See schedule below
Photo by @shanerozario
Meeting of the Bodies is a series of interactive audio-visual pieces performed by members of the Inner West Council community. Utilizing state-of-the-art motion capture technology, participants are invited to work with musician and instrument inventor, Alon Ilsar, dance artist, choreographer, and filmmaker, Diane Busuttil, and audio-visual artist and software designer, Matthew Hughes, to create short pieces reflecting their relationship with their local community. Musicians, dancers, painters, and even dogs, will premiere these new works at the Edge Festival on April 13-14, celebrating the different ways we move in and engage with our surroundings.
Saturday 13 April
2:30pm – 4:00pm Meeting of the Bodies: Audio-Visual Installation - Open Interaction
Meeting of the Bodies is an audio-visual interactive system designed by Matt Hughes, Alon Ilsar and Diane Busuttil. Taking elements from the interactive performances being premiered at EDGE, this Open Interaction session allows the audience to create music and visuals by moving and dancing around the space. A chance to explore, play, and meet the artists.
6:00pm - 7:00pm Audionce, by Alon Ilsar, Matt Hughes and Diane Busuttil
Audionce is an invitation to make music together. Led by Alon Ilsar, the audience's bodies and presence become the musical instrument, learning and exploring to play the room as new sounds are unlocked.
Sunday 14 April
11:30am – 1:30pm Meeting of the Bodies: Audio-Visual Installation - Community Presentations
Meeting of the Bodies is an audio-visual interactive system designed by Matt Hughes, Alon Ilsar and Diane Busuttil. In this session, local emerging and established artists present new short open audio-visual works on the system developed during a creative development at Petersham Town Hall, showcasing the diversity of creativity and physicality in our local community.
4:30pm - 5:30pm NIMBY YIMBY, performed by Diane Busuttil
NIMBY - an acronym for "Not In My Backyard"
YIMBY - an acronym for "Yes In My Backyard"
Diane invites locals to take a trip down the NIMBY/YIMBY debate. YIMBYism supports higher-density housing supply as the solution to housing affordability. NIMBY opposes this theory and does not want HD housing in their neighborhood. Which side of the debate are you on?