The Freda Experience
A$825
of $2,000 targetyrs ago
Closed on 9th Jul 2014 at 1:59AM.
'The Freda Experience' is an interactive live performance piece inspired by pioneer Australian mountaineer Fred du Faur, the first women to climb Mt Cook in 1910.
It began as a week-long creative collaboration in December 2013 between three artists - Jillian Pearce aerial dancer/deviser, Jim Coad projection artist and me (Verity Higgins- director/producer).
Here is some video documentation of the outcome of that first collaboration which will give you a clear sense of the form of the piece - http://vimeo.com/m/84507273
The piece has been invited through a competitive process to be in the program of both the Castlemaine and NatiFrinj Festivals in 2015 but requires further creative development before it will be ready to go into rehearsal and presentation.
During the original collaboration we came up with the form of the piece, as you will see from the documentation, but now we are looking to develop more specific content and design. Through this campaign and also hopefully with the addition of some quick response funding we are looking to undertake a four day intensive workshop in Natimuk with the original team plus a sound artist, Wayne Parker, and designer/maker, Georgina Humphries to develop specific aspects of the piece.
For instance we would like to come up with the most suitable 'tent' structures to constuct in situ and house audience/participants and to project on.
We also want to play with ideas for the sound track and make more specific choices regarding the projected images - both live and recorded.
Why a piece about Freda du Faur?
I read her story in 2005 on a trip to the UK to work with a touring theatre company in a book about pioneering women and found it so compelling I thought it was a tale that needed telling.
Why hadn't I heard of her before??
It began as a week-long creative collaboration in December 2013 between three artists - Jillian Pearce aerial dancer/deviser, Jim Coad projection artist and me (Verity Higgins- director/producer).
Here is some video documentation of the outcome of that first collaboration which will give you a clear sense of the form of the piece - http://vimeo.com/m/84507273
The piece has been invited through a competitive process to be in the program of both the Castlemaine and NatiFrinj Festivals in 2015 but requires further creative development before it will be ready to go into rehearsal and presentation.
During the original collaboration we came up with the form of the piece, as you will see from the documentation, but now we are looking to develop more specific content and design. Through this campaign and also hopefully with the addition of some quick response funding we are looking to undertake a four day intensive workshop in Natimuk with the original team plus a sound artist, Wayne Parker, and designer/maker, Georgina Humphries to develop specific aspects of the piece.
For instance we would like to come up with the most suitable 'tent' structures to constuct in situ and house audience/participants and to project on.
We also want to play with ideas for the sound track and make more specific choices regarding the projected images - both live and recorded.
Why a piece about Freda du Faur?
I read her story in 2005 on a trip to the UK to work with a touring theatre company in a book about pioneering women and found it so compelling I thought it was a tale that needed telling.
Why hadn't I heard of her before??
How The Funds Will Be Used
The funds will be for artists fees -
5 artists X $400 = $2000
5 artists X $400 = $2000
The Challenges
The main obstacle for this project is attracting the funds in time to be able to gather the team to work on further development.
It is gratifying that the project already has the interest of two presenters but for this to be realised it requires a team of professional artists who need to be remunerated for their expertise in order to make the time to come together to for this next phase.
It is gratifying that the project already has the interest of two presenters but for this to be realised it requires a team of professional artists who need to be remunerated for their expertise in order to make the time to come together to for this next phase.
Will be invited to be a preview audience member.
1 chosen / 7 available
Est. delivery is Mar 15