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Flowstate and Festival 2018 present
Megafauna — Completed
Following their migratory route down the Brisbane River, three ancient giants have become lost in the city. Where they expected to find their seasonal feeding grounds there is now only a jungle made of concrete.
Designed and created by the artists at Queensland’s internationally acclaimed visual theatre company Dead Puppet Society, Megafauna will take up residence at Flowstate in a prehistoric installation when not wandering through the South Bank Parklands as a part of Festival 2018.
As they try to make their way in the altered landscape, these three visitors from a forgotten time provoke a reflection on how the landscape of our country has changed and the effect that humans have had on the creatures that share our island.
Cities of Cloud and Wire, will also feature numerous strange and wondrous digital creature projections, which will be unleashed into the rafters, corners and hidden spaces of the building.
Festival 2018 is produced by
Brisbane City Council and supported by
the Queensland Government.
*School Holiday Program
The ‘puppet renaissance’ has been busily playing itself out for a few years now… the Dead Puppet Society at its helm. — Greenroom
Wed 04, Apr — Sun 08, Apr
Installation: Wed — Sun
10:00am — 9:00pm
Roving from Flowstate to Cultural Forecourt:
Fri 06 Apr
5.45pm – 9.00pm
Sat 07 Apr
5.30pm – 9.00pm
Sun 08 Apr
5.15pm – 7.45pm
Director/Designer
David Morton
Creative Producer
Nicholas Paine
Installation Designer
Aaron Barton
Sound Designer
Tony Brumpton
Technical Manager and Fabricator
Samuel Maher
Fabricator
John Pierce
Cast
Jonathan Macmillan, Anthony Standish, Bianca Bality, Helen Stephens, Dan Crestani, Ruby Donohoe, Jaime Ureta, Sarina Bakker + Katie Pierce
Megafauna — Completed
Duration: 90 min
Thu 05 Apr, 11.00am
Sat 07 Apr, 11.00am
Sun 08 Apr, 11.00am
Megafauna Puppets
By Dead Puppet Society
Allow the artists from Dead Puppet Society to introduce you to the techniques that they use to bring the Megafauna puppets to life in performance. With a focus on poetic illusion, the company will introduce the elements of focus, breath and gravity in a series of training exercises using brown paper. In bringing together these new skills, you’ll be guided in the creation of a series of short scenes as you create impossible and yet deeply engaging and new Megafauna characters.
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Flowstate and Festival 2018 present
Megafauna — Completed
Following their migratory route down the Brisbane River, three ancient giants have become lost in the city. Where they expected to find their seasonal feeding grounds there is now only a jungle made of concrete.
Designed and created by the artists at Queensland’s internationally acclaimed visual theatre company Dead Puppet Society, Megafauna will take up residence at Flowstate in a prehistoric installation when not wandering through the South Bank Parklands as a part of Festival 2018.
As they try to make their way in the altered landscape, these three visitors from a forgotten time provoke a reflection on how the landscape of our country has changed and the effect that humans have had on the creatures that share our island.
Cities of Cloud and Wire, will also feature numerous strange and wondrous digital creature projections, which will be unleashed into the rafters, corners and hidden spaces of the building.
Festival 2018 is produced by
Brisbane City Council and supported by
the Queensland Government.
*School Holiday Program
