Creative Sydney and Gloom Sydney- Inside Out

Hi,
I am taking at Creative Sydney- Space Race on Thursday 28th May at 7.30pm at the MCA.
see- www.creativesydney.com.au

I have answered Marcus Westbury's call for: "provocateurs, pranksters, rebels and shit-stirrers". While I have agreed to speak at Creative Sydney and work from the inside, at the same time I am addressing the issues that vivid festival provokes from the outside.
I am doing this by participating in the counter festival- Gloom.
see- www.gloomfestival.org

I hope some of you will also participate in Gloom and Creative Sydney and take this inside out approach.

For space race I am going to speak briefly about my work with Gravity Feed Ensemble, which is no longer, I was a core member of that collective of artists for 12 years.
I'd like to talk in particular about two site specific work we did in Sydney and how that type of work is virtually impossible in the city now, due to an over protective attitude towards space- insurance, price$ and laws
I would also like to touch on the mediation of space ie you can't just perform in an empty warehouse anymore, legally anyhow, and how spaces like Carriageworks were created to fill this gap but are still over governed, lacking in flexibility that creative spaces need.
I will approach my talk about Sydney space from an artist's point of view and how I negotiate that space.

For gloom festival I will also be making the sound of an elephant.

Hope to see you there discussing issues and making elephant noises.

cheers
Jeff

Artist Talk:

Jeff Stein on his work with Italian Director Romeo Castellucci
and Socetas Raffaello Sanzio

The work of Romeo Castellucci and Socetas Raffaello Sanzio is considered by many to be the most visionary experimental theatre of our time. Under the direction of Chiara Guidi (Romeo’s wife), Castellucci's company Raffaello Sanzio also creates theatre for and by children. Through their 'Children’s Theatre Experimental School,' Guidi and Castellucci have established a unique methodology for creating a space for children to learn the fundamental aspects and mechanics of theatre, as well as a place to create work that defies the usual expectations of what children’s theatre should look like.

Jeff has studied the company's work since 1998, accompanying them on tour and performing in their last show Inferno. This year he hopes to bring Chiara Guidi to Australia to give a workshop in children’s theatre.

Date: Friday 29 May, 3:00-5:00pm

Venue: Wollongong City Gallery