Benched | Performance Evening
Event description
A one-on-one theatre experience performed by Jamila Main. $20/person, approx 10mins duration. 1 guest per session.
Jamila Main invites you to join them on the bench for an intimate rumination on athleticism within a body whose access needs subvert the assumed binary of disability.
Jamila’s practice is informed by their practice as a playwright and actor, creating live performance works that explore autonomy, trust, joy, within queer, disabled, and intersectional feminist dramaturgies.
Benched continues Jamila’s foray into autobiographical storytelling, wielding their privilege as a palatable disabled person to catapult frank portrayals of disability into public view.
Jamila’s work asks the ablebodied spectator to reconsider assumptions of sick people, and to confront the temporarily nondisabled body. Jamila joyfully presents an opportunity for disabled and chronically ill people to commiserate and celebrate disability together.
WHERE: Carclew House, Kaurna Country, 11 Jeffcott St, North Adelaide
WHEN: Monday 9 August 6:00 – 7:30pm
TICKETS: $20
Sessions available:
Session 1: 6:05 – 6:15pm
Session 2: 6:20 – 6:30pm
Session 3: 6:35 – 6:45pm
Session 4: 6:50 – 7:00pm
Session 5: 7:05 - 7:15pm
Session 6: 7:20 – 7:30pm
During the booking process, you will also be given the opportunity to book a session for:
WHICH MADE THIS PLACE HOME
Maddie Grammatopoulos
Approx 10mins duration. 6 guests per session.
Which Made This Place Home is an immersive film piece, documenting a series
of poignant moments in a family home through the eyes of various
household objects.
Benched is a part of Carclew's SALA exhibition Refractions.
Inspired by ‘refraction’, the act of light passing through a glass
vessel at one angle on entry, and refracting to another upon exit, the
Carclew Sharehouse Residents act similarly, with creativity. Each artist
utilises the innate human experience of creativity and creation that
enters into their being, refracts it at a different, unique angle, to
produce a distinctive style or channel of art.
of as similar to a glass vessel, but so can Carclew House. All eight
residents practice from the Carclew House and allow its presence to
influence and shape their work. A unique annual experience, the 2021
Carclew residents have a tremendous amount of talent, creativity,
opinions, narratives, experiences and techniques to share.
of artistic refractions, with live performances, an interactive film
experience, vivid and vibrant paintings, animations and illustrations.
With topics explored such as disability, mental health, human
connection, belonging and physical form and movement, the residents
showcase not only their diverse talents, but their deeply personal and
moving experiences.
animation / illustrator Harrison Vial, actor and playwright Jamila Main,
filmmaker and director Maddie Grammatopoulos, and interdisciplinary
collaborative Motus Collective (Felicity Boyd and Zoe Gay),
curated by Christina Lauren.
Carclew acknowledges Refractions takes place on Kaurna Country, and
we pay our respects to Kaurna elders past, present and emerging.
Sovereignty was never ceded.
Exhibition continues until 28th October 2021.
Open Mon, Thurs & Fri, 9am – 5pm