here in wellington the gathering is proceeding at the usual rapid pace; there has scarcely been a moment to think about the blog, let alone write something for it. everything is going really well - the morning physical training sessions are a great way to start the day, & then there have been a great variety of discussions and presentations. we have some 'returnees' who presented at the gathering last year & are back this year with stories of where their work and lives have gone since then. there are new faces as well, & it's great to meet each other through our work. we have participants from germany, denmark and the USA and some who have travelled from christchurch or hastings as well as the locals.
Above, Jan Bolwell presenting an excerpt from her current work-in-progress, a play about the painter Frances Hodgkins.
Above, Post-Mistress Janet Dunn performs her thesis on sustainable fashion.
Left, Helen Varley Jamieson presents her cyberformance "
a gesture through the flames" which was watched by the brisbane gathering as well as by online audience members in NZ, New York and Vancouver.
1 comments:
very moving photo of you Helen, performing live with the toy theatre: it gives a sense of scales, Gulliver and Liliput, that i feel often while manipulating avatars like puppets, plus the presence of the computer which mediates/transposes the poetry to the audience.
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