Castlemaine State Festival and Not Yet It's Difficult Present
The Planting
A project of The Things We Did Next, created by Alex Kelly, Lawrence Harvey and David Pledger
What if you could hear a broadcast from the future? The Polykeepers of Time are Archivists of the Future who have data-scraped Time in 2029 and discovered key interviews with Indigenous landcare practitioners. The voices of Yuin man Bruce Pascoe, Yorta Yorta woman Kathryn Coff, Barkindji woman Zena Cumpston, Canadian journalist Naomi Klein and Lutruwita-based traditional fire practitioners Jason Smith and Danny Gardner are accompanied by field recordings of plantings, bird life and cultural burning workshops.
This ‘speaker orchestra’ was conceived by Castlemaine-based filmmaker and activist Alex Kelly, and sound designer Lawrence Harvey.
Post-show discussion with Artists Thursday 6 April, after 6pm show
Venue
Castlemaine Goods Shed
21 Kennedy St
CASTLEMAINE VIC 3450
Dates/Times
Thursday April 6, 11:00am, 4:00pm, 6:00pm
Friday April 7, 11:00am, 4:00pm, 6:00pm
Saturday April 8, 4:00pm, 6:00pm
Duration
45 mins
Accessibility
Wheelchair access
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“It's like a cinephile seeing a film in IMAX for the first time, The Planting was a revelation for what was possible in audio, specifically spatial audio, and in climate engaged storytelling and imagining.”
PARTNERS
The Planting is presented by Castlemaine State Festival and Not Yet It’s Difficult and has been created in partnership with the Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL) Sound Studios (RMIT University), and with the support of Mount Alexander Shire Council, Get Lost, Castlemaine State Festival, Playking Foundation, Sidney Myer Fund, Community Impact Foundation, Australia Council for the Arts, Australian Network for Art and Technology and Bertha Foundation as part of the 2021 Bertha Challenge Fellowship program.
