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Elias Jameison Brown - Writer Elias is an Australian writer, director and actor. He is currently studying his Masters of Writing for Performance at VCA. 

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Hannah Fallowfield - Director

Hannah is an emerging Australian director and theatre maker. She is currently studying her Masters of Directing for Performance at VCA. 

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“Cant Help Myself”, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu (2016)

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Provocation 3: Generation World-Weary: Life Past Tipping Point

'Can't Help Myself' is a robotic art installation created by Chinese artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu. Blood spills from a wound in the ground. A large robotic arm attempts to contain the mess. But each time the arm rotates to the next pool of blood, the previously sweep area is re-flooded. 'Can't Help Myself' represents a our world. It has been widely documented that the world has long past the Carbon Tipping Point.

We face the overwhelming reality that many of the worlds problems are unresolvable, at least where climate change is concerned. Using this artwork as a spring board, we will be exploring the 'beta-blocker generation' - those babies yet to be born, whose nervous system will have to contend with the fact that as a species "we're pretty much screwed."

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Provocation 2: Dismantling Power: The Semiotics of a 'Platform'

In 1997, Pauline Hanson's relatively new One Nation Party gained traction overnight through the release of her now infamous assassination video. The 'Voice from the Grave' was designed to be released publicly should Pauline be assassinated. The controversial interview created a viral 'platform' allowing Pauline to reach many faithful followers.   

Was the video a publicity stunt created to bolster the parties popularity and gain media attention? Or was it earnestly made as an archive detailing the parties legacy? Either way 'Voice from the Grave' has inspired us to consider the semiotics of the 'platform.' What is a platform, and how do leaders use it to gain influence?

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Provocation 2: Pauline Hanson’s “Voice From The Grave”

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Provocation 1: The Gwyneth Paltrow Brand: What Makes A Progressive Individual?

Gwyneth Paltrow is an actor, a singer, a narrator of childrens books and a self-styled 'ethical' home cook and health food blogger. She's also the face of Estee Lauder's Pleasures perfume (whose proceeds are donated to breast cancer research), an ambassador for Save the Children, board member of the Robin Hood Foundation, and previously a Democratic fundraiser for Barack Obama. 

We're intrigued by the 'Do-Gooder' celebrity brand. Like many Hollywood-humanitarians Gwyneth uses her celebrity status to broadcast social issues and serve as an role model advocating for human rights. However she's also a readily available product for mass-consumption. The 'progressive individual' aspires to be her and simultaneously feeds a capitalist cycle. Can the celebrity do-gooder serve as a role model for ordinary individuals?

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“The Skywhale”, Patricia Piccinini (2013)

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“Cant Help Myself”, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu (2016) 

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Four Clicks To Jesus

Hannah Fallowfield, Elias Jameison Brown & Harrison Lancaster Breese are emerging artists from Melbourne, interested in developing a methodology that produces new theatrical work through collaborative performance practices. Our first collaboration, Four Clicks To Jesus, will use three carefully chosen provocations to examine the role of the individual in a “progressive society”, the relationship between power and mythology via the symbol of the podium, and the inevitable mess of climate change that Millennials will be left to clean up.