This work was externally situated in an undisclosed venue to confront exterior and interior anxieties; choreographer and installation artist clare dyson's latest production powerfully explores issues of disappearances and abduction. audience were transported to forgotten sites to witness the first stage of this powerful performance.

the work immersed the audience in the concept: at first they were separated from whomever they came with, then they were asked to take off their shoes and surrender their personal belongings. then they moved into small rooms where the walls were made of plastic - they could hear and vaguely see others but were the others performers, ghosts or their fellow audience members?

the audience were forced to walk on hundreds of clothes and witness the remains of absent lives - 3000 photographs of missing people, a room full of hundreds of shoes, a wall with the memories of a life written backwards. suspended throughout the space were light globes making it both a familiar and distant experience.

below is a ten minute excerpt from this work

absence(s) from on Vimeo.

performance team

performers & creators
avril huddy
brian lucas
vanessa mafe
tammy meeuwissen


choreography
clare dyson
lighting design & production management
mark dyson
design
bruce mckinven
sound
brett collery

photography
fiona cullen

premiered in 2007
at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts and then
audience transported to disused buildings in brisbane, australia

this work is 60 minutes with no interval
audience are moved throughout multiple spaces which eventually open up to one single space

this work travels with 8 company members and is currently looking for a new co-producing venue or festival

please contact the company for more details