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Lines in the Sand: (re)making contact by Meredith Elton, Victoria Hunt & Carol McGregor

In this innovative new performance work Lines in the Sand, 15 collaborators explore new possibilities for our relationships with each other and the land. 

How can we be deeply at home here, as non-Aboriginal people living in Yugambeh country? How do we face and embrace our colonial history and its living present? Can we make room for our different lineages, stories, feelings?

Presented by Festival 2018 at The Gold Coast XXI Commonwealth Games (2018).

Lines in the Sand is a collaboration between local performance artist Meredith Elton, choreographer Victoria Hunt, installation artist Carol McGregor and an ensemble of 12 local community participants. An open-air ceremony that contemplates a different kind of relationship: with ourselves, with the land and with the ancient sovereignty of Aboriginal peoples.  

NOTE: A two-hour workshop was held before each performance. Exploring the themes of the project through painting the leaves of the local cottonwood tree with ochre.  Participants were invited to bring ochred leaves along to contribute to the performance.

About the creators:

Creative Team

Co Director/Choreographer/Creative Producer/Performer: Meredith Elton

Co Director/Choreographer/Performer: Victoria Hunt

Installation Artist/Performer: Carol McGregor

Performers/ Collaborators

Jessica O'Rourke

Nicolle Coulter

Renée Subedi

Tess Eckert

Denise Comba

Rena Czaplinska

Vashti Eastern

Laura Diaz-Icasuriaga

Stephanie Honey

Geraldine Balcazar

Collaborators

Lighting Designer: Marion Conrow

Sound Designer/Composer: James Brown

Production Manager: Brent Forsstrom-Jones

Yugambeh Elder, Cultural Consultant : Aunty Mary Graham: 

Cultural and Artistic Consultant: Robyne Latham


Acknowledging Place by Carol McGregor is woven into the heart of Lines in the Sand: (re)making contact

Photography  by Derek Repchuck

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