Grant Recipients 

Susannah Langley

Susannah is a visual artist whose practice is rooted in experimental drawing, installation and sound, often using unconventional media such as conductive material, touch technology and virtual reality to explore ideas of history, memory, movement, feeling, and space. Currently, she is a Masters’ Researcher at the Victorian College of the Arts and recent artist in residence at Testing Grounds Studios and the Centre for Projection Art, Melbourne. Since 2013, she has collaborated on projects that people can move through, and touch, to summon stories and soundscapes. In addition, Susannah is experienced in the delivery of creative tech-based workshops to a variety of age groups.

​Ioannis Sidiropoulos

​Ioannis is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne. His interdisciplinary research combines performing arts and cognitive neuroscience, focusing on how sounds and music affect the creation of movements within physical-theatre and dance improvisation. He is a professional​ actor, contemporary dancer, drama and academic teacher with several years of training and professional experience in acting, dancing, teaching and production assistance. He studied Acting in Higher Drama School in Athens Greece, graduating with excellent and he earned his Master of Art in Physical Acting and Performance with distinction from the University of Kent in the UK.

Collaborators

Warren Armstrong

Warren is a digital media artist whose practice encompasses augmented reality, virtual reality, interactive installation art, and mobile/web app-based artworks. He has collaborated on works that have been shown at Dark Mofo, Vivid Ideas, Melbourne Festival, ISEA (Istanbul), Bristol Biennale (UK), Vrystaat Vrynge (South Africa), Virtuale Switzerland, Cairns Festival, Horizon Festival, Spectra Festival, Gertrude Street Projection Festival and Melbourne Fringe. In 2017, he was winner of the Paramor Prize for Art + Innovation, with Susannah Langley.

Bridget Chappell

Bridget is a sound artist working in Latji Latji and Nyeri Nyeri country. Their often data-driven and field-researched, “skin in the game” work explores colonial responsibility, the climate crisis, policing and surveillance, and rave nostalgia. They DJ and produce dance music as Hextape, compose and perform neo-classical cello work as themselves, work with young musicians behind bars, run electronic music program Sound School, and organise raves in drains, dams, and other natural amphitheatres. Recent works have been produced for the City of Melbourne, Liquid Architecture, Anterograde, un Projects, and more. Generally, they are outdoors making electromagnetic field recordings with their dog.

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