The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge
A$2,900
of $2,500 targetyrs ago
Successful on 4th Apr 2012 at 1:00AM.
All photos by Max Milne www.maxmilne.com
The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge
to premiere at Next Wave Festival!
Prepare yourself; you’ve got some decisions to make…
The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge places the audience at the centre of the action, asking a raft of hard questions while journeying overland and making a voyage in a rowboat.
Inspired by “what if?” scenarios and lateral thinking puzzles, the event brings participants together to make their own journey around – and over – the Yarra River. Guided by activities and events at each site, participants contribute their thoughts, choices and actions to decide how best to cross the river and reach the city. Along the way participants will see the site through new eyes from unexpected vantage points, helping to create an imaginative overlay upon a city space most often frequented by tourists and office workers.
“Rivers are interesting places of social connection and physical division. In Melbourne, the Yarra connects the city East to West, but also divides us North from South. Using the places surrounding the Southgate Pedestrian Bridge we open up a space for play as we close down the space between individuals” says director, Dan Koop.
theSBSB has been created by Dan Koop in collaboration with performance artists Andrew Bailey and Lauren Clelland, and visual artists Caroline Gasteen, Georgina Humphries and Max Milne. The project has been supported during development through residencies fishing for tadpoles on Arthur Boyd’s old property at Bundanon; marooned on Sydney Harbour’s Cockatoo Island with Underbelly Arts; and shipwrecked in a small pond for the Crack Theatre Festival at This Is Not Art.
"combines the entertainment value of Lost with the competitive dynamics of Survivor to create an interdisciplinary performance experiment.” - Dee Jefferson, The Brag
SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?
We have had great support from Next Wave, other festivals and supporters, but the project is forging ahead without major funding. To help us launch you can support us via Pozible and pick up some rewards for your contribution.
Finally, in May we have the premiere season. Again, this is currently un-funded and by this stage we will have each put hundreds of un-billed hours into the project. We'll need a bit of cash to get our hands on things we can't make, borrow or scavenge from a skip.
Here's an indication of what we need the cash for...
- Travel from Melbourne to Bundanon, NSW
- Food to sustain us during creative development
- Water safety gear like life jackets, marine lights and a horn
- Fabric & materials to construct props and complete the site design
- Permits and licences to legally use the sites and allow people to participate in the activities
- A boat to row our punters across the Yarra
The initial $2,500 we are looking to raise won't actually cover all our costs, but it will be a significant contribution to the realisation of all our work. Sure, we are keen to see our project come to fruition because we've put plenty of our time, effort and personal resources, but mostly we want to share the experience with audiences - your support transforms private exploration into public participation.
Visit www.theSBSB.com for further info about what we're up to. Or, contact Dan or Lauren directly on [email protected] & [email protected] to discuss our plans in detail. Otherwise, check out the rewards on offer and join theSBSB crew!
THE PROCESS SO FAR...
Next Wave Festival's calls for application revealed the curatorial theme "The space between us wants to sing". Using a river as the central focus we've explored the space between upstream and downstream; between north bank and south bank; and the space that exists between groups and individuals. The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge is the resulting experience designed for four strangers, taking place around a bridge spanning the north and south banks of the Yarra River.
Selection for the Next Wave Festival means we have been working since May 2011 to prepare this performance, also writing and submitting several funding and residency applications along the way. HUGE THANKS to those who have already supported our process including our previous Pozible pals and RMIT Link Arts & Culture who helped launch the process by getting us to Underbelly Arts on Sydney's Cockatoo Island and the curators of Crack Theatre Festival who helped us develop The Boat in Newcastle.
Your name is included in our list of supporters at www.theSBSB.com/supporters
15 chosen / 85 available
Est. delivery is Jun 26
Entrance to exclusive fundraising party at Ponyfish Island in late March. AND Your name is included in our list of supporters at www.theSBSB.com/supporters
24 chosen / 36 available
Est. delivery is Jun 26
Invitation to a sea trial preview performance prior to the official launch of Next Wave on 19 May. AND Entrance to exclusive fundraising party at Ponyfish Island in late March. AND Your name is included in our list of supporters at www.theSBSB.com/supporters
10 chosen / 20 available
Est. delivery is Jun 26
Membership of the exclusive "Captains Locker" including a personal gift, bidding rights to name the boat and invitation to the ships launch. The most generous supporter wins the naming rights to the boat for the Next Wave season and beyond. Go right ahead if you want to get a crew together to make a collective bid! AND Invitation to a sea trial preview performance prior to the official launch of Next Wave on 19 May. AND Entrance to exclusive fundraising party at Ponyfish Island in late March. AND Your name is included in our list of supporters at www.theSBSB.com/supporters
4 chosen / 6 available
Est. delivery is Jun 26