BUILD UP - 2022 Artists Announced

BUILD UP 2022

In 2022 Brown’s Mart was thrilled to receive a record number of applications to our BUILD UP program.

This program supports the development of bold, urgent and relevant performance work from across a range of artforms, artists and cultural practices.

2022 BUILD UP recipients include several projects that connect deeply to Yolngu culture, a musical beatboxing drag journey, a verbatim theatre work about family and resilience, a deep dive into Indonesian sounds, an experimental theatre work investigating fear of the ‘other’, two text-based works which explore a mother’s right to autonomy and the autistic female experience, and an immersive performative piece about our relationship with death and dying.

Development on these works will roll out across the year and across the Territory – we’re looking forward to sharing more stories with you and also some glimpses of these works as they take shape.

Rosealee Pearson SONG SPIRALS

Yolngu choreographer, director, actor, dancer and cultural consultant Rosealee Pearson will begin development on a four-part work on Song Spirals, based on a book written by her mothers and the Gany’wu Group of Women, which will include an immersive experience with live singers and projections, a contemporary dance work highlighting the different stories/ Milkarri (keening/crying for land), a documentary and a touring installation.

David Spry
KINGADONG…FROM MOTHER AND COUNTRY

Melanie Mununggurr & Hope One
DO YOU THRUST ME

Alex Edmondson
MAD ARE WE

The Death Quartet
SORRY I’M LATE, I JUST DIDN’T WAKE UP

The Death Quartet - Anneke Barnes, Ania Tait, Edel Musco and Kyle Walmsley - will be combining their mix of arts practice and community cultural development to develop an immersive performative piece which brings the lexicon of death into daily life through sound, physicality, and multisensory elements, to transcend everyday experiences and allow a collective sigh of relief around dying.

Image Supplied: The Death Quarter. Left to Right - Kyle Walmsley, Ania Tait, Edel Musco, Anneke Barnes

Jo Dutton & Jody Kopp
CUTTINGS

Rachael Chisholm, Gail Evans, Nicky Fearn & Merlynn Tong
FAIR PUNISHMENT

Rachael Chisholm, Gail Evans, Nicky Fearn & Merlynn Tong will work with Director Susie Dee to create an experimental theatre work that combines text and full-face mask in new ways to investigate fear of the ‘other’, nature versus nurture, isolation, gender- fluidity, sexuality, violence, prejudice and generational trauma, challenging our preconceptions of what constitutes ‘normal’.

Image Supplied: Helen Orr 2018

Jocelyn Tribe
CATUR (working title Chess in Indonesian)

Jocelyn will be using Browns Mart’s rehearsal space to nourish a deep dive into Indonesian sounds within an urban electronic frame work. The sounds will be used to hold contemporary movement that is influenced from Balinese and Javanese explorations in future. She will invite members of the Indonesian community to listen and respond to the sounds created at different phases of the development.

About BUILD UP

BUILD UP supports the development of bold, urgent and relevant performance work from a range of artforms, artists and cultural practices, offering funding, time and space to develop ideas without the pressures of a public performance outcome.

Projects can be submitted at any stage in their development

BUILD UP applicants may receive up to $15,000 in funds towards the development of a work, plus additional in-kind support such as office and rehearsal space, project mentoring, professional advice and advocacy, and other resources as required.

Applicants must be based in the Northern Territory and have the option to develop their project where they are OR come to Darwin and develop their project at Brown’s Mart:

SELECTION CRITERIA

Successful projects will be chosen based on

a clearly articulated and passionate vision with ideas that are bold, urgent and relevant
a demonstrated interest in creating work that is accessible to both new and existing audiences within the Territory and beyond
demonstrating how this support during BUILD UP will develop their professional practice
having a clear plan for progressing the project and a realistic budget

SUBMISSION

Applications are submitted via an online form.
Alternatively, applicants can submit their application via up to ten (10) minutes of video or audio along with your budget. Please move through the Application Form to see where to upload your budget and what questions you should address.

BROWN’S MART SUPPORT

All BUILD UP artists will be supported by the Brown’s Mart team with the following:

Access to space at Brown’s Mart
Artistic feedback and professional advice
Regular check-ins during the project
Advocacy and promotion of the project within the performing arts industry
Future project planning (including auspice support for funding the project's future development)
Wrap-up including coordination of showcasing and feedback mechanisms
Financial / budgeting support
Advice on technical and production elements

TIMELINE

November 2022 - 2023 applications open

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS

Brown’s Mart will be responsible for the financial management of the BUILD UP project. The applicant will remain the Producer of their work and is responsible for coordinating any other artists involved.

Following the completion of the BUILD UP project, an acquittal conversation/debrief will be scheduled with a member of the Brown’s Mart Artistic Leadership Team and Brown’s Mart CEO.

ASSISTANCE

Please reach out to the Brown’s Mart team who would love to work with you with any BUILD UP questions.

You can reach CEO Sophia Hall at ceo@brownsmart.com.au or on 8981 5522.