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SUNSET
Expanded performance event at BATS Theatre Saturday 19th Dec 2019 7pm - 7am
Inspired by the play 'Sunset Café' by Gary Henderson
Presented by Brigid Connor and Paula van Beek in association with BATS Theatre and Radio Active 88.6fm
Funded by the Wellington City Council, the Professional Performing Arts Fund and Open Book Trust 

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Audio Tour (2021, 2019)
​Performance Arcade
​Wellington Waterfront
A self-guided audio tour challenging how and where we look.

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Selected to represent 'Best of 2019' in the 2021 10-year Anniversary Performance Arcade

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Copy, Cut, Post (2016)
June 26th 2016 - Exhibition opening

10 artists. 12 hours. 1 exhibition. 
Copy, Cut, Post invited ten female artists of different ages, from different disciplines, into a live art experiment exploring the complexity of making meaningful self-portraits in this disposable Instagram age. The project was part of Metaonia’s Liveworks season at the Brunswick Mechanics Institute. 
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Five Cent Cinema (2016)
live art cinema project, Fringe Hub: North Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne Fringe Festival, 16 Sept - 1 Oct 2016, Melbourne.

A personal movie booth screening super-short shorts from some of Melbourne's most exciting video artists and filmmakers curated around the theme of subjectivity. 22 short works, by 19 local artsits create a 40 minute viewing program.

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Kids vs. Art podcast review via SoundCloud

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Me, My Selfie & Major Tom (2015)
ACMI, Melbourne

Exploring identity through image and performance has been influenced by cultural icons such as David Bowie and artists like Andy Warhol and Cindy Sherman.  Autobiography and self-portraiture have a long tradition that has reached fever pitch in the era of Instagram and selfie sticks. This free project was open to young people interested in exploring their  ‘other selves' in workshops about persona, selfies and  avatars.  Over four creative sessions, lead by professional artists, the project explores ways of making - and mashing up - self portraits using photography, video, projections, online spaces and live performance. 
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Me, My Selfie & I   (2014)
SIGNAL Art Space, Melbourne
Over six weeks of creative sessions, lead by professional artists, the Me, My Selfie and I project explored ways of making and mixing solo performance and visual self portraits using photography, video, the physical body, projections, shadows, online spaces and live performance.  


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Opal Vapour (2012)
The Tower, Malthouse, Melbourne
 National tour of Australia in 2013 supported by Mobile States.
Co-created with Choreographer / Performer: Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal
 and Composer / Performer: Ria Soemardjo

OPAL VAPOUR is a mesmerising  dance performance that seamlessly integrates dynamic contemporary choreography with haunting live voice and instrumentals, lighting elements, shadow play and live-feed camera projection. The work explores deep connections to nature and place of birth, ceremonial cleansing for purification and embodiment in performance.

Best Dance - Melbourne Fringe Awards 2012
Nominated for a Green Room award 2012
Nominated for an Australian Dance Award 2013
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Made in Wellington, NZ & Melbourne, Australia
Paula van Beek (c) 2024
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