All Aboard

Thanks to all that came along to experience our theatrical audio tours, even in the cold and rain on Sunday! Here are a few pictures (and see more here), including an artwork made out of all your beautiful and amusing postcard messages, and a short radio doco too... Stay tuned and stay warm! x

Feast of creativity on Railway Station tours- May 7th and 8th!

This year's Ballarat Heritage Weekend program offers the specially crafted experience of the Ballarat Railway Station Theatrical Audio Tours, created by Weave Length artists and presented by Amy Tsilemanis for the La Trobe University Theatre & Drama program.

Old buildings, like the human mind, contain overlayed maplines of memories, dreams, thoughts and journeys. This auditory ipod tour leads individuals on a journey through time and the many lives of the historic precinct.

A woven soundscape of instruction, site history, song, story, and contemplation guides participants throughout the station, meeting some colourful characters along the way.

When: May 7th & 8th, between 11am and 5pm

Where: Be welcomed and collect ipod at The Coach House (a valid credit card or license will be required in exchange for ipod)

202 Lydiard St Nth, Ballarat

How long: Approximately 40 minutes

Who with: Individually or in groups of up to 3

16yrs+

Devised by Amy Tsilemanis

with Caitlin Dullard & Hedley Thompson

Sound by Alister Mew

& Also featuring original work from local visual artists, performers and musicians!

Any queries contact: weavelength@gmail.com/0416852980

Jump on board and come on a unique journey : )

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Tinderbox Radio- to excite, ignite & delight!

Alongside other creative projects, Weave-Lengther's Amy and Lauren present a weekly community radio show on Thursday nights between 6 and 8pm- 99.9 FM on the Ballarat dial, or online at voicefm.com.au. The Tinderbox helped to host a live balcony broadcast last Thursday and hope to do more things of this nature in the future. Stay tuned!

Inspiration

Artist Call-Out

Preparations for the latest show are rolling along and it's now our pleasure to invite local visual artists to submit designs for inclusion in the show. See details below, and spread the word!

As part of the 2011 Heritage Weekend taking place on May 7^th & 8^th, the Weave Length team are creating a theatrical audio tour of the historic train station. The tours will invite audience members to participate in tasks along their way, including writing and sending a postcard.

Ballarat has long been a major tourist destination, served by its hugely important railway system, and as a result produced promotional material and postcards to advertise the city and its infrastructure, architecture and natural delights.

Weave Length are inviting local artists to submit designs for the postcards to be used in the station tours. Taking these old designs as inspiration, they are asked to create an image reflecting their Ballarat today, using for example- the station buildings and inhabitants, rail or the nearby vicinity of Lydiard St.

5-10 designs will then be chosen for inclusion in the show, also helping to promote the artists and their work. DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FRIDAY APRIL 15TH. Please send submissions digitally in 4 by 6 proportions to weavelength@gmail.com, or feel free to get in touch with any questions.

EXTENDED DEADLINE!

New show in the works

Teaming up with Weave Length-ians Caitlin Dullard (here's another exciting thing she's working on) & Alister Mew, and welcoming on Sarah Hillman-Stolz as production manager- Watch this space!