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Artist
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Project
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Outcome
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Commercial St Dance Studio
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Howwittmoves
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Emergency rent relief for the Maidstone dance studio, and production of a series of instructional videos to keep young dancers active and engaged
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Fury
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Bog Roll Quest
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An interactive, choose-your-own-adventure fiction piece presented via Twine comedically responding to toilet roll shortages
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Alice Dixon
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Isolation Dance Project
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6 solo dance works created in response to images sourced from the dance community, published alongside a custom illustration
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Daniele Poidomani
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For Want of a Better Word
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A multimedia project reflecting on language, and the unique and poignant words that exist across cultures – inviting Maribyrnong residents to contribute to a dictionary of ‘better words’ from their own languages. Community callout for participants.
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Jinghua Qian and Liz Paterson
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Footscray Audio Walk
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A series of 4 virtual audio tours uncovering the secret histories of Footscray, presented as a Google Map that can be accessed remotely or during exercise for locals
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Hamishi Farah
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Airport Love Story
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A series of illustrations unfolding on Instagram, exploring additional story arcs to complement the publication of graphic novel Airport Love Story published in the UK. Hamishi’s book launch was cancelled.
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Genevieve Butler
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Penelopa Does ISO Alone
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8 short comedic videos featuring the clown character ‘Penelopa’, experiencing isolation alone.
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Santilla Chingaipe
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Multilingual Audio Project
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Capturing community stories about COVID-19 that may otherwise be overlooked and underrepresented (particularly people from CALD backgrounds) presented online as a ‘living archive’. Community callout for participants.
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Efren Pamilacan
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Virtual DJs
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A rotating cast of 4 local CALD DJs perform to fill the social, communal and active space of dancing together across a number of digital performances.
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Evan Davies
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Footscray Typeface
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Creation of a digital ‘Footscray Font’ drawn from signage found within the municipality
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Ross Daniels
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Yet So Far
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A short film exploring the family dynamic between a father and son separated by time, experience of homelessness and now COVID-19
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Rebecca Jensen
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Dance Series
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Apocalypse dances, Deep Sea Dances and Dances for Time Travel – a series of 3 joyful dance events for the community incorporating festivity, free movement and guided movement
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Golden Scissor Puppets
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Oozlum the Cooked Chook Puppetry Videos
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Life in isolation is examined through the lens of a new giant puppet and series of videos
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Matto Lucas
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Drinking with the Artist podcast
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Well-known Drinking with the Artist podcast series engages with gallerists, creators, curators and arts workers in a fun, accessible and authentic way to both entertain and educate the wider community on the hurdles of working in the art world. Matto will make 5 new episodes celebrating local practitioners and the local experience.
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Lana Schwarcz
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Lovely Lady Lump Film
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Creation of a film from archival footage of Lovely Lady Lump, a live comedy show about surviving breast cancer
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Mich Oliver
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Drawing native animals in Maribyrnong
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A series of illustrations depicting local wildlife in and around Maribyrnong
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Alex Brittan
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Kittling Single Release
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Online campaign featuring 3 weekends of virtual DJ sets in the lead up to the launch of a new music single by Kittling.
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Joshua Allen
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Hissy Fit 101
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Live streams for BIPOC queer artists to connect, create and vent together
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Sam Elkin
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Transdemic
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4 new episodes of Transdemic podcast, featuring interviews on the trans and gender diverse perspective during COVID
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Irihipeti Waretini and Bella Waru
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Tenei to Matou Kainga (This is Our Home) Video
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The first in a series of intergenerational collaborative films from a household of Maori women artists exploring “what we lose in the dark, we shall find”
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Pauline Delaney
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Glass Blowing Videos
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A series of videos and livestreams depicting the process of glass bead creation
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Naomi Henderson and Nicholas Albanis
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Dandelion Wine Music Video
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A music video created to launch the band’s new album, in place of their cancelled European tour
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Sarah Ward and Bec Matthews
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Aunty Bear and Zaza Storytime for children
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Character-driven storytime livestream performances targeted at rainbow families and open to all
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Elizabeth Dawson-Smith (Miss Friby) and Chi-uh Neylon
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Messages from a Mermaid
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Messages from a Mermaid in Footscray is a 5 part online short film series that reflects on current affairs, engages with the local community and playfully reflects upon the COVID-19 crisis.
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Karima Baadilla (Open Close Gallery)
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Portraits of Mari(byrnong)
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Four sets of residents/ families that works in Footscray and the wider Maribyrnong area create portraits during COVID for an online exhibition
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Khalid Warsame
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Two Things
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‘Two Things’ literary blog featuring an article and an essay fortnightly on themes: (Taste/Internet), (Money/Art), (Masks/Future), (Home/Water), (Holiday/Closure)
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