Fortnightly radio show on art and environmentalism, with poetry and field recordings. On Eastside Radio 89.7FM. Produced and presented by Ira Ferris.

This program takes place on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional and ongoing custodians of this land.

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The word 'sympoiesis' is taken from environmental philosopher Donna Haraway who defines it as 'making with'. She writes: “Sympoiesis is a simple word; it means “making-with.” Nothing makes itself; nothing is really autopoietic or self-organizing. [...] Sympoiesis is a word proper to complex, dynamic, responsive, situated, historical systems. It is a word for worlding-with, in company.” (p58 in Staying with the Trouble)

SYMPOIESIS : RADIO SHOW hopes to inspire this interconnectivity and re-kindle our lost relationship with the natural world.

Sympoiesis (radio show) - Eastside Radio 89.7FM

Interviews with artists, curators, and thinkers from around the world.
#artemisprojectspodcast

ARTemis projects PODCAST

A series of podcasts created to accompany a text commissioned by Delving into Dance and Critical Path for the Interchange Festival: https://interchange.criticalpath.org.au/interchange-festivals/digital-interchange-festival-2019-20/selected-texts-why-dance-matters-now/

In it I speak to variety of people who work with or are interested in dance and movement, body consciousness and spatial awareness, the relationship between our bodies, sustainability, and politics.

The voices include professional dancers, musicians, visual artists, filmmakers, and mathematicians whom I've asked about their relationship to movement, stillness, silence, freedom, imagination, improvisation, uncertainty, and what world might be like if everyone would dance.

These podcasts were produced on the Gadigal land of Eora nation, traditional custodians of the land on which we live, work, and dance. We pay our respect to their elders, past present and emerging.

MUSIC by @trevorbrownmusic
PRODUCED by Artemis Projects
ARTWORK by Lena Kramaric (http://lenakramaric.com/)

Transcripts of each podcast are available here: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/why-dance-matters-now

DANCE MATTERS (Critical Path and Delving into Dance)

These interviews took place on air, on the Eastside Radio 89.7FM (Sydney, Australia).

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ARTemis Projects RADIO interviews

Conversation with eco-poet Gabriella (Gabby) Florek, on translating the enormity of environmental issues into a minute thing such as poetry. 

Recorded as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis' program on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 29th March 2021.

This program took place on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land.

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Gabriella Florek: https://gabriellaflorek.com/

Sympoiesis EP1: Gabby Florek (Eco-poetry)

Conversation with artist Penelope Cain about project 'Superorganism', part of Inner West Council's EDGE Art Camp on the Greenway: https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/live/living-arts/edge/edge-greenway-2021 

We speak about the environmental importance of collectivity and multi-sensorial experiences. 

The conversation was recorded as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis' program on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 26th April 2021.

This program took place on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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Follow Superorganism: https://www.facebook.com/superorganism.collective

Sympoiesis EP3: Penelope Cain (Superorganism)

Artist duo MAKE OR BREAK (Connie Anthes & Rebecca Gallo) speak about their most recent project 'The Department of Non-Human Resources' which invites collective thinking to imagine and work towards the futures from more than just human perspective. 

The conversation was recorded as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis' program on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 24th May 2021.

This program took place on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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Sympoiesis EP5: Make or Break (DONHR)

With printmaker, textile and installation artist, environmental activist Gloria Florez. We talk about her ongoing project 'Forest Ambassadors' which explores the beauty and fragility of diverse habitats with the intention to inspire future generations to protect our natural world.

Aired on Eastside Radio on 21 June 2021, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'.

For more info about Gloria's works: http://gloriaflorez.info/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gloriaflorezstudio/

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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Sympoiesis EP6: Gloria Florez (Forest Ambassadors)

TRANSCRIPT: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/conversations/lux-eterna-the-8th-day

Conversation with Australian interdisciplinary artist Lux Eterna on her multichannel dance video '8th Day', developed as part of the 2022 March Dance. We talk about: relational co-emergence, land inspired sensitivity, desert mothers, hybrid dance, cultural interchange, embodied gaze, haptic visuality, and more. 

Aired on Eastside Radio on 14 March 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'.

For 8th Day in March Dance, see: https://www.marchdance.com/8th-day

Lux Eterna's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luxeternatv/

Ira Ferris' interview with Lux Eterna on her previous film 'Aura Nox Anima' can be heard/read here: https://www.dancecinema.org/aura-nox-anima.html 

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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MUSIC:
Track #1: excerpt from 'Quando Eu Era Pequenina' by çhâñt élečtrónïqùe (https://chantelectronique.bandcamp.com/album/h-t-le-tr-n-q-e-vol-1)
Track #2: excerpt from 'Communion' by Alexandra Spence (https://alexandraspence.bandcamp.com/)
Track #3: excerpt from 'Nad Dunaem' by DakhaBrakha (https://dakhabrakha.bandcamp.com/)

Sympoiesis EP22: Lux Eterna (March Dance: 8th Day)

Conversation with artist and curator Consuelo Cavaniglia about the new artist run gallery Sydenham International: https://www.instagram.com/sydenham_international/

Aired on Eastside Radio on 11 April 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'.

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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Sympoiesis EP24: Consuelo Cavaniglia (Sydenham International)

Conversation with artist Tina Stefanou about her vocal participatory action, ‘THE LONGEST HUM’, part of the 2022 Cementa Festival in Kandos NSW. 

Cementa Festival: https://cementa.com.au/
The Longest Hum: https://www.instagram.com/_the_longest_hum/
Tina Stefanou: http://www.tinastefanou.com/

This conversation was aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 9 May 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'.

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

MUSIC: 
#1: Huun Huur Tu - Konguroi (Sixty Horses in my Herd)
#2: Pauline Oliveros, David Rothenberg & Timothy Hill - Three of a Mind
#3: Tinariwen - Sastanàqqàm

Sympoiesis EP26: Tina Stefanou (The Longest Hum - Cementa Festival)

Conversation with filipino-Australian poet Kaya Ortiz. We talk about language and identity, relevance of a place, ancestry, nostalgia, connection between ecology and community, and more.  

Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 22 November 2021, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'.

Find Kaya on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayak.ortiz/

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Sympoiesis EP16: Kaya Ortiz (poet)

Conversation with Lucija Ivšić aka Živa, Croatia-born Melbourne-based musician and Sensilab (Monash University) researcher. 

You can find her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_xziva/

This conversation was aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 4 July 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'.

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

MUSIC:
#1  Apex Twin, Alberto Balsalm (excerpt)
#2 Puncke, Chk Chk
#3 ŽIVA, Power
#4 ŽIVA, Dualism
#5 Apex Twin, Alberto Balsalm (excerpt)

Sympoiesis EP29: Lucija Ivšić (Živa)

Conversation with Diane Busuttil, a dancer/choreographer and the founder/facilitator of Creative Caring organisation that brings dance to elderly, and people with dementia, Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, and Parkinson's. We speak about dance as a caring modality, and about the new series of workshops 'Spring for Seniors' held at the Sydney Opera House and designed for those 55+.  

Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 24 August 2022. 
Host: Ira Ferris

For more about Diane's work: https://www.creativecaring.com.au/about-us

For Spring for Seniors, and to book see: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/events/whats-on/workshops/2022/spring-for-seniors-monthly-dance-theatre-class.html

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Sympoiesis EP32: Diane Busuttil (Spring for Seniors)

Conversation with choreographer Mara Glass about the new contemporary dance work 'Let Them Be Messy' showing at The Phoenix Theatre in Wollongong as part of 2023 March Dance festival. 

Inspired by the women of Greek mythology, Let Them Be Messy envisions matriarchal society where women are afforded the same freedoms as men, including those pertaining to the emotions we tend to label as ‘not feminine’.  

More about Mara Glass: https://www.maraglass.org/

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

EP46: March Dance (Mara Glass - Let Them Be Messy)

Conversation with Eora-based poet LUCIA MOON. 

Lucia is an Italo-Australian writer living on Gadigal land. She is a regular reader at venues around Sydney and, in the written form, her works can be found in Riverstone, Sydney Review of Books, and LOR Journal. Lucia’s writing is playful, ecological, and queer. She holds a Master of Research in poetics, and works for an environmental NGO. 

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

EP52: Lucia Moon (poetry)

Conversation with curator, writer, and researcher ANABELLE LACROIX about the project RADIO INSOMNIA, an all-night broadcast for night communities which is interested in the political and poetic forces of waking at night and asks: What is the potential of listening at night when wakefulness is embraced rather than endured?

More info: https://insomnia.radio.fm 

We talk about the unsettling in the body and mind that keeps us awake; whether artists are especially prone to insomnia, the history of sleeping and sleep regimes, porosity between dreaming and wakefulness, the revolutionary prospect of the night time, and the specific type of listening that is available to us at these eerie hours. 

Originally broadcast: 9 October 2023

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

FEATURED TRACKS: 
Into your Dreams - Hector Zazou & Laurie Anderson
Three of a Mind - Pauline Oliveros, Timothy Hill & David Rothenberg
Pasties and a G-String (At the Two O'Clock Club) - Tom Waits

EP55: Radio Insomnia with Anabelle Lacroix

Conversation and reading with poet Renay Pepita.

Renay is reading a selection of poems from their 2022 book 'Untitled [Notes for Blue]' as well as the more recent poems that will be published in 2024 as 'Untitled [The Un-forgetting of Air]'.

In between the readings we are unpacking the process behind writing each as well as Renay Pepita's overall working methodologies. 

Originally broadcast: 28 August 2023

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

GUEST: https://www.renaypepita.com

everywhere i go my body goes with me

EP 53: Renay Pepita (reading poetry)

Conversation with dancer, performer, choreographer, educator, and a ball of positive energy Azzam Mohamed. We talk about his move from Sudan to Australia, from street dance to contemporary choreographic works, his dance video 'Katamat' and the program 'Sculptured Riddims' he has put together for the 2024 Sydney Festival. 

Check him out here: https://www.instagram.com/shazam_jr/

Sculptured Riddims: https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/sculptured-riddims

Watch Katamat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZoKO86P84

Originally aired: 25 Dec 2023 on Eastside Radio

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

FEATURED TRACK:
Jill Scott, Golden
St Germain, How Dare You
Lady Alma & The Rainmakers, Let It Fall (Harlum Mix)
Heavy-K & Ami Faku, Andikayeki

EP58: Azzam Mohamed (Sculptured Riddims)

Conversation with artist and writer Ju Bavyka about their latest work – REST YOUR IDENTITY – currently on at TILES gallery in Lewisham, Sydney (till 20 April 2024).

REST YOUR IDENTITY is a part of Ju Bavyka’s long-term project ‘On Rest’. This most recent iteration involves a performative facilitation practice that leans on meditation, where you are invited to identify parts of your identity that require a little rest, revision, and kind re-integration on better terms. 

More about Ju's work: https://www.instagram.com/ju_bavyka/

Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 15 April 2024.

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

EP62: Ju Bavyka (Rest Your Identity)

Conversation with performance artist BRIAN FUATA about STORY SENT – a live and mediated performance he is presenting as part of CEMENT FONDU’s exhibition – TOO MUCH INFORMATION – throughout June and July 2024. 
https://cementfondu.org/tmi-too-much-information/

Partly an email performance, partly a live improvisation, STORY SENT explores repetition, references Authentic Movement, and finishes on a 20-minute timer. 

Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 8 July 2024.

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

EP65: Brian Fuata (Story Sent, Cement Fondu)

Conversation with artist Belinda Yee about her coming solo exhibition INCREMENT at the Wentworth Galleries (Pitt St, Sydney) 7 to 10 November 2024. 

An exhibition of large-scale drawings, plus a live movement-based performance, INCREMENT explores the notion of temporality as reflected through the cold stone media – such as marble, graphite, sandstone – and soft tissues of the human body. 

Belinda’s work stands as an embodiment of time passing, with fugitive materials that reflect the fragility and impermanence of existence itself. 

More about Belinda's work: http://belindayee.com/index.htm

Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 28 October 2024.

FEATURED TRACKS 
1) Roj Osa, Tu Si Di Si (album Azbetsni Krovovi) https://kopatonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/azbestni-krovovi
2) Truth ≠ Tribe, Bi ne Bi (album LIVE AT VINYL FACTORY)
https://truthtribe.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-vinyl-factory 

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

EP67: Belinda Yee (INCREMENT, Wentworth Galleries)

Conversation with walking-artist and curator MELINDA HUNT talking about the group exhibition WALK WITH ME, taking place at Drawspace in Sydney from 28 November to 22 December 2024.

WALK WITH ME gathers nine local and international artists-researchers who utilise walking as part of their practice, encountering and mapping the walking sites and terrains through the medium of drawing. These drawings are not only reflective of the sites seen, but also the sites felt or experienced through the multisensory phenomena and the biodynamics of the walking body. 

Some of the projects included in the exhibition also foreground responses to habitat loss and species extinction, connection with urban ecologies, and the colonial project.

More about Belinda's work: drawspace.org

Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 25 November 2024.

FEATURED TRACKS
1) Nicolas Jaar, Etre 
2) Tune-Yards, Es-So

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

EP68: Melinda Hunt (WALK WITH ME, Drawspace)

Conversation with performance artist Alan Schacher who works across the terrain of dance and installation, with an interest in architectural experiences and the performativity of public space. His performances “attempt to eke out the essence of site, materials and objects in relation to and with the performer’s body, the situation, and memory of place.”

From Friday 27th to Sunday 29th of December, Alan will take a performative drawing residency at Drawspace gallery in Enmore. The project is titled CHASING SHADOWS and in this residency, Alan will capture the outlines of shadows and reflections as they fall onto and into the DRAW space. 

More about Alan's work: https://alanschacher.net 

Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 23 December 2024.

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

EP69: Alan Schacher (Drawspace, Chasing Shadows)

Conversation with artist Carolyn Craig about their most recent solo exhibition – ALGEIC INTENT – on at Firsdraft gallery (Sydney) until 15 March 2025. ALGAEIC INTENT investigates the ways in which Algae thrive in the wreckage of capitalism. The work intermingles breathe, sound, image and desire through diffractive echo, to leak affect and challenge conventional narratives around social responsibility that isolate bodies as discrete entities that sustain the meritocracy myths of capitalism.

Carolyn’s practice operates through conceptual ideas of how power is embedded within material exchanges – between bodies, objects and at a quantum level. They see material practices as a relational act connected to political spaces and the broader arts ecology, and have founded artist run space SCHMICK Contemporary in Haymarket with this ethos in mind. Carolyn is a lecturer at the National Art School, and a member of research group Intermedial Composition Network at the University of New South Wales.

More about Carolyn's work: http://www.carolyncraig.com

Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 17 February 2025.

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

EP70: Carolyn Craig (Algaeic Intent, Firstdraft)

Conversation with choreographer and dancer EMMA HARRISON about HIGH OCTANE, her latest choreographic work premiering at Campbeltown Arts Centre on 27 March 2025. 

HIGH OCTANE is a super-charged dance work that reflects on the forces that drive us. This electrifying performance challenges us to rethink our relationship with success, power, and the relentless pursuit of more. In a world fuelled by competition, HIGH OCTANE takes us on a high-speed ride through ambition, self-identity, and the price of making it to the top.

More about Emma's work: https://emmaharrison.info

Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 17 March 2025.

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

EP71: Emma Harrison (High Octane - Campbelltown Arts Centre)

Conversation with artist THOMAS THORBY-LISTER about his solo exhibition SITE ACTIONS showing at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf from 9th of April. to 11 May 2025

SITE ACTIONS is an exhibition of site-responsive paintings that engage with the natural environment that surrounds Woollahra Gallery. The landscape acts as an active participant in the creative process, with elements such as rain, wind, sun and water leaving marks on the sheets of linen, which are eventually rendered in subtle monochromatic tones to reflect the natural hues of the environment. 

Allowing the natural forces to shape and imprint their textures onto the fabric, Thomas Thorby-Lister relinquishes a part of his agency to give a greater voice to nature and engage in the collaborative process of ‘making with’ more-than-human. 

More about Emma's work: https://www.thomasthorbylister.com

Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 31 March 2025.

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

EP72: Thomas Thorby-Lister (Woollahra Gallery - Site Actions)

Conversation with dancer and choreographer JASMIN SHEPPARD about PREPARING GROUND – a new dance work that invites us to join First Peoples’ care of Land as an urgent act for our shared future.

PREPARING GROUND is a First Nations-led dance work co-directed by pioneering indigenous artist Marilyn Miller, alongside Jasmin Sheppard and Katina Olsen. It dances of the future Future—a world where care for Country and community continues generationally. It reminds us that our survival depends on an enduring relationship with the land, and that the path forward is one we must walk together.

More about this work: https://www.blakdance.org.au/articles/preparing-ground

Also featured on the show, a music from SOUND THE ALARM, a 16-piece ensemble led by double bassist Clayton Thomas, in response to the genocide in Palestine. 

The track was recorded during their live performance at Johnston Street Jazz (June 2024). The music is a composed improvisation, described by Clayton as “a sonic allegory and a simple way to collect human energy in the right place for the right reasons.”

All the proceeds from the album go towards humanitarian aid in Gaza: https://claytonthomas.bandcamp.com


Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 12 May 2025.

The track featured at the very beginning is by Samuel Pankhurst who is a sound designer on PREPARING GROUND. 

Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.

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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

EP73: Jasmin Sheppard (Preparing Ground)

“Vignettes flickers fades” is an experimental archive conceived by Ira Ferris for the 20th anniversary of Critical Path choreographic research centre. The project consists of a text, a sound montage, a map, and live performances.

This sound-montage was created in collaboration with musician and sound artist Alexandra Spence. 

A sonic archive is made from the flickers of words recorded during Ferris’ conversations with eleven dance artists involved in the “Vignettes flickers fades” project; each of whom have a longstanding relationship with Critical Path. They are: Lizzie Thomson, Ryuichi Fujimura, Vicki Van Hout, Nikki Heywood, Martin del Amo, Rhiannon Newton, Linda Luke, Jane McKernan, Patricia Wood, Angela Goh and Victoria Hunt.

Combined with field recordings of inside and outside the Drill Hall, taken by Alexandra Spence. 

In tune with the overall project, the sonic archive is a way to immortalise the ambience and the impact of the space – the Drill Hall – by accessing its resonance in the bodies of those who have danced research here.

The sound montage is best listened to with a good quality headphones.

More about the "Vignettes flickers fades" project:
https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/vignettes-flickers-fades

The written part of “Vignettes flickers fades” is published in Critical Dialogues #16.

The “Vignettes flickers fades” project was assisted by Woollahra Municipal Council’s Cultural Grants Program, through Critical Path.

16 November 2025

"Vignettes flickers fades" (archive project for 20 years of Critical Path)

ASTRID LORANGE is Sydney based poet, performer, researcher and academic whose book ‘How Reading is Written’ (2015) explores the legacy of Gertrude Stein and challenges the settled conventions of language. Astrid believes that language – both in writing and reading – should be open to experimentation; always kept fresh and innovative. Language, in other words, should be a constant discovery. On 27 February 2015, Ira Ferris interviewed Astrid on Eastside Radio 89.7FM. 

For more about this episode see: https://artiris.wordpress.com/2015/03/07/queering-the-language-with-astrid-lorange/

Interview with poet and researcher Astrid Lorange: QUEERING THE LANGUAGE (Feb 2015)

Recorded on the occasion of DEAR SYLVIA exhibition, a group photomedia exhibition inspired by life of American poet Sylvia Plath.  

The Australian Centre for Photography (ACP)exhibition was curated by Claire Monneraye and featured works of nine female international artists who examine the representation of the female body and the female condition in contemporary society – whether this society is a developed, Western world (i.e. France, UK, Australia, Netherlands) or a country such as Romania, Ukraine, Palestine, South America, and Israel where not only female but human rights in general are under constant and extreme threat.

Through variety of photographic styles and genres, these nine female photomedia artist depict female body as both fragile and suffocated, as well as a powerful and vibrant agent of revolutionary change. In doing so they portray the complexity of Sylvia Plath’s own condition as unconventionally passionate women, a spirit eager to fly high and free in a society where freedom, joy and superfluous love was discouraged, perhaps even ridiculed.

On Thursday 5 February, Ira Ferris spoke to Claire Monneraye, the exhibition’s curator and Marlous van der Sloot, a Dutch photographer whose body of work features in the exhibition and examines the ways photography can be used to restore physicality to our overly rational minds; to encourage return to senses in what could be seen as a “touch starved” society. Marlous images re-establish connection between animal and human creating distortions that prompt us to re-learn to see.

“So we shall walk barefoot on walnut shells
of withered worlds, and stamp out puny hells
and heavens till the spirits squeak
surrender: to build our bed as high as jack’s
bold beanstalk; lie and love till sharp scythe hacks
away our rationed days and weeks.” ~ Sylvia Plath

Interview with curator Claire Monneraye & photographer Marlous van der Sloot (Feb 2015)

Sydney-based performance artist Frances Barrett discusses the long-durational performance art: the strategies employed in physical and mental preparation for the endurance pieces, potential ethical concerns involved, questions of time and altered state of consciousness this genre of performance art elicits, and much more. 

Is the intention behind the long-durational performance to put the audience in an uncomfortable position? Click play to find out. 

This show was inspired by the visit to Australia of the renowned New York based artist Tehching Hsieh, who is considered a “master” of the durational performance genre.

More info:
https://artiris.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/on-endurance-art-with-frances-barrett-2/

Interview with performance artist Frances Barrett: ENDURANCE ART (April 2014)

Macushla Robinson, assistant curator of contemporary international art at the Art Gallery of NSW, talks about Sol LeWitt, conceptual art pioneer whose 40 years of practice is currently showing at the Art Gallery of NSW. 

In late 60s Sol LeWitt wrote famous Paragraphs and Sentences on Conceptual Art and forged a new way of thinking about art practice, where idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work and the execution is only a perfunctory affair. 

More info: https://artiris.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/talking-sol-lewitt/#more-574

Interview with curator Macushla Robinson: TALKING CONCEPTUAL ART PIONEER SOL LEWITT (March 2014)

When we think of Pop Art we usually think of it as being a male dominated movement. Names such as Warhol, Lichtenstein, or Hamilton immediately spring to mind while it is almost impossible to recall a single female artist. But back in the days (1960s) pop art was not all about the blokes; female shared the art scene and the success with their male peers grappling with sexuality and consumer culture as much as their male counterparts. What has happened since and why have they fallen off the art historical map?

We speak to curator Maura Reilly and art historian Catriona Moore to shine the light back on them and expand the preconditioned understanding of what falls into the pop art movement.

Maura Reilly is a New York and Sydney-based curator, arts writer, and educator. In 2007, together with Linda Nochlin, she co-curated critically acclaimed Global Feminisms exhibition, a major international exhibition of feminist contemporary art. Maura is also a Founding Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, the very first exhibition and public programing space in a U.S. museum devoted exclusively to feminist art. Her most recent publication Curatorial Activism: Toward an Ethics of Curating will be available in 2015.

Catriona Moore is art historian and the University of Sydney lecturer specialised in modern, postmodern and contemporary art with particular interest in feminist art and writing. In 2013, Catriona co-founded Contemporary Art & Feminism project steered by academics and curators with a long-standing commitment to the making, documentation, analysis and promotion of art practice and art writing informed by feminism.

Interview art historians Maura Reilly & Catriona Moore: DESTABILIZING THE POP ART CANON (Dec '14)

Recorded in Belgrade, Serbia, 11 May 2019.

ON SLEEP: Gordana Zikic (artist and art residency facilitator)

In this episode of DANCE CINEMA we speak to Olga Uzikaeva, a Russian dancer and choreographer interested in site specific, improvised performances and inter-disciplinary collaborations. 

We met in Belgrade, Serbia to talk about the dance video XX filmed through her collaboration with German sound artist and filmmaker Thea Soti. 

In this podcast, Olga speaks about how she branched from dancing on stage to dancing on screen, the collaboration with Thea, development of particular scenes in the video, effect that different locations had on her movement, the role of stillness in her dance practice, what makes a good and pleasurable collaboration, and how has dancing on screen made her stage performances freer. 

XX will be screened on www.dancecinema.org/ from 1 September to 1 October 2019. To view XX and for the full transcript of this interview head to www.dancecinema.org/you-move-me.html
Recorded in Belgrade, Serbia on 5 May 2019.

Interview by Ira Ferris
DANCE CINEMA jingle designed by @trevorbrownmusic
For more information:
www.dancecinema.org/

DANCE CINEMA: Olga Uzikaeva (May 2019, Belgrade)

Podcast with Artistic Director of the Living Room Theatre and Deputy Director of the Sydney Environment Institute, Michelle St Anne. 

Created as part of the WHY DANCE MATTERS NOW project, commissioned by Delving into Dance and Critical Path for the Interchange Festival.

Recorded on  8 January 2020 on the Gadigal land of Eora nation, traditional custodians of the land on which we live, work, and dance. We pay our respect to their elders, past present and emerging.

MUSIC by @trevorbrownmusic
PRODUCED by Artemis Projects
Recording location: Sydney Environment Institute (The University of Sydney)
Artwork by Lena Kramaric (http://lenakramaric.com/)

For the full transcript of this podcast and additional information about Michelle St Anne see this page: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/dance-matters-michelle-st-anne

To listen to other podcasts on this theme click here: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/why-dance-matters-now

DANCE MATTERS: Michelle St Anne

Podcast with pilates, yoga, and ballet for kids teacher Amiee Hershan.

Created as part of the WHY DANCE MATTERS NOW project, commissioned by Delving into Dance and Critical Path for the Interchange Festival.

Recorded on 10 January 2020 on the Gadigal land of Eora nation, traditional custodians of the land on which we live, work, and dance. We pay our respect to their elders, past present and emerging.

MUSIC by @trevorbrownmusic
PRODUCED by Artemis Projects
Recording location: Barre Body studio (Sydney, Australia)
Artwork by Lena Kramaric (www.lenakramaric.com)

For the full transcript of this podcast and additional information about Amiee Hershan see: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/dance-matters-amiee-hershan

To listen to other podcasts on this theme click here: www.artemisprojects.com.au/why-dance-matters-now

DANCE MATTERS: Amiee Hershan

Podcast with Croatian dancer, author, performer, and producer of Improspekcije festival for improvisation and live art, Sonja Pregrad. 

Recorded as part of the WHY DANCE MATTERS NOW project, commissioned by Delving into Dance and Critical Path for the Interchange Festival.

Recorded on 15 January 2020 on the Gadigal land of Eora nation, traditional custodians of the land on which we live, work, and dance. We pay our respect to their elders, past present and emerging.

MUSIC by @trevorbrownmusic
PRODUCED by Artemis Projects
Recording location: online, via Skype
Artwork by Lena Kramaric (www.lenakramaric.com)

For the full transcript of this podcast and additional information about Sonja Pregrad see: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/dance-matters-sonja-pregrad

To listen to other podcasts on this theme click here: www.artemisprojects.com.au/why-dance-matters-now

DANCE MATTERS: Sonja Pregrad

Podcast with dancer and filmmaker Diane Busuttil who is also Artistic Director of Creative Caring, organisation that facilitates healthy ageing using dance as a creative tool. 

Created as part of the WHY DANCE MATTERS NOW project, commissioned by Delving into Dance and Critical Path for the Interchange Festival.

Recorded on 21 January 2020 on the Gadigal land of Eora nation, traditional custodians of the land on which we live, work, and dance. We pay our respect to their elders, past present and emerging.

MUSIC by @trevorbrownmusic
PRODUCED by Artemis Projects
Recording location: Alpha House Artist Cooperative (Sydney, Australia)
Artwork by Lena Kramaric (www.lenakramaric.com)

For the full transcript of this podcast and additional information about Diane Busuttil see: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/dance-matters-diane-busuttil

To listen to other podcasts in this series click here: www.artemisprojects.com.au/why-dance-matters-now

Dance Matters

DANCE MATTERS: Diane Busuttil

Podcast with a multi disciplinary performer, choreographer, movement researcher and educator, Kate Sherman.

Created as part of the WHY DANCE MATTERS NOW project, commissioned by Delving into Dance and Critical Path for the Interchange Festival.

Recorded on 26 January 2020 on the Gadigal land of Eora nation, traditional custodians of the land on which we live, work, and dance. We pay our respect to their elders, past present and emerging.

MUSIC by @trevorbrownmusic
PRODUCED by Artemis Projects
Recording location: Alpha House Artist Cooperative (Sydney, Australia)
Artwork by Lena Kramaric (www.lenakramaric.com)

For the full transcript of this podcast and additional information about Kate Sherman see: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/dance-matters-kate-sherman

To listen to other podcasts on this theme click here: www.artemisprojects.com.au/why-dance-matters-now

DANCE MATTERS: Kate Sherman

Podcast with the Artistic Director, choreographer and founding member of "Dusha Balkana", the Australian Academy of Balkan Dance & Culture, Yorgo Kaporis.

Created as part of the WHY DANCE MATTERS NOW project, commissioned by Delving into Dance and Critical Path for the Interchange Festival.

Recorded on 30 January 2020 on the Gadigal land of Eora nation, traditional custodians of the land on which we live, work, and dance. We pay our respect to their elders, past present and emerging.

MUSIC by @trevorbrownmusic
PRODUCED by Artemis Projects
Recording location: Alpha House Artist Cooperative (Sydney, Australia)
Artwork by Lena Kramaric (www.lenakramaric.com)

For the full transcript of this podcast and additional information about Yorgo Kaporis see: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/dance-matters-yorgo-kaporis

To listen to other podcasts on this theme click here: www.artemisprojects.com.au/why-dance-matters-now

DANCE MATTERS: Yorgo Kaporis

This sound collage features voices by (in order of appearance):

OLGA UZIKAEVA (Russian dancer and choreographer with Serbian address)

IRA FERRIS (interviewer)

ANA MARIJA MARINOV (Croatian filmmaker)

LAURA CAPPELLESSO (Italian filmmaker)

LUX ETERNA (Australian artist and filmmaker)

GEMMA RIGGS (UK artist and filmmaker)

The voices are extracted from the longer interviews with each of the artists, a full length of which you can find here: https://soundcloud.com/artemis-projects/sets/dance-cinema

This sound collage was inspired by the WHY DANCE MATTERS NOW project commissioned by Delving into Dance and Critical Path for the Interchange Festival: https://criticalpath.org.au/program/interchange-festival-2019-why-dance-matters-now/

Music by @trevorbrownmusic
Artwork by Lena Kramaric (http://lenakramaric.com/)

DANCE MATTERS (sound collage)

This Artemis Projects podcast is with Croatian multi-media artist Petra Mrša with whom I spoke over Skype, between Sydney and Rijeka, on 30th April 2020 during the Covid19 lock downs.

I was drawn to Petra’s work after coming across her multi-disciplinary propositional works ‘Rehearsing Family’ and ‘What about the body?’ both of which were particularly relevant now that our homes became our universe and the technology took over our bodies in unprecedented ways.

I was interested to talk to Petra, who holds degree in sociology, psychology and photography, about the body in the time of social distancing and online streaming; what direction might art take after the Covid; and how might our relation to nature be affected by it all.

Around 56'00'', we also spoke about a 'voice rally' project Petra initiated during the Covid19 lockdowns. This project is now completed and available here: https://soundcloud.com/user-219510566/sets/message

For the full transcript of the podcast with Petra see: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/conversations/podcast-with-petra-mrsa

Sounds used in the podcast:
- excerpt from Kompost 3 feat. Mira Lu Kovacs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57snfRG-XgA&feature=emb_title)
- excerpt from Petra Mrsa's audio installation 'Chapters of Attachment' (http://petramrsa.com/portfolio/chapters-of-attachment/)

You can follow Petra Mrsa's practice here:
Website: petramrsa.com
Instagram: @petramrsa

Conversation with artist Petra Mrša(April 2020, Sydney/Rijeka via Skype)

Our meals are made of sounds, as much as of nutrients. One of the loudest places in our homes is kitchen, but most likely we do not pay attention to the cacophony of sounds created there; focusing instead on the preparation of the meal, perhaps having a side-conversation, and often playing music over these ambient sounds. 

Read the full sound study here: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/the-sonic-aesthetic-of-lunch-making

Recorded: 23-4-20, 2-36 pm

The Sonic-Aesthetic of Lunch Making

Read and remixed: extract from Jacques Derrida 'The Animal That Therefore I Am'.

If you'd like to know more about this text, check out this podcast: mixcloud.com/livingtheory-mcmasteruniversit/podcast-episode1-on-jacques-derridas-the-animal-that-therefore-i-am/

For the video version see: https://vimeo.com/422456220

Reading Jacques Derrida: mixed extract 'The Animal That Therefore I Am'

This Artemis Projects podcast is with Belgrade-based filmmaker, performer, and video-artist Anja Dimitrijević recorded via Skype on 17th May 2020 during the Covid19 lock downs.

We speak about the online education, performances, connections, and new art languages that are emerging as a consequence of physical distancing. 

We enquired about the state of our bodies in increasingly digitised world and what are some of the ways to keep our bodies and our senses alive and active while engaged with the screen.

We also spoke about Anja’s recent dance video ‘Blokovi’, made during the social isolation and featuring the building and the neighbourhood in which she grew up and where she currently lives. The film is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq4hD9xbq6A&list=UUaeBBG2VBDbhD6gQhFHV8ow&index=1

Towards the very end of the podcast, I ask Anja to describe the Covid19 experience in three words. I was also curious to know what are her hopes for the future and where would she like to see the humanity go.

For the full transcript of the podcast see: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/conversations/podcast-anja-dimitrijevic

Sounds used in the podcast:
- Буерак - Страсть к Курению (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxLYYf5bz0M&list=LLaeBBG2VBDbhD6gQhFHV8ow&index=12&t=0s)
- Soundscape from Anja Dimitrijevic's video 'Blokovi', created by Anja Dimitrijevic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq4hD9xbq6A&list=UUaeBBG2VBDbhD6gQhFHV8ow&index=1)
- Dorian Gray, 'Tonemo u Mrak', 1985 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EwyMjRYkXA)

You can follow Anja's practice here:
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user54244873
Instagram: @elesmera

Conversation with artist Anja Dimitrijevic (May 2020, Sydney/Belgrade)

This Artemis Projects podcast is with Melbourne-based theatre and performance maker Mish Grigor whom I Skyped on 20th August 2020 during the second wave of Covid19 lockdowns and shortly after her first ever digital performance titled 'Wasting Wasting Wasting Time' performed as part of Taipei's ADAM.

In this podcast Mish and I talk about her experience of performing via zoom - what were surprises, what challenges, and how does she feel about the liveness and the intimacy of the ‘in real life’ or ‘in person’ theatre being replaced by the digital interface. Can the same or a similar level of intimacy be achieved online? 

The question we keep asking is: are we rushing to go online and therefore missing on an opportunity to slow down, rest, and cultivate deeper thoughts? Is speeding up in order to adjust and catch up with changes, blurring the clarity of our vision? Could ‘wasting time’ and doing nothing be the most responsible thing to do right now? And what do we even have in mind when we suggest that time could be wasted? 

For the full transcript of the podcast see: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/conversations/podcast-mish-grigor

This podcast was produced on the stolen lands of the people of Eora and Kulin nations, traditional custodians of the country and we pay our respect to elders past, present and emerging.

Conversation with performance maker Mish Grigor (August 2020, Sydney/Melbourne)

A tiny sneak-peek preview of the much longer conversation about spaces, daily rituals, and dream states with artist Elia Bosshard.

Music credit: Filter Flute from Nexus Destiny by Utility

Full podcast is available here: https://soundcloud.com/artemis-projects/podcast-elia-bosshard

(PODCAST excerpt) : Elia Bosshard

This Artemis Projects podcast is with Australian artist Elia Bosshard, whose conceptual art practice is informed by her interest in the relationship between the body and space and the impact of spatial configurations and constructed environments on our perception and our intercorporeal behaviour. 

Big words! But basically, we will be speaking about the impact that spaces have on our emotional, physical, and mental states. 

What is the difference between spaces of safety and spaces of control is, for example, one of Elia’s field of enquiry which is particularly relevant to our current Covid19 context. 

In this podcast, we will also consider the importance of open spaces, such as vast horizons, on our creativity and our ability to imagine, to think beyond existing frameworks.

For the full transcript of the podcast see: https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/conversations/podcast-elia-bosshard

This podcast was produced on the Gadigal land of Eora nation, traditional custodians of the land. We pay our respect to their elders past, present, and future. It is our hope to learn from their wisdom on cultivating and caring for the land.

For more about Elia's practice see: https://www.eliabosshard.com/

Music credit: Filter Flute from Nexus Destiny by Utility

Conversation with artist Elia Bosshard (September 2020, Sydney)

A conversation with Sydney-based artist Victoria Hempstead whose work is a dialogue between the intention of the artist and the agency of the material; a reminder of the limit of our human control and certainty. 

We speak about:

- her fascination with metal and ephemerality
- intuition and importance of slowing down
- connection between confidence and the value-systems
- role of beauty in dealing with trauma
- fine line between resting and falling into lethargy
- value of collaboration and creative conversations
- embracing mistakes and the importance of playfulness
- notepads, voice memos, and dream diaries

For the full transcript of the podcast see: www.artemisprojects.com.au/conversations/podcast-victoria-hempstead

This podcast was produced on the Gadigal land of Eora nation, traditional custodians of the land. We pay our respect to their elders past, present, and future. It is our hope to learn from their wisdom on cultivating and caring for the land.

For more about Victoria's practice see: https://www.victoriahempstead.com/

Music credits: 
- an excerpt from 'Tihilele' by Les filles de Illighadad
- an excerpt from 'Galop' by Lena Platonos

Conversation with visual artist Victoria Hempstead (October 2020, Sydney)

PODCAST-CONVERSATIONS with artists and art theorists, from visual to performing arts, discussing conceptual frameworks and philosophical outlooks. Also some SOUND-COLLAGES, assembled together on variety of themes, such as: sleep, silence, intuition, collaboration, failure, and more. 

Available via iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artemis-projects/id1462300886

PRODUCER & HOST: Ira Ferris (https://www.artemisprojects.com.au/projects-ira-ferris)

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