Haiku

Play me that sad old

Country song with the horse and

The cowboy that dies

PSEUDO SPACE opens 4/12/2011

PSEUDO SPACE had is opening night on the 4 December 2011.The organisers, Verena, Meg and Fleur were happy with the support from people that turned up, friends, locals and passers-by all getting into the musicians such as Fleur des Pirates enigmatic folksongs and her enticing “man choir” and also Ross Symington who played a smooth medley of chosen songs. Luke Calarco also played some great originals within his own ambient flair.

Early in the evening Gwen Rogers gave a heart-stopping performance, and don’t worry, next time I will have an ambulance handy for audience members who had to leave the room. (another entry on this coming up). Reuben Holt dazzled and captivated the audience with his slam poetry leaving us all in stitches calling for an encore. Which was all the inspiration needed for an impromptu poetry reading later on in the evening by Daniel Wild. Verena Heirich performed an interactive exchange with the audience, after she drew all over her body, she submitted herself to the audience who draw on her, she then wrote a word on the persons forehead improvising an emotion or gesture that she was feeling at the time.

 

There were also some electronically devised installations in the front room, Don Briedly’s camera’s captured the audience as they entered, upside-down, and the projection of blue enveloped the room. Nick Maurer’s work called out for “OB1 Kinobe you’re my only hope” and equipped itself to light up the walls with some radical animated shapes.

In the living room, works revolved around the theme of the body in a variety of mediums including sculpture, collage, ceramics and photography, artists were Rosie Samiya, Ashvini Ray, Barabra Dias and Felicity Brading.

Jonothan McBurnie’s drawings demanded attention with extraordinary detail and skill. And of course Jason Anderson’s Jazz man painting was the perfect backdrop for our musicians!

As the planes flew over Leichhardt and all the alcohol was slowly drunk, it was safe to say that it was a successful event, not only for the great performances and arts shown, but also because of the people it brought together and the anticipation of the next event we knew we would have.