Southern Edge Arts Youth Performance

G.SEA.AiR_Camp Nowanup

Camp Nowanup 2011

This is a poem by Maddie Francis (North Albany Senior HIgh School) about what the artworks developed at the camp meant to her....

Two People, One understanding

One people, one land.
Two people, one land.
Two cultures, two concepts
A foreign body, an unknown destroyer
Enough!
Two people, one land
Two cultures, one mixed culture
Different, yet the same
Two people, yet one people
Two people, one land
Two lives, one understanding
Same, but different
Acceptance
Agreements
Together.

The following photographs by Nikki Green

The following photographs by Cecile Williams

G.SEA.AiR_MBCC Residency

RESICENCY 6 : Mount Barker Community College
31 October - 4 November

Photography By Cecile Williams

Photograghy By Sete Tele

Mount Lockyer PS Residency

RESIDENCY 5: Mount Lockyer Primary School

24 - 27 October

G.SEA.AiR_Cranbrook PS Residency

RESIDENCY 4: Cranbrook Primary School

G.SEA.AiR_DPS Residency

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Residency 3: Denmark Primary School
September 26 - 30

G.SEA.AiR_DHS Residency

Residency 2: Denmark High School

19 September 2011

A great start at Denmark High School....





...and a magical finish...check these out....

Gondwana SEA AiR_general Info

The Gondwana Southern Edge Arts Artists-in-Residence (Gondwana SEA AIR) Project

is an initiative aimed to engage students across the Southwest in an innovative multi-arts, educative program, building an appreciation and an understanding of their local natural environment, whilst offering them a vocational experience of theatre arts and performance making.

The thematic heart of the project is the tract of land in Southwest Australia known as the Gondwana Link (www.gondwanalink.org). The Gondwana Link reaches from the Great Western Woodlands (Esperance) to the coastal Karri Forests of the South West and is the focus of a grand environmental restoration and protection project being undertaken by an alliance that includes the likes of Greening Australia, The Wilderness Society, Bush Heritage Australia and Green Skills.

The Artists:

Four professional artists will be working with six schools in the Southwest, completing a one week intensive program with 20 selected students from each school.
The artists have been selected based on their track records with community arts activities and have, themselves worked with very innovative and educational approaches, utilising current, cutting edge media. Drawing on the expertise of each, artists and teachers will encourage students to further explore issues that arise and tease out a variety of scenarios within the context of the overall theme. Whilst the artists work in specific arts media, this project will see them collaborating and forming a junction between their respective art forms.

The project will have a strong underpinning focus on the digital arts, with the project documentation being shared and mentored by two of the four artists. Students will be working in a one-on-one capacity to acquire a range of film production skills and techniques that they will learn to apply in a practical context.

The Schools:

The schools have been selected based on their developing relationship with the Gondwana Youth Arts Project, piloted over the last two years.

Residency 1
North Albany Senior High School
12 - 16 September

Residency 2
Denmark High School
19 - 23 September

Residency 3
Denmark Primary School
26 - 30 September

Residency 4
Cranbrook Primary School
17 - 21 October

Residency 5
Mount Lockyer Primary School
24 - 28 October

Residency 6
Mount Barker Community College
31 October - 4 November

Project Partner

Artists in schools programs (or Artists-in-Residence) offer new and exciting ways of teaching and learning. Students, teachers and artists can grow through these creative partnerships and develop new skills and understandings.

Indigenous Youth Camp
Camp Nowanup
22 - 24 June

Performance Development Camp
Camp Nowanup
7 - 11 November

Peter Keelan:
Digital sound recording, music production and film making With a focus on capturing soundscapes from the natural environment.
www.peterkeelan.com.au

Cecile Williams:
Environmental art, site specific installation, ephemeral animation and puppetry . Cecile will be using organic and found materials to build on a sensory experience of the natural environment
www.cecilewilliams.com.au

Sete Tele:
dancer/choreographer/story-teller/photographer. Sete will be drawing on personal stories of identity and sense of being – establishing connections between people and place. This will inform the development of a dance/movement piece.

Leon Ewing:
Digital media, animation, puppetry, music, film making Leon will be mentoring a couple of young participants at each school to digitally document the development of each residency.
www.leonewing.com

The target age group for the project is 10 – 14 years old (upper primary and lower secondary). Students, teachers and artists will go out on field trips to the bush for initial inspiration, under the guidance and mentorship of environmentalists and people of local Indigenous backgrounds. During terms 3, and 4 each artist will deliver six weeks of ‘in-field-in-school’ programs, inspired by the Gondwana bushland eco-links around each school and developed in consultation with appropriate teachers.

As part of building identity and empowering young Indigenous Youth to take on a leadership role in the Term 3 and 4 Residencies, there will be an Indigenous Performing Arts Camp held at Nowanup, north east of Albany. This camp will help to develop young peoples’ views on social and cultural awareness and the environment, and most of all the camp will provide a strong component of Noongar Culture and how Noongar people connect to country & the Gondwana Link. Through Elders and young Indigenous Arts Practitioners, young participants will be shown the importance of connecting to country to make a stand to help look after, preserve and protect, the land & environment which their ancestors are so much a part of.

The resulting documentation will be uploaded to our blogsite throughout the week and at the completion each residency there will be an online conference where participating schools can witness the development of each school collaboration. This will be an important facet of the project in overcoming isolation and fostering relationships between communities.

Each residency has the potential to be showcased to the respective school communities. The project will culminate with an “Umbrella Event” which will comprise of a DVD screening with a live performance component in November 2011.

G.SEA.AiR_NASHS Residency

Residency 1: North Albany Senior High School

Starting this Monday, 12 September...watch this space.....

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Gondwana SEA AiR Residency 1 from nikki green on Vimeo.

Wednesday 14 September: Quaranup

16 students from NASHS experimenting with sound, learning to listen and awaken the sense of hearing;

engaging in environmental art...

contemporary dance and movement...

as well as learning how to document these creations with a video camera....

G.SEA.AiR_Indigenous Camp

Indigenous Performing Arts Camp

The camp was held at Nowanup, north east of Albany in June 2011 with an objective to build leadership skills and cultural identity amongst young Noongar participants. There were 15 young participants attending the camp - 7 from Mount Barker Community College and 8 from Mount Lockyer Primary School (Albany). It was an introduction to the Gondwana SEA AiR Project, encouraging Noongar participation. The camp engaged the youth through a series of workshops, activities and storytelling connecting with the land, culture and the arts.

Group photo following the final performance at the breakaway country, Nowanup

Physical Theatre Artist, Kate Lee, engages participant in a drama activity

Spiders Web Excitment

We are all getting very excited to be performing in Broome with Theatre Kimberley and their very own Sandfly Circus.
Our participants will be flying to Broome in October and will take part in two week of workshops and rehearsals which will conclude in four performances. Recreating Spider's Web with new people will form bonds and friendships to last life times.