Talking Out Your Arts

In this episode we talk with Light Artist, Lighting Designer and scientist Laura Jade. Who takes an interesting insight in to how light is used and can be used in our every day lives and in interesting ways, as well as in the design of Theatre and the intersection of science in arts.

Here's some of Laura's work;

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4jiUJcgpXA/

https://laurajade.com.au/

Brain Light - https://laurajade.com.au/interactive-brain-light-research-project/

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In this episode we chat with Ben Foster about the process behind managing a major sporting event such as a Major League Baseball game, and the creative process behind curating each game, putting on an entertaining show, curating a season and building an audience.

Ben was the General Manager for the Australian Baseball League for 10 years. Owned by Major League Baseball and the Australian Baseball Federation, the ABL sought to create a new standard for Australian sports by challenging the 'status quo' both on and off the field.

As the company's first employee, Ben relished in the challenges of building and growing a successful professional sporting league from scratch. As General Manger, Ben oversaw all aspects of the business; from financial management, business development, and strategic planning to event delivery and baseball operations.

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Talking Out Your Arts is a podcast highlighting how art and creativity exists in our world, from the known to the many unexpected and often unappreciated places. From festival directors, to athletes, politicians and so on. People often think of art and creativity as an abstract activity that has no correlation to our basic existence.

In this episode we talk to the Space Cowboy (Chayne Hultgren) in his art Gallery and studio in Byron Bay, Chayne is a world renowned circus and sideshow performer, founding member of the Happy Sideshow, Sideshow Impresario and multiple world record holder. More recently during covid he took up the brush and started painting, he was so prolific and successful at it that he recently opened his own Gallery in Byron bay.

We talk about his practice, how it came about, what drives him, is views on inclusivity, on life and on death. To find out more you can visit;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cowboy_(performer)

https://www.thespacecowboy.com/

The Gallery;

https://thespacecowboygallery.com/

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This is Episode 1 of "Talking Out Your Arts" with Shock Therapy Arts. In this episode Sam and Hayden talk to Louise Bezzina, the Director of the Brisbane Festival and former Artistic Director of Bleach Festival about the the role of a major arts festival Director, about her journey and whether she considers herself an artist.

More on Louise;

Currently about to open with her second year at Brisbane Festival, Louise was the creator and inaugural Artistic Director of Bleach* Festival; the Gold Coast’s Festival. She created Bleach* Festival and built it from a pilot project to a major annual event that has reached over 1million people since inception. 2019 was her 8th and final Bleach* Festival, having led the organisation through the Commonwealth Games as part of the Creative Lead Team for Festival 2018 and establishing Bleach* as one of Australia’s leading site-specific contemporary arts festivals.

For Bleach*, Bezzina has commissioned more than 50 new works, from major outdoor spectacles to intimate dance and theatre productions from local, national and international artists. Under Bezzina’s direction, Bleach* Festival won the 2019 Group Award at The Sidney Myer Awards. In 2018, four Bleach* Festival commissions were nominated for Helpmann Awards, with TIDE by Gold Coast dance theatre company The Farm winning Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production. Bezzina also co-produced the inaugural Opera on the Beach by Opera Australia and is one of the curators of site-specific immersive arts experience Hotelling; a groundbreaking cultural tourism initiative of the City of Gold Coast.

In March 2019, Louise was awarded Gold Coast Woman of the Year. Bezzina was listed as one of 11 inspiring women of the Commonwealth Games on International Women’s Day in 2018 and has won several awards for her contribution to arts and culture in Queensland. She recently completed the Australia Council for the Arts’ Arts Leaders Program.

Prior to Bleach* Festival, Bezzina held a number of roles in Brisbane, including Program Manager for the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts; Producer at Brisbane Festival, including leading the opening of the cultural precinct (GoMA, QPAC and State Library of Queensland); and Director of the Mackay Festival of Arts.

Show Notes;

https://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/

The Mullet, Bleach 2015;

https://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/03/09/4193828.htm

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