformance #StageAesthetics #Ilovemycollaborators❤️
