LIVE DREAMS

EOIs are now closed

Performance Space’s LIVE DREAMS is a platform for artists to share works-in-progress and ideas in development in a dynamic and responsive environment. LIVE DREAMS takes place both in-theatre at Carriageworks and digitally via our live streaming channel, Live On The Line. This platform offers us an exciting glimpse into current developments in experimental art, creating a crucible for experimentation and conversation.

This May, Performance Space will hold a special edition of LIVE DREAMS, inviting artists to present works-in-progress that imagine radical futures.

As Performance Space gears up to celebrate its 40th anniversary, Live Dreams reflects on the rituals of time as a way of thinking through the development of exciting, new performance work.

CALLING AUSTRALIAN AND ASIA PACIFIC EXPERIMENTAL ARTISTS!

We are calling for proposals from artists across Australia and the Asia Pacific who wish to present a new experimental work they are currently developing.

Curated by Performance Space Guest Co-Artistic Directors Rosie Dennis & Daniel Mudie Cunningham

BIRTHS
Honouring the rituals and markers of time, works will consider starts and origins, beginnings and conception.

DEATHS
Honouring the rituals and markers of time, works will consider departures and endings, loss and cessation.

MARRIAGES
Honouring the rituals and markers of time, works will consider collaboration and togetherness, companionship and commitment.

WHAT'S ON OFFER?

Performance Space will provide:
An opportunity for you to present your work-in-progress to a live and industry audience
$300 AUD fee for presenting your work as part of Live Dreams
A space equipped with some sound and lighting infrastructure, with a full technical inventory provided to successful applicants.

DIGITAL OR IN-THEATRE PRESENTATION

You have two options for presenting your work:
If you are in Sydney you can present your work in-person in Carriageworks’ Bay 20, or you can live stream your performance from anywhere in the world

Both options receive producing and technical support from the Performance Space team.

WHAT OUTCOMES DOES PERFORMANCE SPACE EXPECT?

Participants will be required to present a work-in-progress showing in a format representative of their practice (performance, talk, audio, screening) for a duration of up to 10 minutes as part of Live Dreams, held at Carriageworks.

Participants will also be expected to attend an in-the-room or digital rehearsal (for interstate and international presenters).

KEY DATES:
1 March 2023 EOIs open
27 March 2023 5pm EOIs close
By 10 April 2023 successful applicants notified
Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd May Rehearsals
4-6 May 2023 – Live Dreams presentations

AM I ELIGIBLE TO APPLY?
• Australian artists can be based anywhere in the world
• Asia Pacific artists are those who self-identify as an Asia Pacific artist
• This program is for artists with experimental and interdisciplinary practices

APPLICATIONS
At Performance Space we prioritise diverse perspectives and voices. We especially encourage submissions – for all three Live Dreams themes - from First Nations artists, artists of colour, culturally diverse artists, women, LGBTQIA+ artists, and artists living with disability. Please let us know if you would prefer to apply in a different format or if there is any barrier for you in the submission process.

Need anything else clarified?

Feel free to get in touch with us.
Zoë Hollyoak, Program Producer: zoe@performancespace.com.au

APPLY HERE

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PAST SEASONS

LIVE DREAMS // Liveworks 2022

CLOISTERED
Oriana Panozzo
Fiametta Gabriela
Katrina Elizabeth
Jenny Brown
Allegra Ceccarelli
Juundaal Strang-Yettica

TIDAL
Michelle St Anne (& Chloe Kim)
Rowenna (& Ceridwen Dovey)
Jingwei Bu
Ebony Rattle
Katya Petetskaya
Chang Kang Hua

IRL
Jacinta Larcombe
M@ Cornell & Merinda Davies
Emma Varker
Mark Kleine
Raymond Liew Jin Pin
Ena Grozdanić

LIVE DREAMS // Liveworks 2020

• WONDER

Fahmi Mursyid
Bron Batten and Gary Abrahams
Victoria Hunt
Tully Arnot
Solomon Frank and Niki Johnson

• ALWAYS 

Samuel Withers
Jazz Money
Rowan Savage
Nadeena Dixon

• CATASTROPHE 

Katie Sfetkidis
Nikki Heywood, Mark Cauvin and Heidrun Lohr
Natasha Tontey
Callum Mooney
Kieran Bryant

• IMPOSSIBLE

Marcus Whale
Bianca Willoughby, Andrea Barett and Amy Claire Mills (Creative Hybrids Lab) 
Jee Chan
Sarah Aiken
Kerith Manderson-Galvin
Rhiannon Newton

• UTOPIA

Luke George
Daley Rangi
Julie-Anne Long
Kate Hunter
Sally Sussman
Val Lee

LIVE DREAMS May 2021

• DESTROY

Maissa Alameddine
Gabriella Imrichova
Jennifer Greer Holmes
Bianca River Moon
Bunny Cadag
Janie Gibson

• RECLAIM

Jamaica Moana
Shana O’Brien
James Hazel
AñA Wojak & Cloudbeard
Too Close to the Sun
Elysa Wendi and Rhiannon Newton

• REVEL:

Ryuichi Fujimura
Ande Cunningham
Deden Bulqini, Sandra Fiona Long and Heliana Sinaga
Sophie Penkethman-Young
Dyan Tai
Gary Carsley

LIVE DREAMS // Liveworks 2021

• ANCESTRY: 

Forest V Kapo
Marc Conaco
Arjunan Puveendran
Raina Peterson
Morgan Hogg
Amit Noy
Jahra Wasala and Ooschon Masseurs 

• ISLAND:

Jonny Seymour
Sēini Taumoepeau
Sela Vai
Luke John Campbell
Darlane Litaay
Amy Zhang, Billy Keohavong, Jeremy Santos and Reina Takeuchi

• TRANSCEND:

Rakini Devi and Karl Ockelford
Grace Marlow
Luna Mrozik Gawler 
Chung Nguyenand Julia Santoli
Joana Chicau and Renick Bell
Maria Judova 

• PORTAL

Mrs Tan
Jay Gardener, George Wohlfiel and Jeff McCann 
Jenny Brown
Too Close to the Sun
Sally Craven
Pat Toh
Angus McGrath

• MOSHI MOSHI?!

Roslyn Orlando
Kate McGuinness
MindsEye Collective
Yudai Kamisato
Yuta Hagiwara
Jarunun "Jaa" Phantachat

LIVE DREAMS // June 2022

• DISTANCE

Morgan Hogg
Ida Sophia
Natalie Quan Yau Tso
Natsuko Yonezawa
Lorcan Power
Monica Rani Rudhar
MP Hopkins

• JESTER

Thomas Woodman
Sophie Dumaresq
Mark Shorter
Emily Norton & Maddie Johnston
Rebecca Riggs-Bennett 
Rachmania Shaliha Pulungan
Joshua Freedman

• THRESHOLD

Aunty Rhonda Dixon
Tom Isaacs
X4NDR4 aka Josie Alexandra
Charlotte Farrell
Joanna Cook with Yin-Chi Lee and Tehana Piggott
Amber Liberté
ṈìkṈáK aka Nick Wishart,
Sēini F. Taumoepeau