Year 2016
Here are some noteworthy events for Igneous from the year 2016
Our Projects and Activities
The final event we held on Waterwheel was Waterworks! on World Water Day 2016: 250+ entries, 150+ scientists, artists, activists and youth from 5 continents contributed to the call for the online exhibition. 22 curators from 19 countries discussed selected entries and responded to online audience (18–20 March 2016). After that we archived water-wheel.net (until 2021), allowing for 5 years to the media centre but not to the interactive elements on the Tap.
Suzon photographed commercial kitchens of King Street, Newtown, and Oxford Street, Paddington, Darlinghurst and Bondi Junction, as a sequel to photos taken in 1998, and part of her People in their Kitchen series. She also photographed at the Women’s Interfaith Network meeting, in Sydney. The State Library of NSW bought small collections of both projects.
We did a Fluidata Creek Walkshop as part of Walking the Meshwork: an interactive symposium on walking as research, education and artistic practice, at SCU, Lismore.
Suzon upskilled in bookbinding, and ‘Actionskills’ (campaigning skills), workshops.
James and Suzon attended Performance Art/Live Art lab for 3 days at BigCi in the Blue Mountains.
Suzon attended the Artsfront forum in Melbourne
Suzon started visiting refugees at BITA detention centre in Pinkenba, Brisbane and engaging with asylum seekers on Manus and Nauru islands. She produced several campaign videos #bringthemhere with Scotia Monkivitch, and started to attend Mums4Refugees meetings.
James sat on the Disability and Arts panel for the February 2016 round of Australia Council for the Arts.
Igneous auspiced Suzon Fuks’ 2017 overseas residencies grant from Australia Council for the Arts. She also received a professional development grant (in her name) from Arts Queensland.
Outside Jobs/partnerships/collaborations
We provided training of performers and choreographed movement sequences for the Metro Arts season, and editing of a promotional video of the Baran Theatre play Vis and Ramin.
We produced a promotional and documentation video and photos for Anna Yen’s Slow Boat, and Sarah Houbolt’s KooKoo the Birdgirl.
Suzon continued the development of video-scenography, audience engagement and co-direction, and WIP showing of The Book of Space (with Jill Greenhalgh) at Transit Festival in Denmark.
Suzon worked on the development of Ladyfinger’s An Invitation to Sit with Death Awhile, with performances in Deathfest at Metro Arts.
