Headwater // Melbourne Fringe Festival

Name: Headwater // Melbourne Fringe Festival
Start: 2024-10-17T18:30:00+10:00
End: 2024-10-19T19:30:00+10:00
Location: Abbotsford Convent

Schedule

Thu Oct 17 2024 at 06:30 pm to Sat Oct 19 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC+10:00

Location

Abbotsford Convent | Melbourne, VI

Headwater ~~~
Three humans and three double basses paint a world of irresolution.
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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.
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TICKET PRICES:
Full: $35.00
Concession: $28.00
Extra Applause: $50.00
Blak Tix: $10.00
Three performances across October 17, 18, 19
https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/headwater/
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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.