IRIS
Iris is an interactive roving sculpture and performance, inspired by the absurdity of the pannier skirts of the late 1700’s worn by the women of the French courts and of the sea of plastic that currently resides in our oceans.
Brunswick sculpture artist Mimi Dennett has collaborated with Gogi Dance Collective to create large hoop skirts that are woven with colourful rubbish and are performed as roving characters named Iris. Iris is a character with huge eyes that can see into the future and with those same prophetic eyes she can peer at the audience as she dances. She loves to perform around bins and she is particularly loved by children.
Creative Team
Directors & Performers: Alicia Harvie, Ashleigh White and Viviane Frehner
Sculpture Artist: Mimi Dennett
Sound Design: Darren Porter
Acknowledgements
The City of Gold Coast: Through the CREATIVE GOLD activation opportunity.
Performances
The Gold Coast Show September 2018, Brunswick Nature Sculpture Walk September 2018, Celebrate Gold Coast Chevron Island October 2018, T20 Cricket at Metricon Stadium November 2018, Luna New Year Celebration February 2019, Bleach* The Gold Coast Festival April 2019 and National Botanic Gardens Day June 2019.
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