Artemis Projects

Conversation with visual and installation artist ELIA BOSSHARD about her project ‘ROOM STUDIES’ showing at Kronenberg Mais Wright gallery (Sydney) from 19 May to 10 June 2023. The work explores various configurations of doorways within a rectangular space, and how their placement and quantity inform our movements through the space. Bringing attention to the constructed relationship between our bod...

Conversation with choreographer Sara Black about the contemporary dance work VALUE FOR MONEY showing in May 2023 at Riverside Theatres Paramatta, presented by FORM Dance Projects. This work is Sara Black’s collaboration with a First Nations choreographer JASMINE SHEPPARD and it looks at the rift between the economic value of human life and the more intangible emotional and physical value of a pers...

Conversation with choreographer Mara Glass about the new contemporary dance work 'Let Them Be Messy' showing at The Phoenix Theatre in Wollongong as part of 2023 March Dance festival. Inspired by the women of Greek mythology, Let Them Be Messy envisions matriarchal society where women are afforded the same freedoms as men, including those pertaining to the emotions we tend to label as ‘not feminin...

Conversation with choreographer/dancer Laura Osweiler about her project 'Falling into Wighted Time' developed during the 2023 March Dance festival. The work looks at the experience of living with living with cataplexy(a neurological sleep disorder)and the new movement languages offered by that. More about Laura Osweiler: https://amaradances.com/falling-into-weighted-time/ Sympoiesis radio show is...

Conversation with performer and choreographer Bonnie Curtis about the development of a multidisciplinary work - Girls Gone Wild - as part of the 2023 March Dance festival. The work looks at social expectations and gender roles, and reclaims female right to emotions of anger and rage. More about Bonnie Curtis: https://www.instagram.com/bonniecurtisprojects/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the...

Conversation with performance-maker Aslam Abdus-samad about his latest multi-disciplinary and multi-media work 'I Can't Sleep' showing as part of 2023 March Dance festival at the East Sydney Community and Arts Centre 17 and 18 March. Conceived through tired eyes, I Can’t Sleep is an interdisciplinary solo performance entwining autobiographical stories and folklore to examine sleeplessness. More ab...

What Is Your Natural Sleeping Rhythm? (28 answers compiled) by Artemis Projects

Conversation with dancer/choreographer Tra Mi Dinh about her latest work (UP)HOLDING which looks at the ways we deal with the burden and the chaos of feeling overloaded. How we individually and collectively navigate the relentless marathon of life (and dance). How we relay (or don't) on sharing of the load with others. More about Tra Mi Dinh: https://www.tramidinh.com Sympoiesis radio show is prod...

Eastside Radio conversation with choreographer Sophia Ndaba about her work 'The Vail of Separation' showing at Carriageworks as part of Sydney Dance Company’s New Breed program. This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio on 5 December 2022. For more about Sophia Ndaba, see: https://www.instagram.com/sophiandaba/ New Breed program is available here: https://www.sydneydancecompany.com/...

Eastside Radio conversation with Lian Loke, one of the curators of the SHErobots exhibition that asks fundamental questions about the nature and processes of contemporary robotics through the lens of female perspectives. This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio on 7 November 2022. More about SHErobots exhibition can be accessed here: https://www.sydney.edu.au/architecture/about/tin...

Eastside Radio conversation with Georgie Zuzak (Groovescooter), curator of ArtGroupie exhibition. In it's fourth iteration, ArtGroupie takes place at Darlinghurst Road Gallery (Sydney) and features an all-women line-up. The exhibition shows visual art by musicians/DJs/producers. This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio on 7 November 2022. Georgie Zuzak is Australian musician, vocal...

Conversation with artists Virginia Barratt and Jessie Boylan about the transmedia installation/performance RUPTURE showing as part of 2022 Liveworks festival: https://performancespace.com.au/program/rupture-all-the-stars-unshining/ We speak: slow emergencies, shimmer body, affective text, panic as a progressive force, and more. This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio on 24 October...

Conversation with performance maker and Artistic Director of Living Room Theatre, Michelle St Anne. We talk about her unique approach to theatre making, touching upon two latests productions: - Enter Sally Stage Right (showing as part of the 2022 Liveworks Festival, in the program stream Tidal): https://performancespace.com.au/program/live-dreams-tidal/ - The Reckoning (showing at the BrandX in De...

Conversation with choreographer Eliza Cooper about the making of the Bat Lake, a 50 minute dance work that celebrates the dark and theatrical world of bats. We speak about: the ways these creatures’ behaviour and anatomy has been translated into movement; how the music joined the piece; how the costumes were made; and how David Lynch's Twin Peaks sipped into the work... The work is premiering at t...

Conversation with Alex Wisser, a co-curator of 'so hot right now now now' exhibition at Firstdraft. ‘so hot right now now now’ exhibition emerged from the Arts Out West Regional Artist Mentoring Program, a two-year creative and professional development initiative that brought together eight artists from the regional NSW in exchange with one another, industry mentors, and the program facilitators A...

Conversation with art duo Joe Wilson and Chanelle Collier about the work they are showing at the National Art School (Sydney) as part of the Artspace's Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship. This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 29 August 2022. For more about their work see: https://joewilson.space/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, tr...

Conversation with artist Elia Bosshard about 'Assembly of Arenas', a work that looks at how we construct spaces of social gatherings and what this arrangements (i.e. arrangements of chairs) tell about the nature of our gatherings and how they effect the way we interact and perceive. The project is showing at Sydenham International in Sydney, Australia from 7-11 September 2022. This conversation wa...

Conversation with artist Kit Bylett, about immersive installation 'Second Guest Wellness' made in collaboration with Monica Rani Rudhar and Rachel Levine, for the Cement Fondu project space. 'Second Health Wellness' is a clinic that is also a shop. It speaks about commodification of traditional wellness practices and how those things that were once passed on through families have now become market...

Conversation with Diane Busuttil, a dancer/choreographer and the founder/facilitator of Creative Caring organisation that brings dance to elderly, and people with dementia, Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, and Parkinson's. We speak about dance as a caring modality, and about the new series of workshops 'Spring for Seniors' held at the Sydney Opera House and designed for those 55+. Originally aired...

Conversation with Sydney-based dancer and choreographer Ryuichi Fujimura about his HER NOW trilogy; a series of three auto-biographical dance solos that address ageing and body memory; stage fright and the addiction to the audience-connection; professional set-backs and humour as a tool for recovery... The conversation was recorded on 27 July 2022 via a zoom call from Zagreb to Sydney, and it aire...

Conversation with visual artist Thomas Thorby-Lister about the 'paintings' he is creating in collaboration with nature, for the Orange Regional Gallery, and through the CORRIDOR project residency. The conversation was recorded on 13 May 2022 at the Corridor project (Cowra NSW) on Wiradjuri Country, while Thorby-Lister was in the process of creating a site-responsive works for the Orange Regional G...

Conversation with Lucija Ivšić aka Živa, Croatia-born Melbourne-based musician and Sensilab (Monash University) researcher. You can find her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_xziva/ This conversation was aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 4 July 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this...

Conversation with Lleah Smith about the project FUTURE SCHOOL developed with Year 3-6 students at the Kandos Public School as a creative re-imaging of the traditional classroom, followed by the experiences of 'home-schooling' during the Covid-19 lockdowns. FUTURE SCHOOL is a framework on how to work with young people so their voices and opinions are heard, valued, and incorporated into the decisio...

Conversation with filipino-Australian poet Kaya Ortiz. We talk about language and identity, relevance of a place, ancestry, nostalgia, connection between ecology and community, and more. Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 22 November 2021, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Find Kaya on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayak.ortiz/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal...

Conversation with artist Tina Stefanou about her vocal participatory action, ‘THE LONGEST HUM’, part of the 2022 Cementa Festival in Kandos NSW. Cementa Festival: https://cementa.com.au/ The Longest Hum: https://www.instagram.com/_the_longest_hum/ Tina Stefanou: http://www.tinastefanou.com/ This conversation was aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 9 May 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Sy...