Current Residents
- Margie Medlin (NSW)
- Jesse Sulivan (QLD)
- Ninian Donald (SA)
- Christopher Cobilis (WA)
- Pia Van-Gelder (NSW)
- Ade Suharto (SA)
- Bambang Nurcahyadi (NSW)
- Gorkem Acaroglu (VIC)
Margie Medlin (NSW), india
Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore
Working as a scenographer and media artist Margie combines dance with the moving image for performance and installations. Recent credits include SWIFT and Monumental developed in collaboration with Choreographer Ros Warby, as well as Morphing Physiology, a documentary of the Quartet Project funded by a Science and Art production award from the Wellcome Trust, London. In 2007 Margie became the Director of Critical Path, Sydney, a unique organisation offering research opportunities for choreographers. The focus of Margie’s residency at Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore will be to contribute to the themes of the 2013 Biennial of Dance and Digital Arts. Margie will also mentor choreographers participating in the Mobile Theater project leading up to the Biennial.
Working as a scenographer and media artist Margie combines dance with the moving image for performance and installations. Recent credits include SWIFT and Monumental developed in collaboration with Choreographer Ros Warby, as well as Morphing Physiology, a documentary of the Quartet Project funded by a Science and Art production award from the Wellcome Trust, London. In 2007 Margie became the Director of Critical Path, Sydney, a unique organisation offering research opportunities for choreographers. The focus of Margie’s residency at Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore will be to contribute to the themes of the 2013 Biennial of Dance and Digital Arts. Margie will also mentor choreographers participating in the Mobile Theater project leading up to the Biennial.
Supported by Arts NSW and The Australia-India Council
Jesse Sulivan (QLD), india
Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad
Jesse Sullivan is a musician and cultural producer from Brisbane, working internationally as a radio content creator and producer of electronic music. He is best known for his music project, Suckafish P Jones, which explores a diverse cultural palette of sounds within the context of contemporary bass music, as well as his work with Forcefed Fistfuls, a program dedicated to global nascent trends in electronic and club music. Jesse's work collaborating with the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts will be realised through collaboration with local multi-arts practitioners; investigation and recording into local sonic cultures; and eventual presentation and performance of a collaborative work with the Academy.
Supported by Arts QLD and The Australia Council for the Arts
Jesse Sullivan is a musician and cultural producer from Brisbane, working internationally as a radio content creator and producer of electronic music. He is best known for his music project, Suckafish P Jones, which explores a diverse cultural palette of sounds within the context of contemporary bass music, as well as his work with Forcefed Fistfuls, a program dedicated to global nascent trends in electronic and club music. Jesse's work collaborating with the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts will be realised through collaboration with local multi-arts practitioners; investigation and recording into local sonic cultures; and eventual presentation and performance of a collaborative work with the Academy.
Supported by Arts QLD and The Australia Council for the Arts
Ninian Donald (SA), cambodia
Sunrise Children’s Villages, Phnom Penh and Siem Reap
Ninian has performed and directed dance, street, puppetry, circus, and theatre internationally for over 17 years, dedicating most of the last decade to early childhood and family performance. He has worked with such companies and individuals as Meryl Tankard’s Australian Dance Theatre, Leigh Warren and Dancers, Windmill Performing Arts, Patch Theatre Company, Slack Taxi, Knee High Puppeteers, and Cate Fowler. At Sunrise Children’s Village he will share classes and performing arts workshops with the young artists, working alongside traditional Khmer performance teachers to develop a cross-cultural family performance looking at Cambodian children and family.
Ninian has performed and directed dance, street, puppetry, circus, and theatre internationally for over 17 years, dedicating most of the last decade to early childhood and family performance. He has worked with such companies and individuals as Meryl Tankard’s Australian Dance Theatre, Leigh Warren and Dancers, Windmill Performing Arts, Patch Theatre Company, Slack Taxi, Knee High Puppeteers, and Cate Fowler. At Sunrise Children’s Village he will share classes and performing arts workshops with the young artists, working alongside traditional Khmer performance teachers to develop a cross-cultural family performance looking at Cambodian children and family.
Supported by Arts SA and The Australia Council for the Arts
Christopher Cobilis (WA), taiwan
MOVE Theatre, Taipei
Chris Cobilis is a composer / improviser living and working in Perth, Western Australia. In addition to working in numerous bands including The Tigers and smRts, Cobilis has contributed original music to film, dance and theatre. As an improviser he has performed internationally, including tours of Taiwan in 2009 and 2010. His return to Taiwan will see a pairing with hosts MOVE Theatre Company as they develop new work in 2012. Cobilis will introduce sound recording and improvisation to MOVE's production process via workshops, field missions and writing sessions. The resulting collaboration will be performed in Taiwan in 2012 in the final weeks of his residency. www.chriscobilis.com
Chris Cobilis is a composer / improviser living and working in Perth, Western Australia. In addition to working in numerous bands including The Tigers and smRts, Cobilis has contributed original music to film, dance and theatre. As an improviser he has performed internationally, including tours of Taiwan in 2009 and 2010. His return to Taiwan will see a pairing with hosts MOVE Theatre Company as they develop new work in 2012. Cobilis will introduce sound recording and improvisation to MOVE's production process via workshops, field missions and writing sessions. The resulting collaboration will be performed in Taiwan in 2012 in the final weeks of his residency. www.chriscobilis.com
Supported by Department of Culture and the Arts, WA and The Australia-China Council
Pia Van-Gelder (NSW), japan
SuperDeluxe, Tokyo
Pia is an electronic media performance artist, Dorkbot Sydney Overlord and Director of Serial Space, an artist run initiative for hybrid and interdisciplinary art. Pia works predominantly developing what she calls ‘performing machines’. She investigates her connection to technology by hacking pre-existing media-machines to expose their internal nature and language. At SuperDeluxe, Tokyo Pia aims to collaborate with local electronic artists and musicians and to investigate the unique space that exists between Japanese people and their technologies in performance. She will also work with her host organisation to implement some programming surrounding these investigations. www.piavangelder.com
Arts NSW and The Australia Council for the Arts
Pia is an electronic media performance artist, Dorkbot Sydney Overlord and Director of Serial Space, an artist run initiative for hybrid and interdisciplinary art. Pia works predominantly developing what she calls ‘performing machines’. She investigates her connection to technology by hacking pre-existing media-machines to expose their internal nature and language. At SuperDeluxe, Tokyo Pia aims to collaborate with local electronic artists and musicians and to investigate the unique space that exists between Japanese people and their technologies in performance. She will also work with her host organisation to implement some programming surrounding these investigations. www.piavangelder.com
Arts NSW and The Australia Council for the Arts
Ade Suharto (SA), indonesia
Mugi Dance, Java
Ade Suharto is an independent choreographer and performer. A graduate of the University of Adelaide, Ade also studied classical Javanese dance with Sri Sutjiati Djoko Suhardjo and Theresa Sri Kurniati in Solo. Ade’s performance career includes Gumarang Sakti Dance Company in Indonesia and Lemi Ponifasio’s MAU Dance Company, New Zealand. She has performed in Indonesia, the United States, France, Belgium, Spain, Denmark and Germany. Her collaboration In Lieu with composer David Kotlowy was commissioned for the Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival 2011. During her residency at Mugi Dance, Ade will continue to recontextualise traditional forms such as wayang and classical Javanese dance for contemporary performance.
Ade Suharto is an independent choreographer and performer. A graduate of the University of Adelaide, Ade also studied classical Javanese dance with Sri Sutjiati Djoko Suhardjo and Theresa Sri Kurniati in Solo. Ade’s performance career includes Gumarang Sakti Dance Company in Indonesia and Lemi Ponifasio’s MAU Dance Company, New Zealand. She has performed in Indonesia, the United States, France, Belgium, Spain, Denmark and Germany. Her collaboration In Lieu with composer David Kotlowy was commissioned for the Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival 2011. During her residency at Mugi Dance, Ade will continue to recontextualise traditional forms such as wayang and classical Javanese dance for contemporary performance.
Supported by Arts SA and The Australia-Indonesia Institute
Bambang Nurcahyadi (NSW), indonesia
INSIST, Yogyakarta
Bambang is a media artist who has worked primarily with digital media for over 12 years. Bambang seeks to explore the boundaries of the digital medium by combining live performance and the realm of digital technology through his favourite themes of identity, women, and the human struggle. As part of his Asialink residency, Bambang will work with INSIST organisation in Yogyakarta to explore interdisciplinary approaches to art making through community participation processes that examine social issues. www.jentera.net
Bambang is a media artist who has worked primarily with digital media for over 12 years. Bambang seeks to explore the boundaries of the digital medium by combining live performance and the realm of digital technology through his favourite themes of identity, women, and the human struggle. As part of his Asialink residency, Bambang will work with INSIST organisation in Yogyakarta to explore interdisciplinary approaches to art making through community participation processes that examine social issues. www.jentera.net
Supported by Arts NSW and The Australia Council for the Arts
Gorkem Acaroglu (VIC), mongolia
The Blackbox Theatre, Ulaanbaatar
Görkem Acaroğlu is a theatre director, writer and dramaturge focusing on reality trend theatre. For the past 14 years her work has experimented with digital performance and subjects not often examined theatrically. During her time with The Blackbox Theatre and International Theatre Institute in Mongolia, Görkem will collaborate with local actors, directors and traditional performers to create a fusion work constructed from documentary materials. The residency will also include workshops with local artists, developing a process for generating documentary theatre. This collaboration will investigate the fusion of traditional Mongolian throat singing with digital performance. www.gorkemacaroglu.com
Supported by Arts Victoria and The Australia Council for the Arts
Görkem Acaroğlu is a theatre director, writer and dramaturge focusing on reality trend theatre. For the past 14 years her work has experimented with digital performance and subjects not often examined theatrically. During her time with The Blackbox Theatre and International Theatre Institute in Mongolia, Görkem will collaborate with local actors, directors and traditional performers to create a fusion work constructed from documentary materials. The residency will also include workshops with local artists, developing a process for generating documentary theatre. This collaboration will investigate the fusion of traditional Mongolian throat singing with digital performance. www.gorkemacaroglu.com
Supported by Arts Victoria and The Australia Council for the Arts