Conference On Hope

Sixteen sunrises in twenty-four hours

An Astronaut orbits Earth in the International Space Station. They see the sun rise and fall sixteen times in twenty-four hours. Eight billion lives and lifetimes burn bright across a day coiling in upon itself. Empires are born and they die. Deep-faked snails procreate across rusted Starlink satellites. You check your phone and a girls’ elementary school is bombed. Flowers bloom from the back of an abandoned ute. The body turns to compost and is re-animated by worms. The oceans reclaim the cliffs.

Riot! Spread love. Donate. Stockpile. Language falters us but this might be the last time we can safely say. From the river to the sea. Physical and digital refuse from times known and unknown fill the cockpit as the Astronaut, increasingly unable to separate themselves from the cycle of rebirth, are devoured by their own story.

What’s real is I’m in front of you.

Here, we’ll make an argument for hope.

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Post-Conference Conference (Tuesday, 29 September)

Join the lead creatives in the bar for a post-show discussion on censorship and the role of artists in political conversations, facilitated by Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa OAM.

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• Choreographer / Performer / Costume Designer

  Zendra Giraudo

• Writer / Performer

  Eliza Smith

• Sound & Set Designer / Performer

  Cameron Park

• Producer

  Izzy Leclezio

• Stage Manager / Costume Maker

  Ella Wakeman

• Early Stage Mentor

  Dr Renée Newman

• Mentor

  Dr Emma Fishwick

• Co-Set Designer

  William Gammel

• Lighting Designer

  Sarabi Gristwood Sponza

• Marketing

  Cameron Park