Event
Headwater
- Date: Thursday, 17 October 2024 to Saturday, 19 October 2024, 7.30pm (AEST)
- Venue: Abbotsford Convent — 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, Melbourne, VIC
- Tickets: Adults: 35 | Concession: 28 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on 0412 535 548
Event Details
Headwater follows a stream of consciousness, guided by ideas unrealised and vaporized. The self here becomes water, dispersed across a collage of thoughts and earworms that appear and evaporate into the next - never quite settling, but always moving. A work by double bassist/vocalist Helen Svoboda, this music performance dissects her eclectic solo identity across six bodies in space - three humans, and three double basses. As Svoboda navigates the ever-changing subconscious, she is joined by Finnish vocalist Selma Savolainen and Sydney double bassist Jacques Emery to bring each fleeting vignette towards a visible life - if only for a brief moment. Expect miniature songs, moments of stark beauty, and occasional nonsensical Finnish language, highlighted by Tilman Robinson as a sound avatar, lighting from Alex Nguyen, and movement direction from choreographer Jo Lloyd. “A musician who absolutely defies categorisation” (Andrew Ford – The Music Show, ABC), Helen Svoboda is a 2023-24 Musica Viva Australia FutureMaker and Headwater is produced by Michaela Coventry - Sage Arts. Presented by: Musica Viva Australia in association with Abbotsford Convent Supported by: Musica Viva Australia, the Berg Family Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 0412 535 548 or by email to coventrymichaela@gmail.com
Featured artists
- Music of Helen Svoboda
- Performer Selma Savolainen
- Performer Jacques Emery
- Performer Helen Svoboda
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