History

Curious to explore the nexus between the practice of history and the practice of art, stagejuice has been collaborating with the History Council of NSW since 2010.

Inherently contemporary art is a practice of the now but it is also informed by its own history and by all of history. Like Historians, artists find inspiration and catalysts in all elements of the human experience. Both interpreters, we can be a mix of the scientific and the political but we translate our findings in very different ways. We keep discovering that history is also in the now. We remember each person has a different story and a different interpretation.

Eat History

Elizabeth Bay House, September 2011

The theme of Eat History was extra tempting as performance artists love to play with their food! Stories and information about the past and our relationship with food, especially those about the beautiful Elizabeth Bay House, deeply inspired the works (and not just in the eating of it).

Curator Gideon Payten-Griffiths
Associate Curator Katy Green
Event Director Zoe Pollock, History Council of NSW
stagejuice artists David Buckley and Tom Hogan (also known as Scott Sandwich)
Special guest artists Julia Landrey, Sarah-Jane Norman and Ana Wojak
Musicians Acoustica Duo; Elia Bosshard and Sam Sheumack

The History of the Future

Customs House, November 2010

We stepped into the future to present a new angle on history. Inspired by The Dictionary of Sydney we created a live art gallery of interpretations. Performance and installation inhabited the Barnet Long Room at Customs House, embodying moments in time, events, personalities and places. The thick and diverse tapestry of Sydney’s history, woven by many historians, suddenly became alive.

Featured works by David Buckley, Kylie Dennis-Calleja, Katy Green, Tom Hogan, Gideon Payten-Griffiths, Georgie Read, Latai Taumoepeau and Julie Vulcan with Ashley Scott.

Curators Katy Green and Gideon Payten-Griffiths
Event Director Zoe Pollock, Executive Officer, History Council of NSW
Speaker Dr Lisa Murray, City Historian, City of Sydney

These projects have been supported by the History Council of NSW and City of Sydney.

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