Autumn & Winter 2014
Exciting times afoot for the Mid North Coast, with Slippry Sirkus working in partnership with Kempsey Council, to produce the Macleay River Festival, Sept 20th.. funded by ArtsNSW. www.macleayriverfestival.com.au
Across the year, in the lead up to the Festival, working in close collaboration with executive producer Olivia Parker, Slippry Sirkus has delivered a program of workshops across the region to engage communities in the Festival, while developing skills in the Arts & Creative Industries.
The program of workshops has included the Community Halls Flag program with textile artist Margrit Rickenbach, this program worked with each community to design and produce flags which will be flown at the Festival and then returned to each community .
The Painted Poles project provided the opportunity for schools to participate and to utilise recycled materials. The Painted Poles will become Festival Installations.
A Dance program ha also been delivered into Communities and Schools with choreographer/dancers Travers Ross ,Kino Hughes and Steven Donovan, this has encompassed from HipHop to Indigenous Dance.=, with a dance performance at Macleay River Festival.
The ‘Knit the Cows Home’ program with artist Rene Wilson has provided opportunities for knitters of all ages to participate in the program and has engaged with aged care homes. The knitted cows will be installed at the Festival
Lantern workshops with Claude Teyssier and Margrit Rickenbach have provided another opportunity for skills development and community engagement. With local artists and community members working along side the project artist to produce t large painted lanterns that will be illuminated at the festival. www.lightsculpture.com.au
’ Many Faces of the Macleay ‘ digital media project , in collaboration with Dlux Media has also been running across the year , the program s theme. ‘Many Faces – One Mob’ is about community cohesion , inclusiveness and social capital. Sam Taylor has been working with Slippry Sirkus to collect thousands of faces , while Lizzie Quinlin and Josh Thomason have recorded images of the Macleay river environment and collected historical images from The Macleay Valley Historical Society which will be edited by Josh into a digital installation to be projected at the Macleay River festival. www.macleayriverfestival.com , www.dlux.org.au
Slippry Sirkus is also working with the Gwydir Shire Council on an arts based program of workshops that provide opportunities for new skills and ways of expression . The project has a mental health and wellbeing focus with two pubic outcomes in October.
Meanwhile, the Frugal Forest project continues to flourish, with community workshops across the Mid North Coast., Utilising all recycled materials, when completed the Frugal Forest will become a touring exhibition in museums and art galleries. http://frugalforest.oneoffmakery.net.au/
Meanwhile, the Frugal Forest project continues to flourish, with community workshops across the Mid North Coast., Utilising all recycled materials, when completed the Frugal Forest will become a touring exhibition in museums and art galleries. http://frugalforest.oneoffmakery.net.au/
Chair of our Board, Jodie Harrison has been kicking goals, in her new role with Arthritis Victoria. Her fantastic programs have seen the public engaging in ‘Make a Move’ in Federation Square, plus a celebrity bike ride with Olympian Shane Kelly . www.arthritisvic.org.au
Nixi Killick, a founding member of Slippry Sirkus continues her meteoric rise , attending ORIGIN passion and beliefs' international industry expo in Italy . Nixi was one of the one hundred emerging designers from across the globe invited . www.nixikillick.com
Raphaela Rosella continues to excel with her social documentary photography and has been invited as one of twelve photographers in the world to Amsterdam in November to attend the 2014 Joop Swart Masterclass . www.raphalarosella.com , www.worldpressphoto.org/content/names-2014-joop-swart-masterclass-participants-announced
Slippry Sirkus’s Artistic Director has been invited to present at the international ‘Art is Power’ Festival in Kuala Lumpur ‘. The Festival offers young emerging artists in South East Asia an opportunity to take new arts workshops & create. With the goal to inspire, transform and empower with new skills performance and media arts
Joel Salom has traversed the globe as an MC, comedy juggler, flying trapeze artist and gadget man. He recently returned 6 months is Seattle and San Francisco performing with Teatro Zinzanni.
At the Edinburgh Festival, he made a record breaking five invitation appearances on the prestigious Best Of The Fest Shows.
"Joel Salom.. he is not only the funniest improviser, the cleverest tech-head, but possibly our best juggler, too. " National Australian Circus Festival
For 26 weeks in 1999, Joel's creation Erik The Robot Dog was a regular on ABC-TV. Erik the Dog is a 2-foot-tall, fast-talking, arse-sniffing phenomenon. A cult character with guest appearances on Music Channel 'V' and live gigs in clubs, festivals, corporate events and Circus Oz will never be the same again.
Recently in New York with Circus Oz Joel and Erik performed on 42nd Street for six weeks. The critics said, "The wittiest member of the crew is Erik the Dog, a remote-controlled tin terrier who rolls around the stage, chats up the front row and extols the joys of "sniffing all my friends' bums." Predictably, the kids squeal, the parents groan and the critics quietly shut their notebooks." TIME OUT, NEW YORK 2004.