Artists
Simon Ellis
Simon is a New Zealand born independent artist whose practice has included site-specific investigations, dance on screen, writing, digital outcomes, black box works, and installation. He has a practice-led PhD (investigating improvisation, remembering, documentation and liveness) and is currently the practice-led research fellow at the University of Northampton. His work Gertrud was a finalist in The Place Prize 2008, and most recently he completed a new screen project, Anamnesis. Previous choreographies include Full (2001), Lying (2002), Indelible (2003), Sleep. Wake. Dream (2004), Tight (2006), dad-project (2006), microflicks (2006), then/now (2007), Still/Live (2007), Them & Me (2008) and Tuesday (2008). www.skellis.net
Shannon Bott
Shannon Bott is a professional dance artist and performer, living in Melbourne and working nationally and internationally. She is currently developing a new performance work, Recovery, with choreographer Natalie Cursio. Over the past two years Shannon has toured The Drovers Wives to the Shanghai and Beijing International Arts Festival with Steamworks Arts Productions, performed a return season of With a Bullet at the Victorian Arts Centre, created a short film for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with The Song Room, and worked on the development of an installation and media performance work, Crevice with co-creators Simon Ellis, David Corbet and Cormac Lally.
David Corbet
David is a multidisciplinary artist who has been working in the performing arts since 1990. He has created work as a musician, composer, dancer, choreographer, director and editor. His primary focus is on live performance using techniques in real time composition and choreography. He is a member of State of Flux, Two Suits, The Boys, and has an ongoing artistic collaboration with Jacob Lehrer. davidandjacob.com.
Cormac Lally
Cormac is a Melbourne based lighting cameraman and editor with over ten years experience in film and video. He has worked with several visual artists, choreographers and filmmakers to create art video installations, award winning performance videos and short films. Cormac has also taught extensively and is currently working for an online media company.
Scott Mitchell
Scott Mitchell’s art practice focuses on modding, hacking, and DIY activities. As modes of production these activities are often marginalised within ‘consumer society’. Through projects such as the iPod Social Outreach Program Scott uncovers the consumer agency at work within the act of consumption. These projects contribute to open information resources and seek to remake objects as public spaces. The projects privilege amateur practices and engage with gift economies. Project details can be found at openobject.org.