Artemis Projects

Conversation with choreographer Sara Black about 'Double Beat', a performance for three dancers that explores the aural and physical responses the heart and pulse present in reaction to the tempo of our changing natural world. Double Beat is premiering at the Riverside Theatres Parramatta (Sydney) on 5th May 2022: https://riversideparramatta.com.au/show/doublebeat/ This conversation was aired on E...

Conversation with artist and curator Consuelo Cavaniglia about the new artist run gallery Sydenham International: https://www.instagram.com/sydenham_international/ Aired on Eastside Radio on 11 April 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elder...

Conversation with performance maker Kate Sherman about the site-specific community action 'Temporary Ecosystems', part of the 2022 Inner West Festival (Sydney). Aired on Eastside Radio on 28 March 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/temp.eco/ Kate Sherman's website: http://www.kate-sherman.com/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of th...

Conversation with Australian film director, Philippa Bateman about the feature length documentary 'Wash my Soul in the River's Flow' about the legendary concert Kura Tungar (Songs from the River), which premiered in 2004 and was a collaboration between Australian First Nations singer-songwriters Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter, and the 22-piece Australian Art Orchestra, headed by Paul Gabrowsky. This...

TRANSCRIPT: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/conversations/lux-eterna-the-8th-day Conversation with Australian interdisciplinary artist Lux Eterna on her multichannel dance video '8th Day', developed as part of the 2022 March Dance. We talk about: relational co-emergence, land inspired sensitivity, desert mothers, hybrid dance, cultural interchange, embodied gaze, haptic visuality, and more. Air...

Conversation with Australian dance artist Patricia Wood whose dance research project 'Trish+Trisha' looks at transmission, telepathy, and friendship with the late postmodern dancer/choreographer Trisha Brown, while asking how does one become bodiless? Aired on Eastside Radio on 28 February 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Interviewer: Ira Ferris 'Trish+Trisha' is being presented by the...

Conversation with Australian/Chilean dance artist Gabriella Green Olea whose dance research project Calle focuses on dance as protest. Aired on Eastside Radio on 28 February 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Calle is being presented by the 2022 March Dance Festival: https://www.marchdance.com/calle Gabriella Green Olea's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ga3rielagreenolea/ Sympoiesis...

Conversation with artist Deborah Kelly on her multi-disciplinary, collaborative project CREATION - a queer, science fiction, climate change religion. Aired on Eastside Radio on 5 July 2021, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. More about Creation: https://www.creationtheproject.com/about Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land....

Conversation with artist Elizabeth Pulie, whose retrospective '#117 (Survey)' is at the UNSW Galleries from 15 Jan - 10 April, 2022. Back in the 80s and 90s, Elizabeth Pulie was involved in a conceptual painting project interrogating the definition of art and its commodity status. What is art? has been the question behind all of her work, including the Relational Art project where she edited and p...

With printmaker, textile and installation artist, environmental activist Gloria Florez. We talk about her ongoing project 'Forest Ambassadors' which explores the beauty and fragility of diverse habitats with the intention to inspire future generations to protect our natural world. Aired on Eastside Radio on 21 June 2021, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. For more info about Gloria's works: htt...

Writer, storyteller, and practicing environmentalist, Cait Harris reads the text she wrote specifically for this show and speaks about the connection between grieving the loss of a loved one and the environmental grief. We speak about issue of denial, practicing progress rather than perfection, ADHD and managing environmental anxieties. This program took place on the Gadigal land of the Eora natio...

Conversation with poet Claire Albrecht who shares some of her eco- poetry with us and speaks to the process of writing the climate change inspired verses. The conversation was recorded as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis' program on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 24th May 2021. This program took place on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gra...

Conversation with printmaker, bush explorer, and bio-diversity advocate Freedom Wilson. We talk about her art and love for small formations found in the bush (such as fungi and orchids)and her latests project 'The Mushroom Matrix', a large-scale public-installation in the laneway in Katoomba, Blue Mountains. Aired on Eastside Radio on 16 August 2021, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. For more...

Artist Sally Chessell in conversation with Elia Bosshard and Ira Ferris, on the making of their book SPACE BODY HABIT, and the themes explored in it. Held at Frontyard (Sydney) on 12th December 2021. SPACE BODY HABIT explores the many ways we perceive, or fail to perceive spaces, and offers a number of phenomenologically-driven exercises designed to enhance our awareness of space and its impact on...

Conversation with Kazahstan-born, Sydney-based interdisciplinary artist and writer Julia Bavyka. We talk about their latest project The Risk Taking, developed as part of the writers residency at Firstdraft. The project explores the politics and possibilities of dreams/dreaming, and considers dreams as "a form of knowledge production," when other forms of knowledge no longer provide the assurance....

Conversation with artist Robbie Rowlands. We talk about his current exhibition at Eden and the Willow gallery (Newtown, Sydney) as well as his larger body of work which exposes the construction of sites and objects, and blurs the boundaries between our fabricated world and the natural world. Aired on Eastside Radio on 25 October 2021, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. For more info about Robbi...

Conversation with artist and curator Kath Fries about her project 'Walkdown in Lockdown', a participatory community action in mindful walking which she is facilitating as part of the Spirit of ’21 online festival, a spin off the annual Cementa Festival. We also speak about Kath's overall practice (sculpture and installation) which is embedded in Buddhist philosophies of impermanence, interconnecti...

Performer WeiZen Ho speaks about her short dance film 'The Invisibles', screening as part of the 2021 Dance Lens Festival (Official Selection 3): https://www.dancehouse.com.au/programs/dance-lens/ We talk about: - building the movement vocabulary around the area of uncertainty - process of working with a 'concept image' and the principles of the BodyWeather dance technique - working with VR camera...

A poem written as part of BigCi Art Residency (Wollemi, Blue Mountains, NSW Australia). A reflection on the relationship to time, and the schism between the pace of the city and the pace of nature. Written on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th June 2021. Reworked on 8th of June. Part of project: Is Time Real? https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/is-time-real-bigci-residency-ira-ferris To read the poem, see this page...

Recorded during the BigCi residency (Wollemi National Park, Blue Mountains NSW Australia) as part of the project on time and natural rhythms. We set down in the kitchen of the BigCi property on sunset of Monday 31st of May to talk about things that slow us down and change our pace. "I think the bush is a fantastic place to lose and find time. To do both of those things," said Freedom. ~~~~ Freedom...

Artist duo MAKE OR BREAK (Connie Anthes & Rebecca Gallo) speak about their most recent project 'The Department of Non-Human Resources' which invites collective thinking to imagine and work towards the futures from more than just human perspective. The conversation was recorded as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis' program on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 24th May 2021. This program took place on the Gad...

Artist and climate justice advocate Latai Taumoepeau speaks about her work Mass Movement created for Arts House 'Refuge' program. https://www.artshouse.com.au/events/mass-movement/ The conversation was recorded as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis' program on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 10th May 2021. This program took place on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land....

Writer, gardener, founder of The Planthunter, Georgina Reid reads her water-inspired poems and speaks about life by the river. "There's nothing fixed about the river." The conversation was recorded as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis' program on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 10th May 2021. This program took place on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our re...

Conversation with artist Penelope Cain about project 'Superorganism', part of Inner West Council's EDGE Art Camp on the Greenway: https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/live/living-arts/edge/edge-greenway-2021 We speak about the environmental importance of collectivity and multi-sensorial experiences. The conversation was recorded as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis' program on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on...

Conversation with eco-poet Michael Aiken, recorded as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis' program on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 26th April 2021. This program took place on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show See more about the 'Garden Lounge', Michael Aiken's book sho...