Suburban Canvas - Pen Plan China

Australia (Melbourne) 16–23 Nov Forrest Place

Suburban Canvas is a cardboard replica of a Chinese home in celebration of Western Australia’s unique releation with China. Audiences enter this full-size replica to experience another domestic reality and then work with artists to create drawn responses on the surfaces of the house. The house becomes a giant community artwork. Sound responses are also recorded and linked to the Red Megaphone project.
• Please dress to mess – this activity involves drawing and painting, which is fun and messy! [more]

The Megaphone Project

Australia (Melbourne) 16–25 Nov Roaming Forrest Place & Perth Cultural Centre

Visit the megaphone project to be a collaborator in this exciting sound project. The megaphone project is a multi-layered installation and performance work that encourages audience interaction between listening and sound creation.

Be a part of the [more]

Glow

Australia (Melbourne) 19–23 Feb PICA

Glow is an interactive solo performance in which the motion of the human body is used to trigger and control music, lighting and animation.

Beneath the glow of a sophisticated video tracking system, a lone organic being mutates in and out of human [more]

Dr Egg and the Man With No Ear

Australia (Melbourne) 17–23 Nov Rechabites Hall

When a man loses his ear in a bizarre cycling accident involving a bull terrier, he cannot shake the yearning to replace it. A mysterious scientist, Dr Egg, offers a previously unthinkable possibility; he can grow the man a new ear. But first he needs a piece of precious flesh. The man refuses but his curious daughter finds her way to Dr Egg laboratory and offers her cells. When the deal is done, the ear grows… and grows…. But it does not stop there. A new life is made…. and it looks a lot like her. The man and his daughter are faced with a serious dilemma. [more]

Baby Love

(Taiwan/France) 16–25 Nov Western Australian Museum Foyer

Climb aboard! Dummy-sucking cloned Baby Love babies invite you to join them in their giant mobile wi-fi teacups. As you turn the wheel, you and the babies can glide across the space, gently colliding with other teacups, shuffling and exchanging love songs with the bump. Turning the central wheel in different directions will speed up or slow down the soundtrack as you navigate the space. [more]

Baby, Where are the Fine Things You Promised Me?

New Zealand 17–23 Nov Forrest Place

Peek into this miniature house and you’ll be amazed to discover that the house is occupied, ship-in-a-bottle style, by a man who plays music, cooks or shares a cup of tea with passers-by.

Based on one of Australasia’s earliest models for simple… [more]

Les Acousniaques

France 17–23 Nov Roaming Forrest Place & Perth Cultural Centre

The bizarre Les Acousniaques are the last survivors of a lost brass band who are obsessed with sound. Through their sad misfortune they have lost all sense of current language and at the same time, have grown ear-like appendages which cause them to have sound hallucinations. [more]

AWESOME Animations

Australia (Melbourne) 19–24 Nov State Library of Western Australia

AWESOME Animations is a reel of the best new animation from around the world sourced by the Lycette Bros, especially for the 2007 AWESOME Festival.

John and Mark Lycette – the Lycette Bros [more]

Smarter Than Smoking Creative Challenge - Make Your Move

Western Australia 17–25 Nov 214 William Street

Make Your Move travelled to 10 regional and remote communities in the Goldfields, Mid West and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia where young shakers and groovers recorded sounds and tracks and moved to their own music.

The 2007 Smarter than Smoking Creative Challenge explored ideas from young participants through a series of dance, sound and performance workshops… [more]