MANIFESTO: REVELATIONS OF AN ARTIST
in collaboration with the Waterloo Creative Ensemble
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photo credit: Liam O'Keefe
"Welcome to Manifesto. An immersive experience for you to enjoy as you like, or as you don't like - whatever experience you have, it's ok. This where you, as an audience, can participate and fill in the gaps. Let it inspire you to take these experiences back into your daily lives"
- Phong Luu
On behalf of the Waterloo Creative Ensemble
Encompassing live activations, interactive works, written, visual, audio, digital and sculptural installations, 'MANIFESTO: Revelations of an Artist' was an exploration of what art, creativity and process meant to the artists of the Waterloo Creative Ensemble.
For sixteen weeks, our ensemble gathered on Mondays in the Neighbourhood Centre on the grounds of the Waterloo Housing Estate to collaborate and play, devising in response to provocations such as: What does creativity look like? Where do our ideas come from? What happens when we close our eyes at night? What art do we love? what do I want to say as an artist?
This creative installation was conjured from a playful devised process to then be redeveloped, rediscovered and translated by the Waterloo Creative Ensemble into an exhibition style work that continually dips between a fully interactive gallery and a static piece of modern art.
photo by Colm Dowling
MANIFESTO Opening Event photo by Lucy Watson
MANIFESTO opening night Photo by Lucy Watson
photo by Colm Dowling
CREATIVE TEAM
Created by: Milk Crate Theatre Collaborative Artists and the Artistic Team
Lead Artist / Director: Bethany Simons
Support Artist / Director: Nick Vagne
Social Worker: Laura Hurstfield
Collaborative Artists and Performers: Christopher Blackwell, Michael Godlee, Phong Luu, Tejas Nazarenko, Matthias Nudl, Garry Richards, Wayne Schmidt
Producer: Jessica Saras
Production Manager: Daniel Potter (PaperJam Partners)
Lighting Designer: Paris Bell
A special acknowledgment to our ensemble members who contributed creatively throughout the workshop series by were unable to join us for the duration of the project: Flor Garcia, Darlene Proberts, Susie Louden, Christina H, Sally Kelly
PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY:
This project/organisation is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW
