Performances:

4.5/Thu

12:00-12:35

13:30-14:05

16:30-17:05

18:00-18:35

4.6/Fri

13:00-13:35

14:30-15:05

16:00-16:35

17:30-18:05

Post-show Talk:

4.5/Thu

14:10-15:10

Tamara Saulwick (Contemporary Performance Artist)

Steve Berrick (Artist, Creative Coder)

Tamara Saulwick (Contemporary Performance Artist)

Tamara Saulwick creates contemporary performance works spanning multiple art forms for theatres and public spaces. She has over twenty years' experience, and has presented her work nationally and internationally. Saulwick’s work Endings premiered in the 2015 Sydney Festival and was subsequently presented at Arts House. Nominated for the Best New Australian Work at the Helpmann Awards, and two Green Room awards, Endings has toured to the UK, Ireland, Canada and US. Saulwick's other works include Pin Drop, winner of a Green Room Award, the audio walk, Seddon Archives, and audio led performance work PUBLIC. Saulwick was commissioned by Arts House to create an audiovisual installation work, Alter and audio walk, Newport Archives (Substation 2016). In 2017 Saulwick was appointed Artistic Director of Chamber Made.

Peter Knight (Composer, Trumpeter, Sound Artist)

Peter Knight is a multidisciplinary musician who has gained wide acclaim for his distinctive approach, which integrates jazz, experimental, and world music traditions. Knight composes for theaters and creates sound installations; his work as both performer and composer is regularly featured in a range of ensemble settings. He serves as the Artistic Director of one of Australia’s leading contemporary music ensembles, the Australian Art Orchestra (AAO).

Steve Berrick (Artist, Creative Coder, Sound Artist)

Steve Berrick is an artist and creative coder. He creates software-driven experiences—visual, aural, or informational—for interactive systems and performances. His work is interactive and collaborative, enlisting the participation of audiences in galleries, theatres, museums, and streets. Steve is a member of the ololo art collective, Graffiti Research Lab Perth, and pvi collective. His works include My Robot, Hello Future Self, and The Automobile Lab.

Martyn Coutts (Theatre and Performance Artist)

Martyn Coutts has a postgraduate degree from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. Based in Australia, he creates interdisciplinary art, spanning theater, dance dramaturgy, video design, and festival curation. His interest is in the living body in action, as well as its relationship to technology and the observer. His work has been shown extensively throughout Australia and the Asia-Pacific, including Taiwan, China, South Korea, and New Zealand.

Concept, Creation, Visuals: Tamara Saulwick

Composition: Peter Knight

Dramaturgy: Martyn Coutts

System Design: Steve Berrick

Film Footage: Scott Morrison & Tamara Saulwick

Producer: Fenn Gordon (Performing Lines), Mengtong Guan (Ping Pong Productions)

Producing Manager: Siqi Wang

Technical Manager: Ningxin

Tour Production and Management: Ping Pong Productions

Co-Production: Performing Lines

Alter was commissioned as part of In Your Hands, a new series of art works and installations that brings new experiences, mediated through hand-held technology, to audiences. In Your Hands was commissioned by Arts House through the Australia Council ͛s New Digital Theatre Initiative.

This project has been supported by the Australian government through the Department of Communication and the Arts’ Catalyst—Australian Arts and Culture Fund.