Box of Birds

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Event Box of Birds
Venue Carriageworks, Eveleigh, NSW
Umbrella Event You're History! 2013
First Date 20 November 2013
Opening Date 20 November 2013
Last Date 24 November 2013
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Inviting audiences deep within the nooks and crannies of the performance site, BOX OF BIRDS is a mythic late-night journey through the shadows of the human psyche – probing the power of the past, life on the outskirts, and distortion of memory in an immersive melting pot of large-scale photography, dance and live music.

Fusing Anne Ferran’s acclaimed photographic trilogy of 1940′s psychiatric patients (INSULA: 1-38: Box of Birds – exhibition) with a live dance installation, BOX OF BIRDS conjures a labyrinth-like domain where other-worldly fashion and immersive sound design intertwines with
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Installation
Subjects Memory
Mental Illness
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Tess de Quincey Choreographer
Anne Ferran Costume Designer maker - felt objects
Katja Handt Costume Designer maker - felt objects
Linda Luke Dancer
Kirsten Packham Dancer
Kathryn Puie Dancer
Ellen Rijs Dancer
Sian James-Holland Lighting Designer
Mirelle Astore Photographer
Anne Ferran Photographer
Sian James-Holland Producer
Vic McEwan Sound Designer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web http://dequinceyco.net/performances/box-of-birds/
Performance Space Database
Event Identifier 107837
Dataset AusStage