Monumental (working title)

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Event Monumental (working title)
Venue Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Umbrella Event Sydney Festival 2022
First Date 28 January 2023
Last Date 29 January 2023
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Sixteen artists and collectives from across diverse practices, genres and communities challenge and contest the idea of the monument, and what is chosen to be revered and memorialised. Works include unexpected interventions, sculptural installations, dance- and movement-based activities, sound, song, participatory tours, ceremonial practice and provocations. Through an aerial dance on the building’s exterior (Strings Attached), an evocation of the body as a living artefact (Rakini Devi), a performance as an unassuming cleaner (Julie-Anne Long) and more, the artists will shift and prod at the
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Performance Art
Ecological Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Demon Derriere Artistic Performer
Rakini Devi Artistic Performer
Roselle Flatley Artistic Performer
Angela Goh Artistic Performer
Victoria Hunt Artistic Performer
Omar Kamal Artistic Performer
Lucky Lartey Artistic Performer
Julie-Anne Long Artistic Performer
Azzam Mohamed Artistic Performer
S J Norman Artistic Performer
Pedro Olympio Artistic Performer
Angelica Osuji Artistic Performer
Jack Prest Artistic Performer
Fetu Taku Artistic Performer
Annette Tesoriero Artistic Performer
Sela Vai Artistic Performer
Niki Verrall Artistic Performer
Ivey Wawn Artistic Performer
Maria White Artistic Performer
Malcolm Whittaker Artistic Performer
Brian Fuata Curator
Latai Taumoepeau Curator
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.intimatespectacle.com.au/production/monumental/
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 175049