ADHOCRACY 2014 national artist hothouse

Supporting the development of new art and performance

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!

Download the full Adhocracy 2014 program HERE or view it HERE

ADHOCRACY is Vitalstatistix’s national hothouse, supporting the creative development of new experimental and interdisciplinary arts projects. Artists from around Australia join us to create, converse and critique in one space (our beautiful, heritage-listed home, Waterside) over the June Queen’s Birthday long weekend.

THIS is how it works: artists spend the long weekend in an open studio environment developing new work which can span performance, live art, sound, installation and more. They are in the early stages of the process of making and are experimenting with ideas and form. YOU can engage with the artists and their creative process through a public program of artist talks and work-in-progress showings. To keep it comfortable, there’s also a BAR (open all the time) and taco cat selling their handmade Mexican food from a 1960s caravan each evening, 5:30 to 9:30pm.

IN 2014 there are nine projects participating in Adhocracy.

1984
STEVE MAYHEW & FRIENDS, WITH SOPHIE HOPE (SA & UK)
A local iteration of a global project exploring art, politics and memory through dinner parties hosted with people politically and artistically active in the year 1984.
 
black market
PVI COLLECTIVE (WA & SA)
A participatory artwork, part game and part social experiment, where players discover their true usefulness and capabilities within a new black market economy.

Broadcasts
SASHA GRBICH & HEIDI ANGOVE (SA)
A portable internet radio station and sound project, about listening to edges and broadcasting the faltering periphery of a territory.
 
Future Present
ROSIE DENNIS & COLLABORATORS (NSW & SA)
An interdisciplinary project exploring climate change and economic transition, through relationships and conversations between artists and people who work in primary industry.
 
Heat
HISSY FIT (NSW)
A durational, choreographic performance work exploring the subversive world of aggression, violence, competition and conflict between women.
 
Mapping
LEISA SHELTON (VIC)
A participatory project creating a shared history of live art and contemporary performance - its key artists, practices and writing - in Australia.

Somatic Drifts
CAT JONES, WITH MELISSA HUNT (NSW)
An immersive, full body, sensory experience for one person at a time, exploring identity transgression and trans-human empathy.
 
Speculative Culture/Weather Lore
SARAH NEVILLE & FAMILY, WITH FOAM (SA & BEL)
A family-based project exploring weather lore and future forecasting through a series of cultural strategies.
 
Telemetry
NATHAN HARRISON & JAKE PEMBER (NSW)
A live performance exploration of communication, collaboration and technology, in digital and physical worlds.

PLUS: Sound Introversion Radio, Bad Jelly DJs, a series of special panel discussions and more.

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY LONG WEEKEND > 7-9 June

open studios, artist talks, work-in-progress showings AND more > 3pm to midnight each evening

WATERSIDE > 11 Nile St, Port Adelaide

Entry by donation > bar & food available

PRESENTED BY VITALSTATISTIX

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Her Story #2

Catherine Fitzgerald (1996-2002)

Throughout the year, Vitalstatistix is presenting HER STORY - Sunday afternoon sessions hosted by the artistic leaders from our thirty-year history. As a full set or as a solo experience, HER STORY is a delightful, personal glimpse into Adelaide’s feminist theatre history and the story of Vitalstatistix.

Join us for the second instalment of the series with Catherine Fitzgerald (Artistic Director of Vitalstatistix from 1996 -2002).

During Catherine’s time Vitalstatistix commissioned, developed and produced over forty new projects including premiere productions, events, national and international tours, developments and play readings.  Vitalstatistix forged ahead as the National Women’s Theatre, where women writers, directors, designers, actors and arts workers made award-winning work that changed the face of theatre nationally by putting women central to the narrative/s. Rodeo Noir, The Doctor Lesson of Doctor Ruysch, Titbits!, Bull Bar Tours, Bananas, The Doris Day Dances, Feast Dinners (FISH), Winter Play Readings, Svetlana in Slingbacks, Jennifer in Security, My Vicious Angel, Whispering Demons, Spool Time, Carrying Light, Margie Fischer Live at the Lion were just some of the shows presented during this time. 

Hear about the vision, bravery, audacity, and tenacity of the Vitals team during this incredible time in the company’s history. Catherine will be joined by Maggie Armstrong, Andrea O’Shea, Irene Tunis, Kerry Reid, Helen Bock, Karen Lawrence and a bevy of inspiring thespians to celebrate and reminisce the halcyon days of Vitalstatistix, National Women’s Theatre.

Bar, pies and pasties, cocktails and a great yarn, true Vitals style.

3-5pm, Sunday 4 May

Waterside, 11 Nile St, Port Adelaide

$5 entry at the door

HER STORY Session #2 is proud to be a part of About Time: South Australia's History Festival.

Coming up at Vitals

Adhocracy 2014 is coming...

Our national artist hothouse, is coming up very soon! Mark the Queen's birthday long weekend (7-9 June) in your diary and stay tuned – we will be launching the full program very soon!

Adhocracy support the development of new experimental and interdisciplinary arts projects from around Australia and gives audiences a chance to take part in a packed weekend of artist talks, work-in-progress showings, audience experiments and more. This year 9 projects are participating alongside some fantastic added extras.

Full program details will be announced here in early May.

FELTmaps
This Saturday 26 April we're proud to host the closing event for FELTspace's FELTmaps project. Enjoy new work created specifically for this final event (including by our very own Lara Torr), work from the exhibition reimagined inside Waterside, DJ set from Jason Sweeney, and a great party.

You can get all the details here. The event starts at 7pm at Waterside, 11 Nile St, Port Adelaide.

Her Story #2
Following a wonderful start in March with our founding members Roxxy, Ollie and Margie, HER STORY returns to Waterside on Sunday 4 May with Catherine Fitzgerald, Artistic Director of Vitalstatistix from 1996-2002 (and currently Artistic Director of Feast Festival). As the last session showed, the HER STORY sessions are a delightful, personal glimpse into Adelaide’s feminist theatre history and the story of Vitalstatistix.

Check out all the details here.

INTERNSHIPS at Vitals

Internships at Vitals

Vitalstatistix is offering 3 project-based internships in 2014

We are seeking three artists and arts-workers for these separate opportunities. The internships are ideally suited to emerging artists, students or recent graduates, however anyone interested is welcome to apply. 

The opportunites span our Her Story program, the Future Present residency with Rosie Dennis and Mish Grigor's Man O Man.

You can get all the details here or contact our Program Coordinator, Lara Torr, on 84476211 orprogram@vitalstatistix.com.au for more information.

Applications are due on 21 March.

A VITAL 2014

We are well and truly into our 30^th year…

Tickets have just gone on sale for our next show, the award winning Hello My Name Is. You can read about it (and buy tickets) below and here.

We've got two great opportunities available for artists. You can find out how to apply for artist opportunities with Adhocracy 2014 and the Future Present climate change residency with Rosie Dennis here.

The Premier has helped us kick off our birthday celebrations. You can read about the festivities in store throughout the year here.

HELLO MY NAME IS

Sans Hotel

Presented by Vitalstatistix

Hello my name is is a performance about getting to know yourself and strangers. Created by Nicola Gunn and award-winning company Sans Hotel, this startlingly original show is warm like a spring day and unexpectedly fun like a game of table tennis.

It is set in a community centre, which is just a room we call a community centre, and the audience are cast as workshop participants. Hello my name is is a beautifully chaotic, joyous and uplifting event that reminds us how to engage with and celebrate the act of living (and conga lines).

“Entertainer at the top of her game” THE AGE

Winner: Best Experimental Performance, Melbourne Fringe 2012; The Blue Room Theatre Judge’s Award for Outstanding Theatrical Experience, 2012.

Nominated: Green Room Award for Best Production, 2012.

Concept, creation, text & performance: Nicola Gunn
Dramaturgy: David Woods
Design: Nicola Gunn & Gwen Holmberg-Gilchrist
Lighting design: Gwen Holmberg-Gilchrist
Videography: Justin Batchelor
Producer: Sarah Greentree

Six shows only

2 – 4 APRIL 8pm, 5 APRIL 2pm & 8pm, 6 APRIL 6pm

Post Show Q&A Thurs 3 April

70mins

Waterside, 11 Nile St, Port Adelaide

$30 full; $25 concession; $22 Fringe Benefits

You can buy tickets here
You can view the e-flyer here

nicolagunn.com

Opportunities for artists

It's not just festival time of year, it's also 'get involved at Vitals' time of year. We're sending out the call for artists to participate in Adhocracy 2014 and the Future Present residency with Rosie Dennis...

ADHOCRACY 2014

ADHOCRACY is Vitalstatistix’s national artist hothouse, supporting the creative development of new experimental and interdisciplinary projects. Artists from around Australia join us to create, converse and critique in one space (our beautiful heritage-listed home, Waterside) over the June Queen’s Birthday long weekend.

This is how it works: selected artists spend the long weekend in an open studio environment developing new work which can span live art, theatre, dance, sound, installation, media and technology, socially-engaged practice and more. Audiences engage with the artists and their creative process through a public program of artist talks and work-in-progress showings.

We are now seeking proposals from artists across Australia for this unique creative development opportunity. We will select between five and seven projects for participation.

Download the info you need to apply here.

Applications close Monday 31^st March.

To get a sense of what ADHOCRACY is like, view the public program from 2013 here and watch a short video about ADHOCRACY 2013 here.

FUTURE PRESENT: artists, primary industry & climate change, artist-in-residence project at Vitalstatistix for ADHOCRACY 2014

We are seeking 10 South Australian artists to join this residency, collaborating with lead artist Rosie Dennis, Artistic Director of Urban Theatre Projects (NSW). 

FUTURE PRESENT: artists, primary industry & climate change is an interdisciplinary project exploring the critical global issue of climate change and economic transition.

The project, commissioned by Vitalstatistix for ADHOCRACY 2014, is led by Rosie Dennis, Artistic Director of Urban Theatre Projects (NSW). A maker, performer, writer and curator, Rosie creates work renowned for distinct beauty, universality and currency. She is one of Australia’s foremost makers of contemporary art, drawing from relationships with non-artist experts and on-the-street research.

Download the info you need to apply here.

Expressions of interest due Sunday 23 March.

PORT LAND

Presented by Vitalstatistix and Format Collective in association with St Jerome's Laneway Festival

We're back from holidays, busily planning our 30th celebrations and absolutely delighted to be part of Australia's premier indie music event, St Jerome's Laneway Festival, which is taking place at Hart's Mill on 7 February.

We've partnered with the team of experimental artists, musicians and party technicians at Format Collective to transform Waterside into Port Land. Port Land brings together local bands, projection and installation art, unique lounging options (by way of old couches and cheap rugs) and further experiments in "mass karaoke" with Choral Grief.

If you're heading to Laneway, don't forget to drop into Waterside and immerse yourself in a full day of top-shelf contemporary art, music, fancy snacks, DIY knick-knacks and nautically-themed leisure.

7.50pm – 8.20pm – Old Mate
7.05pm – 7.35pm – Divine Rip
6.10pm – 6.40pm – Wireheads
5.15pm – 5.45pm – EMU
4.20pm – 4.50pm – Fair Maiden
3.25pm – 3.55pm – Bruff Superior
2.30pm – 3.00pm – Body Horror

Visual art courtesy of Katlyn Francis, Joshua Kathigitis and Adelaide ex-pats Tim Tuppence and Nick Moss.

More details will be announced soon and you can keep up-to-date here.

Port Land is exclusive to Laneway ticket holders. Tickets available here.

And just like that, 2013 comes to an end for Vitalstatistix...

Our office will be closed from Monday 16 December and we will reopen on Monday 13 January. We have a massive year planned for 2014, packed with shows, residencies, events, projects, festival experiences, and our 30th birthday celebrations. 

View our 2014 program here or download it here.

We have plenty of opportunities for artists throughout the year. Here are just three which it’s worth noting in your diary and keeping an eye out for further details early in the new year:

FUTURE PRESENT: artists, primary industry & climate change
Adhocracy 2014 residency with Rosie Dennis, Artistic Director, Urban Theatre Projects, NSW
26 May – 9 June

This opportunity is open to South Australian artists. There are 10 places only; expressions-of-interest close 23 March, details released by February.

ADHOCRACY 2014: national artist hothouse
6-9 June, Queen’s birthday long weekend
Project proposals from across Australia are invited with a closing date of 31 March, details released February.  

RIVERLAND ROAD TRIP
Including tickets to BINGO Unit by Team MESS, at Chaffey Theatre, Renmark
A weekend adventure with Vitals and Country Arts SA, for artists interested in regional and community engagement. The most fun artist opportunity offered all year!
Book by 30 June.

CUTAWAY PODCASTS

Each night at Cutaway, two speakers share their musings on the future and how we can be good ancestors. You can find selected podcasts of the speeches here.