Memory-Go-Round
“The beginning of the journey was a lovely sensory experience... and the sense provocations at all five stations were really effective... they didn’t so much provoke specific memories but they did provoke sensory memories... the feeling of ‘I know how that feels, or tastes or sounds etc from my own experiences.”
“Whole thing different way of approaching felt like its (the work) for everyone.”
“The way you could participate in the memory by smelling, tasting, touching etc. You weren’t a passive audience but actively engaging in it.”
ABOUT
5 artists with disability/neurodiversity share their intimate memories through installations at Memory-Go-Round (MGR). This installation celebrates diversity and the arts for the International Day of People with Disabilities.
MGR warmly invites the audience to an immersive installation. You will enter into an intimate and contemplative space of storytelling; from the interior of a car, to the memory of a church, to a dressing room, to Oliver Twist, and a sensory garden experience.
MGR captures the emotive imagination through the universal language of the senses, focusing on atmosphere and the expression of stories through light and shadow, sound, texture, taste and smell.
This sensory practice is sculpted by creatives specialising in sound, media and theatre. MGR aims to create a multi-disciplinary platform for lesser-heard stories to be shared with the broader community.
We are looking forward to sharing this project with you all.
MGR2022 Artists & Team
CREDIT
CO-CREATORS & PERFORMERS
Barry Robinson
David Baker
Gerard Langridge
Madeleine Prasad
Tammy Smith
CREATIVE TEAM
Artistic Director & Sensory Theatre Zya Kane
Inclusion & Associate Artistic Director David Baker
Artistic Collaborator & Film David Hansen
Sound Lisa Greenaway
Visual Installation Pimpisa Tinpalit
Technical Actualiser Brad Vaughan
Creative Producer Taka Takiguchi
PRODUCTION TEAM
Video Editing David Hansen
Photography Paul Dunn
Web & Graphic Design and Social Media Campaign Taka Takiguchi
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Premier of MGR 2022
1-3 December 2022
@Abbotsford Convent, The Store
1st Development
June - September 2022
More information here
DIRECTOR’S NOTE
“MGR delved into creative access and experimentation with a sense of artistry and collaboration ... This was a new way of working in installation with sensory elements, finding ways to embed access aesthetically.
I feel that we have found a form I was dreaming of that crosses over theatre, the senses and an experience for the artist and the audience that I hope reveals deeper ways to connect with each other’s stories.
From the feedback we received from the audience, the exhibition touched a sense of humanity, honesty and intimacy. ....We had many people deeply engage in conversation and questioning after they came out of the exhibition.”
— Artistic Director, Zya Kane
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Australia Council for the Arts
Abbotsford Convent
City of Yarra
VALID
Your DNA Creative Arts
BANH
Auspicious Arts Project
ImPermanence Productions
SPECIAL THANKS
Melanie Watson | Paul Dunn | Janice Florence | Nilgun Guven | Ross Baker | Sue Baker | Diane Ireland | Tracey Langridge | Annette Axen | Jayde Jenkins | VALID’S Performing Arts Peer Action Group