Proposed Solarpunk team

All artists below I have discussed the project with, confirmation from artists upon a successful application.

Associate Choreographer Trevor Santos. Marnie is Senior Research Fellow at the School of Art and acting leader for CAST (contemporary art and social transformation) research group at RMIT University in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia.

Deanne Francisco: Deanne and I have worked together first as teacher and student at KSTAR studios, where she is now the leader of. She was a collaborator on the award-winning Truthclub in 2021 and is a leader of street dance in the Western Suburbs through her Rise program. I am dancing in her dance class below on the right side. Deanne is in the centre.

Jareen Wee: Jareen and I got to know each other through the Change from Aotearoa programme I co-curated this year. She is a contemporary movement artist trained in Aotearoa now based in Naarm; Jareen just finished a successful performance of part Stephanie Lake Company’s Escalator season.

Marty Sedgfield: Marty and I have danced together for over a decade and are the co-founder of The Collektive with Trevor Santos. He has danced for major recording stars across China, The United States and Australia. From Jason Deluro to Behani, his specialty in choreographing for pop stars and music videos is well respected across the Australian commercial dance sector.

Outside eye – Dr. Marnie Badham – Marnie is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Art and acting leader for CAST (contemporary art and social transformation) research group at RMIT University in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. aesthetic forms of encounter and exchange, her work brings together disparate groups of people in dialogue to examine and affect local issues.Her current focus includes a series of creative cartographies registering emotions in public space; expanded curation projects on the aesthetics and politics of food; and a book project The Social Life of Artist Residencies: connecting with people and place not your own.

Audio Designer – TBC

Inviligator – TBC