Overview
Here at Concrete Playground, we try find the best of what's happening in our city. The brilliant thing that makes this job so easy is when people around us are so forward-thinking and creative, it doesn't take long for us to hear about them.
Lost Movements is a project we have been following for some time now, run by a handful of passionate people who try to expose and promote the arts in as many ways as possible. The team brings together visual art, performance art, music and even burlesque under one roof in a treat for the senses. The Lost Movements warehouse parties are an example of a small idea taking off in a big way; since its inception, LM has grown to incorporate a zine and a frequent competitive art night called Scribbleslam. The LM team have recently embarked on a new project with their new warehouse HQ, Found.
We spoke to Lost Movements mastermind Lincoln Savage (the dude even has a cool name) about LM and Found, and what to expect from the team this year.
Describe the initial inspiration for Lost Movements?
The concept has evolved and grown a lot since the first idea of bringing different arts together into the events. Initially I would say that we were driven by the desire to try something different from what was happening at the time around Brisbane.
Since its inception, how has LM grown and what has been its impact on the Brisbane cultural landscape?
It started as a warehouse party thrown together by a few people that went quite well. Over its life various people have contributed, which has influenced the direction, ultimately leading to the incorporation as a community organisation. It has given many musicians, performers and artists a chance to experiment and share their work with a larger audience. The collaborative environment nurtured by LM has also been beneficial the emerging arts in Brisbane.
What are the plans for Lost Movements this year?
This year I hope to keep experimenting and innovating, I think this is one of the most important things for what we are trying to do. With the new home slowly coming together it is opening up a lot of doors to create more serious experimentations with what can be done in a live environment. There are some interesting projects in the works involving gesture reactive projection mapping which we can hopefully implement in conjunction with the live events.
Tell us about your new project, Found?
Found is kind of the next step for all of these things. It is a venue dedicated to the emerging arts, music and also my personal direction in the use of technology to support creative expression.
What is different about Found that you hope people connect with?
It is a step away from the established norm of how we experience venues in Brisbane. We hope to provide something different by experimenting with the performer-audience interaction.
What do you think is currently inspiring about the Brisbane art scene?
Right now Brisbane feels like it is on the edge of shifting the culture away from pubs and Valley binge drinking culture to nurturing original live music, performances and experimental venues. There are a few people that I have been watching, including the guys over at Lucid putting on Daydream on February 15 — keep an eye out for that one.
Tell us about some artists that you think are worth checking out
Gus Eagleton is the first artist to hit the walls at Found; he is killing right now. Guido van Helten is a local currently in Iceland putting together some amazing works as well.