DELIVERANCE
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Successful on 21st Mar 2012 at 12:00AM.
At 6pm on March 7, 2012, three performers will enter a 6m x 5m outdoor performance space, with nothing: no provisions, no objects, no shelter, no clothes. They will not leave until 6pm March 17, and in that time they invite their audience to enable their survival.
DELIVERANCE is coming to the Adelaide Fringe Festival, from the 7th-17th March, 2012. It is also coming to the Internet, via a live streaming service and lots of mobile broadband gigabytes! The live-stream is an integral part of Deliverance, but, alas, an expensive one, and here we three poor artists are asking for a little bit of help!
There are two components to the cost of streaming: the streaming service itself, at a minimum cost of $US999, and a whole lotta mobile broadband bandwidth, at least $AU349's worth! But then, cruel irony, the more people tune in to see how we're doing, and the more often, the more it'll cost us!
There are two audiences to DELIVERANCE: those who come to visit us at Rymill Park in Adelaide, and those who tune in online (via http://deliverance-art.tumblr.com), and watch our progress over ten days. Here, we ask for a little bit of help in ensuring this second audience (you!) can participate in DELIVERANCE for ten days, from wherever you are in the world.
Want to know more about DELIVERANCE? Details below!
xo,
Will, Kat and Penny.
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“DELIVERANCE”
An Extraordinary Durational Performance at the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
When: Continuously, from March 7th, 2012, 18:00—March 17th, 2012, 18:00.
Open: Monday—Friday 5pm until late; Saturday and Sunday 10am until late.
Where: Gluttony, Rymill Park/Mullawirraburka, Cnr East Tce and Rundle Rd, Adelaide.
At 6pm on March 7, 2012, three performers will enter a 6m x 5m outdoor performance space, with nothing: no provisions, no objects, no shelter, no clothes. They will not leave until 6pm March 17, and in that time they invite their audience to enable their survival.
Deliverance will play out over these ten days in a 30m²space marked out on the lawn of Rymill Park/Mullawirraburka at the Adelaide Fringe Festival's Gluttony venue. Performance artists Penny Harpham, Kat Henry and William McBride will call on their audience to engage in an extraordinary performance-artwork, continuing unbroken for a total of 240 hours.
'Deliverance'—the action of being rescued or set free—visits itself upon the performers, who, in beginning with nothing, free themselves from the burden of material goods, the burden of time, the burden of plans, the burden of control. In turn, the audience is presented with a basic request: provide for us, help us to survive, and in the act of giving you will be set free.
In Deliverance, nothing is wasted, nothing is lost, nothing is taken for granted. Everything we are offered will be gratefully received, and treasured, shared or put to use. We invite the people of the Adelaide Fringe to visit us repeatedly throughout the performance.
This is an artwork about faith, risk and vulnerability, and also about resourcefulness, process, discipline and survival. Beginning with a most basic premise, Deliverance opens itself up to endless interpretations and manifestations. It is unknown what will become of this piece, these performers, this space, after ten days on the lawn at Gluttony.
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Deliverance was first performed over a 40-hour period at Metro Arts in Brisbane in 2011 and is being delivered to Adelaide with the generous support of Gluttony and the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Watch this performance via a live, 24/7 online video stream via http://deliverance-art.tumblr.com, and visit us regularly as part of your festival ritual. The performance is free.
Deliverance:
http://www.facebook.com/Deliverance.Art
http://deliverance-art.tumblr.com
http://deliverance.pozible.com.au
http://www.twitter.com/Deliverance_Art
Gluttony:
http://www.facebook.com/gluttonyfringe
Gemma Clark | [email protected] | 0405 641 322
Artist Bios:
Penny Harpham is a theatre maker, writer and performer currently based in Melbourne. She has performed for theatre companies in Brisbane and Melbourne, including Brisbane Powerhouse, Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Backbone Youth Arts, The Good Room, CrossDitch and La Mama Theatre, and is co-founder of the independant theatre company She Said Productions.
William McBride is a performer, writer and activist based in Melbourne. He has extensive performance credits including shows at the Judith Wright Centre and Metro Arts in Brisbane, is a founding member of She Said Productions, and is currently a creative writing honours student at Melbourne University. He agitates for social action via his innovative Return To Sender group.
Kat Henry is a theatre director and performer who has directed and devised plays, musicals, music video and contemporary art projects at Sydney Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company, La Boite Theatre Company and for her own company Stella Electrika. She is a graduate of NIDA and has taught at NIDA, U.Q. and Q.U.T.
Tune in to the live stream at http://deliverance-art.tumblr.com any time between 6pm (CST) 7th March, 2012 - 6pm (CST) 17th March, 2012. Watch the progress of our piece, from your lap top, or your tablet, or your smart phone, or from somebody else's, in the knowledge you have helped make it happen. In DELIVERANCE we start with nothing, and anything we are given is valuable to us. From nothing, we cannot know what we might give to you apart from our gratitude: You have helped to make this streaming possible, and you have helped to make DELIVERANCE possible, and for that we are very grateful.
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Tune in to the live stream at http://deliverance-art.tumblr.com any time between 6pm (CST) 7th March, 2012 - 6pm (CST) 17th March, 2012. Watch the progress of our piece, from your lap top, or your tablet, or your smart phone, or from somebody else's, in the knowledge you have helped make it happen. In DELIVERANCE we start with nothing, and anything we are given is valuable to us. From nothing, we cannot know what we might give to you apart from our gratitude: You have helped to make this streaming possible, and you have helped to make DELIVERANCE possible, and for that we are very grateful.
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Est. delivery is Jun 26
Tune in to the live stream at http://deliverance-art.tumblr.com any time between 6pm (CST) 7th March, 2012 - 6pm (CST) 17th March, 2012. Watch the progress of our piece, from your lap top, or your tablet, or your smart phone, or from somebody else's, in the knowledge you have helped make it happen. In DELIVERANCE we start with nothing, and anything we are given is valuable to us. From nothing, we cannot know what we might give to you apart from our gratitude: You have helped to make this streaming possible, and you have helped to make DELIVERANCE possible, and for that we are very grateful.
2 chosen / 28 available
Est. delivery is Jun 26
Tune in to the live stream at http://deliverance-art.tumblr.com any time between 6pm (CST) 7th March, 2012 - 6pm (CST) 17th March, 2012. Watch the progress of our piece, from your lap top, or your tablet, or your smart phone, or from somebody else's, in the knowledge you have helped make it happen. In DELIVERANCE we start with nothing, and anything we are given is valuable to us. From nothing, we cannot know what we might give to you apart from our gratitude: You have helped to make this streaming possible, and you have helped to make DELIVERANCE possible, and for that we are very grateful.
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Est. delivery is Jun 26
Tune in to the live stream at http://deliverance-art.tumblr.com any time between 6pm (CST) 7th March, 2012 - 6pm (CST) 17th March, 2012. Watch the progress of our piece, from your lap top, or your tablet, or your smart phone, or from somebody else's, in the knowledge you have helped make it happen. In DELIVERANCE we start with nothing, and anything we are given is valuable to us. From nothing, we cannot know what we might give to you apart from our gratitude: You have helped to make this streaming possible, and you have helped to make DELIVERANCE possible, and for that we are very grateful.
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Est. delivery is Jun 26
Tune in to the live stream at http://deliverance-art.tumblr.com any time between 6pm (CST) 7th March, 2012 - 6pm (CST) 17th March, 2012. Watch the progress of our piece, from your lap top, or your tablet, or your smart phone, or from somebody else's, in the knowledge you have helped make it happen. In DELIVERANCE we start with nothing, and anything we are given is valuable to us. From nothing, we cannot know what we might give to you apart from our gratitude: You have helped to make this streaming possible, and you have helped to make DELIVERANCE possible, and for that we are very grateful.
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Est. delivery is Jun 26