Overview
Local artists and performers will consider the global effects of climate change in a brand new arts and cultural program supported by Arts House and the University of Melbourne. Running from July 5-10, Performing Climates will feature five major projects spanning dance, theatre and public installation, as creatives from around the country stare down an impending environmental catastrophe.
Central to the program is Cut the Sky, a large-scale interdisciplinary work by the Marrugeku Theatre. Combining dance, video, poetry and song, the show follows a group of environmental refugees as they make their way across an inhospitable landscape.
Other works in the lineup include an audiovisual piece that combines aerial drone footage with an immersive score, a theatre show/lecture/board game that calls on audience members to consider the interplay between natural and man-made systems, a participatory "research-action event" that will see North Melbourne Town Hall turned into a functioning community relief centre, and an installation and performance work that considers our fragile relationship with water.
Image: Jon Green.
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When
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - Sunday, July 10, 2016
Tuesday, July 5 - Sunday, July 10, 2016
Where
Arts HouseNorth Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensberry Street
North Melbourne