WOVEN
Sound design for inclusive live performance, Gasworks.
WOVEN is an interactive performance that links the audience, performers and the environment together to create a shared experience.
Photographs of Maurya Borandanis, Rowan, Lean Chew, Vicki Coates, Quintin and Dawn Docherty by David De Roach
Saturday 2 March 2019
The Glade, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne, Australia
Produced and directed by Melody Shotade.
Inclusive Arts Practitioner Nilgun Guven
Choreographer Trudy Radburn
Artist Support Marjetka- Krizanic
Sound Designer Lisa Greenaway
Technical audio design and operation: MAV and Omer Haber.
Music credits:
Amadou Suso: 'Suso Kunda - Sunjata'
Sophia Tuv: 'My Heart' and 'Walking in the Gardens'
Produced and directed by Melody Shotade, WOVEN was devised over a duration of six weeks with the support of local performers, and narrators, inclusive arts practitioner Nilgun Guven, choreographer Trudy Radburn, sound designer Lisa Greenaway and artist support Marjetka- Krizanic. The performance took place on a hot day in The Glade at Gasworks Arts Park.
Based primarily on a locally inspired love story, the tale told in WOVEN evolved through development into, a broader universal context, exploring how human experience is woven together through sensory effect.
The performers and sound design worked together with live narration. With the support of MAV, I designed the sound for six speakers, placed in a circle surrounding the audience and roving performers, who in turn surrounded a central garden bed. We were able to create the effect of a fully circular movement of sound.
Listen
A stereo mix of the WOVEN soundscape and narrative.