Imagined Touch - live show

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Event Imagined Touch - live show
Venue Arts House North Melbourne Town Hall, North Melbourne, VIC
First Date 7 September 2016
Last Date 11 September 2016
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Imagined Touch is a multi-sensory arts performance project exploring the fascinating world of Deafblind culture with its own tactile sign language, unique relationship to the senses, space and navigation of the world.

This project is a national first of this major scale, centred upon an outstanding collaboration with two Deafblind women, Heather Lawson, a performer and Michelle Stevens, a pianist.

DEAFBLIND COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT:
Dennis Witcombe

PRODUCER:
Stacey Baldwin

AUSLAN TACTILE INTERPRETERS & PERFORMERS:
Mark Sandon, Georgia Knight, Marc Ethan, Dennis Witcombe, Chris Dunn, David Pidd, Shane Mundy
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Artist(s) with disability
Deaf / deaf artist
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jodee Mundy Artistic Director
Mia Donnet-Jones Assistant Stage Manager
Madeleine Flynn Composer Composition, Sound Design & Musical Direction
Tim Humphrey Composer Composition, Sound Design & Musical Direction
Jennifer Hector Designer Set, Lighting & Visual Design
Heather Lawson Performer Collaborator
Michelle Stevens Performer Collaborator
Jo Leishman Stage Manager
Taran Ablitt Technical Manager
Further Information The Imagined Touch project culminated in a live show, installation, research report and documentary. https://jodeemundy.com/projects/imagined-touch-live-show/
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 150094
Dataset AusStage