Beneath the Surface (2023)
Beneath the Surface was a collaboration with Julie Henninger. A floating, site-responsive performance and installation by canoe in Kangaroo Valley, the work explored themes of ecological crisis, sustainability and connection. The work was commissioned for the Festival of the Canoe and Kayak Festival (The FOCK) in Kangaroo Valley, NSW. and supported by a Festival Australia Grant, Valley Outdoors and Take 3 for the Sea.
The script centred on Julie and my findings of our field research/canoeing expeditions and the possible extinction of the Kangaroo River Perch. Audience members experienced a 2.5 hour guided canoe adventure to participate in the immersive theatre show and contribute poetry to the art installation, which was a collection of over 100 poems from an international community, placed into recycled plastic bottles which were hung or floated alongside woven and found objects.
Our creative team included: Dan Eleni and Julie Henninger (co-directors); Georgia Adamson, Niki Read, Ember, Maddi and Luca Hall, Amelie Ecology, Rachel Hall and Gareth Thomas.
