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POINT ADDIS
FIELD TRIP
SAT 14 MAY, 10.00AM - 2.00PM
FREE
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FIELD TRIP places people at the centre of a dynamic and collective community activation of ancient crafts and performance. Geelong catchment boasts hives of creatives pursuing their art practice regardless of commercial attention. This project is about these hidden resources. How might their skill sets be the survival skills for millennials? COVID-19 has compounded barriers to creative skill acquisition for young people arising from screen-facing education and leisure. We position ‘creative’ as ‘clever’ through participation, intergenerational exchange, and collective creative activities, embracing ‘old ways of doing things’ as the essential ‘new way’ for today’s communities.
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Point Addis does not accommodate for access requirements. If you would like to participate and have access needs, please get in contact with us.
Please bring a raincoat/windbreaker. The workshop will be moved to the Powerstation if there is wet weather.
Clothing is for all-weather but we do have access to a hall if it is raining. Please wear sturdy shoes and leg covering. Please bring your own lunch.
This field trip takes us to Wadawurrung Country, Point Addis for a session facilitated by sound artists Vicki Hallett and Lucy Allinson.
A Gathering of Sound. Participants are invited to join Vicki Hallett and Lucy Allinson in a fieldcraft experience in the world of soundscape ecology. Enter into the space of fieldcraft and acoustic ecology and how it can be used to create art.
Gather, listen, create, collaborate and discuss.
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Please arrive at Platform Arts for a 10.00am departure. A bus will be provided for participants. The workshop at Point Addis and will go from 11.00am - 1.00pm. Participants will arrive back at Platform Arts around 2.00pm.
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Vicki Hallett
Vicki Hallett is a composer, musician and sound artist. She has composed, produced and performed in live concerts, solo recordings ranging from chamber music to sound art and acoustic ecology. Through a unique approach combining acoustic ecology, scientific analysis and innovative performance practices, Hallett reshapes the role of interdisciplinary research. This exploration has led her to develop a collaborative concept with Cornell University's Elephant Listening Project as well as performing in South Africa on Mabolel Rock with a pod of Hippopotami.
Lucy Allinson
Lucy Allinson is a Geelong-based multidisciplinary artist working across sound, installation, painting, sculpture and photography. Her practice in acoustic ecology explores concepts of listening, capturing and composing to enable viewers to experience the different levels of human-machinery noise and the impacts of this on the acoustic ecology of our natural soundscapes. She is currently researching natural landscapes around Victoria to see how far one might have to travel to experience pure, natural soundscapes without the interference of human noise.
