FIELD TRIP - Aireys Inlet

FIELD TRIP places people at the centre of a dynamic and collective community activation of ancient crafts and performance. Geelong catchment boasts hives of creatives pursuing their art practice regardless of commercial attention. This project is about these hidden resources. How might their skill sets be the survival skills for millennials? COVID-19 has compounded barriers to creative skill acquisition for young people arising from screen-facing education and leisure. We position ‘creative’ as ‘clever’ through participation, intergenerational exchange, and collective creative activities, embracing ‘old ways of doing things’ as the essential ‘new way’ for today’s communities.

AIREYS INLET: In Motion with Jessica Lesosky, Kirstin Honey + Eliza Feely.

In Motion will bring together multidisciplinary artists to collaborate with Sound, Movement and Visual Art. The Great Otway National Park will be our site, using the natural environment as our inspiration for creative exploration. 

Development of movement will be facilitated through a variety of creative explorations using the body, dance movement, playing with levels, shapes, and sounds. This workshop is accessible to all bodies, and you do not need a dance background. 

Using improvisation, we will use the various mediums to explore the dynamic movement of the spiral: coil, twist, whirl, revolve, orbit, circle, turn. What does the spiral represent for everyone involved? The spiral is in all levels of life, nature, and universe, representing nature's life-inducing, life protecting and life supporting energy. 

Location:
Mangowak/Aireys Inlet.
Distillery Creek Picnic ground (weather dependant) 
115 Bambra Rd, Aireys Inlet VIC 3231

Distillery Creek Picnic Area & Toilet - Google Maps

ITINERARY:
10.00am: Bus departs Platform Arts 

11.00am: Bus arrives Aireys Inlet site

11.00-11.30am: Meet, explore space, and settle in, run through of the workshop.

11.30am – 11.45am: Body Warm up to allow all to drop into space and body

11.45am – 12.45pm: Create, play, move and collaborate- Facilitated by Jess Lesosky and Kirstin Honey

12.45pm – 1.00pm: Chance to share what we have created

1.00 – 2.00pm: Lunch, soup(provided), fire, network, and share

2.00pm: Bus departs for Platform Arts

Please note:
All participants need to be double vaccinated and will need to show proof of this to facilitators on the day.

Attendees wishing to travel by courtesy Platform Arts bus will meet at Platform Arts venue at 10AM and will be taken by bus to the art location. The art session will run for 3 hours, with participants returning to the Platform Arts venue at 3PM.

Please bring:
Some lunch or snacks, warm weather gear, a raincoat, close-toe shoes, an open mind, curiosity, willingness to share. 

Vegetarian Soup will be provided by the fire.

Instagram handles:
@blinkdancetheatre
@wattleitbe

Website/other: 
www.blinkdancetheatre.com.au
www.soundcloud.com/kirstinhoney
www.kirstinhoney.com