ExpressWay Arts

RAMSAY PLACE RESIDENCY

Building on the work of the Ramsay Place Working Group and 2015 ExpressWay Arts project Express Collective, multi-form artist Brienna Macnish was the artist in residence at Ramsay Place in Noarlunga Centre from 17 - 21 February 2016. 

During her residency Brienna explored ‘Third Places’ and the myth of their accessibility by recording interviews with young people who inhabit Ramsay Place. 

Ramsay Place is a third place where young people come together to socialise, connect, escape and just be.

Third Places are welcoming and open to anyone and everyone, they are the places we go to meet with the people we know and perhaps with people we don’t. But what happens when individuals or communities don’t have the social, cultural or financial capital to feel comfortable in these Third Places? What happens when people – especially young people – try and create Third Places for themselves? – Brienna Macnish

Using her observations and the audio from interviews Brienna created a 25 minute audio work to be experienced in Ramsay Place .  

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ExpressWay Arts is an initiative of Carclew undertaken jointly with City of Onkaparinga and assisted by Government of South Australia through Arts South Australia.

Kids Against Humanity is a performance ensemble of young people aged 12-19. The ensemble was formed and developed from ExpressWay Arts Run Zombie, Run project in 2015. 

Kids Against Humanity work together on a weekly basis developing new socially engaged performance work in collaboration with facilitator Claire Glenn. Claire Glenn is an Adelaide based Actor, Theatre Maker and Producer who has worked with the Malthouse Theatre, Sixxters Grimm and On Invisible Wings. She was the Artistic Director of the Fairfax Festival from 2008-2014 and has been nominated for, and won, awards for her acting performances.

Kids Against Humanity are currently developing a new work for 2017 responding to ‘it’s just a phase’, to interrogate the experience and reality of being a young person here and now.

“You say that because adults have been teenagers, they understand teenagers. This is faulty reasoning. I have been, variously, an infant, a toddler, a small child, a preteen, et cetera et cetera. However, I am no longer any of those things and even though I have many memories of being a small child/preteen/etc., that does not mean that I still remember how it was to be at that stage. No matter how clear, detailed, or emotional one’s memories are of a certain stage of their life, it is in no way equivalent to actually being there."  Anonymous 

For more information about Kids Against Humanity and how you can be involved, contact ExpressWay Arts. 

Songs for Social Change

From the original protest songs of the civil rights movement to charity singles raising money for those in need, musicians have inspired change through their songs for decades. ExpressWay Arts' Songs for Social Change 2015 project invited young artists aged 15 - 26 years with an interest in song writing to come together in writing and recording their own songs to make a difference.

Seven young artists spent time working with The Emu Tree's Chris Teusner exploring and developing their song-writing voice. Local climate change activist Jamie Dunn offered local, national and global provocations for the participants to respond to.

Four participants completed and recorded one or more songs each on CD with two participants also performing at the Southern Youth Week Launch in Ramsay Place, Noarlunga.

Songs for Social Change was presented as part of ExpressWay Arts DISCOVERY project in 2015. The Department for Communities and Social Inclusion contributed funds to the DISCOVERY project.

ExpressWay Arts is an initiative of Carclew undertaken jointly with City of Onkaparinga and assisted by Government of South Australia through Arts South Australia.

Express Collective

Throughout May and June 2015 ExpressWay Arts placed theatre-maker Josie Were and visual artist Meg Wilson in residence at the Noarlunga Interchange. Josie and Meg worked with young emerging artists as the Express Collective to initiate conversation with passers-by and explore responses to the train station. Express Collective created a dialogue, an open creative process and a practical inquiry into where and how we make art for and with young people. 

Express Collective presented two physical responses: 

Hotel Noarlunga (May) - a performance experience reframing the station as a luxurious hotel and My Beautiful Radio Station (June) - a performance experience exploring beauty and the observations of young people at the station through song dedications and a private audio experience created with Sascha Budimski.

An installation of photographs and elements from Hotel Noarlunga and My Beautiful Radio Station was exhibited in the Arts Centre, Port Noarlunga in July 2015. 

ExpressWay Arts is an initiative of Carclew undertaken jointly with City of Onkaparinga and assisted by Government of South Australia through Arts South Australia.

Run Zombie, Run!

Run Zombie, Run was a cultural mapping and volunteering project by ‘stealth’, using the mechanism of creating an interactive zombie theatre experience to work with participants in exploring their own community (and its resources) and how they can create opportunities for themselves and others.

From November 2014 – May 2015, young people aged 11-18 worked with facilitator Claire Glenn to create and present the Zombie Gauntlet.

The participants of Run Zombie, Run are continuing to work together (along with some new faces) as the Kids Against Humanity Ensemble. 

Run Zombie, Run and Zombie Gauntlet were presented as part of the ExpressWay Arts DISCOVERY project. The Department for Communities and Social Inclusion contributed funds to the DISCOVERY project.

ExpressWay Arts is an initiative of Carclew undertaken jointly with City of Onkaparinga and assisted by Government of South Australia through Arts South Australia.

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In 2015, ExpressWay Arts have been collaborating with Cultural Connections on a variety of development and project outcomes. 

Cultural Connections is an independent community led initiative facilitated and founded by 2015 Channel 9 Young Aboriginal Achiever Award Winner Jessica Wishart supporting pathways and opportunities for local Aboriginal, Islander and African young women in Christies Beach. Currently auspiced and supported by Junction Australia, the girls of Cultural Connections meet weekly as a safe yet challenging space for sharing, growth, skills development and leadership. 

ExpressWay Arts has collaborated with Cultural Connections as part of the DISCOVERY project through the development of a documentary film and photography exhibition exploring the girl’s relationship to culture, identity and community.

The Department for Communities and Social Inclusion contributed funds to the DISCOVERY project. City of Onkaparinga Arts contributed additional funds to the Cultural Connections photography exhibition. 

ExpressWay Arts is an initiative of Carclew undertaken jointly with City of Onkaparinga and assisted by Government of South Australia through Arts South Australia.