Over the past six months NORPA has commissioned artists to run creative workshops with members of The Winsome Hotel and Lismore Soup Kitchen community. Artists Jamie Birrell, Karla Dickens, Jim Hearn and Peter Lehner have been exploring the themes of journey, food, hospitality and the river through their engagement with workshop participants at the Winsome. These workshops are culminating in tonight’s gathering, with the artists testing out their creative findings in different spaces around the Winsome site and seeing how you, the audience, respond. Tonight we start under the bridge, a place identified by the Winsome patrons as a space to sleep when there is nowhere else to go. From the bridge, you’re invited to wander up through the sonic landscapes into The Winsome Hotel. Inside the bar a scene unfolds, taking you back in time to a Winsome of yesteryear, of bush rangers and vaudeville. Then let your nose, eyes and ears draw you outside, to the backyard of the Winsome where living, breathing installations await. Wander and explore the spaces created, there may be a hidden gem or two to be revealed. Then break bread with those who’ve come together for this experience over a shared meal created by your Winsome hosts.
Over the past six months NORPA has commissioned artists to run creative workshops with members of The Winsome Hotel and Lismore Soup Kitchen community. Artists Jamie Birrell, Karla Dickens, Jim Hearn and Peter Lehner have been exploring the themes of journey, food, hospitality and the river through their engagement with workshop participants at the Winsome. These workshops are culminating in tonight’s gathering, with the artists testing out their creative findings in different spaces around the Winsome site and seeing how you, the audience, respond. Tonight we start under the bridge, a place identified by the Winsome patrons as a space to sleep when there is nowhere else to go. From the bridge, you’re invited to wander up through the sonic landscapes into The Winsome Hotel. Inside the bar a scene unfolds, taking you back in time to a Winsome of yesteryear, of bush rangers and vaudeville. Then let your nose, eyes and ears draw you outside, to the backyard of the Winsome where living, breathing installations await. Wander and explore the spaces created, there may be a hidden gem or two to be revealed. Then break bread with those who’ve come together for this experience over a shared meal created by your Winsome hosts.
Over the past six months NORPA has commissioned artists to run creative workshops with members of The Winsome Hotel and Lismore Soup Kitchen community. Artists Jamie Birrell, Karla Dickens, Jim Hearn and Peter Lehner have been exploring the themes of journey, food, hospitality and the river through their engagement with workshop participants at the Winsome. These workshops are culminating in tonight’s gathering, with the artists testing out their creative findings in different spaces around the Winsome site and seeing how you, the audience, respond. Tonight we start under the bridge, a place identified by the Winsome patrons as a space to sleep when there is nowhere else to go. From the bridge, you’re invited to wander up through the sonic landscapes into The Winsome Hotel. Inside the bar a scene unfolds, taking you back in time to a Winsome of yesteryear, of bush rangers and vaudeville. Then let your nose, eyes and ears draw you outside, to the backyard of the Winsome where living, breathing installations await. Wander and explore the spaces created, there may be a hidden gem or two to be revealed. Then break bread with those who’ve come together for this experience over a shared meal created by your Winsome hosts.
Tonight marks the end of the three-year HOME Project. It is not an official “show” as such but rather an elemental experiment with ideas that are being tested. And most importantly it is a celebration of the Winsome community. Tonight the Winsome patrons are your hosts, sharing the gifts of food, shelter and community with you. The HOME Project in 2013 has been led by Director Bronwyn Purvis and Creative Producer Bethwynn Hackett as part of NORPA’s Generator program. NORPA Generator supports the making of experiential, event based theatre in the Northern Rivers. Each project brings into collaboration local and national artists to respond to and create work inspired by local stories and the people that live here. Jim Hearn has taken on an additional role as a participant observer of the project for Southern Cross University. He has been studying the third phase of The HOME Project and it’s creative engagement model. As part of this research Jim is keen to hear how you found tonight’s experience. Please fill in the feedback card in your program, drop it off in the feedback box or return to NORPA at a later date. Results of this research will be published in 2014 by Southern Cross University.
Tonight marks the end of the three-year HOME Project. It is not an official “show” as such but rather an elemental experiment with ideas that are being tested. And most importantly it is a celebration of the Winsome community. Tonight the Winsome patrons are your hosts, sharing the gifts of food, shelter and community with you. The HOME Project in 2013 has been led by Director Bronwyn Purvis and Creative Producer Bethwynn Hackett as part of NORPA’s Generator program. NORPA Generator supports the making of experiential, event based theatre in the Northern Rivers. Each project brings into collaboration local and national artists to respond to and create work inspired by local stories and the people that live here. Jim Hearn has taken on an additional role as a participant observer of the project for Southern Cross University. He has been studying the third phase of The HOME Project and it’s creative engagement model. As part of this research Jim is keen to hear how you found tonight’s experience. Please fill in the feedback card in your program, drop it off in the feedback box or return to NORPA at a later date. Results of this research will be published in 2014 by Southern Cross University.
Tonight marks the end of the three-year HOME Project. It is not an official “show” as such but rather an elemental experiment with ideas that are being tested. And most importantly it is a celebration of the Winsome community. Tonight the Winsome patrons are your hosts, sharing the gifts of food, shelter and community with you. The HOME Project in 2013 has been led by Director Bronwyn Purvis and Creative Producer Bethwynn Hackett as part of NORPA’s Generator program. NORPA Generator supports the making of experiential, event based theatre in the Northern Rivers. Each project brings into collaboration local and national artists to respond to and create work inspired by local stories and the people that live here. Jim Hearn has taken on an additional role as a participant observer of the project for Southern Cross University. He has been studying the third phase of The HOME Project and it’s creative engagement model. As part of this research Jim is keen to hear how you found tonight’s experience. Please fill in the feedback card in your program, drop it off in the feedback box or return to NORPA at a later date. Results of this research will be published in 2014 by Southern Cross University.