Production

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Merge

Merge unearths the sensorial nature of the relationship between body and object, questioning the modern-day understanding of material necessity. It acknowledges the beauty, absurdity and humour inherently present in this realm, and looks at the visual and aesthetic manifestation that is constructed and de-constructed in space.

Featuring sound design from renowned UK electronic musician Clark (Warp)and props designed by visual artists Ash Keating and Bridie Lunney, Merge is a collision of bodies, sound and material, revealing the madness of humans’ incessant compulsion to accelerate and adapt with their environment beyond what natural limits impose.

CAST & CREW

DIRECTION Melanie Lane
CO-CREATION & PERFORMANCE Antony Hamilton, Melanie Lane, Ashley McLellan, Sophia Ndaba
SOUND DESIGN & COMPOSITION Clark
LIGHT DESIGN Mat Adey | House of Unvoly
TECHNICAL DIRECTION Richard Dinnen | Megafun
SCENOGRAPHY / PROPS Ash Keating and Bridie Lunney
PRODUCER Jessica Morris Payne
IMAGES Dian McLeod, Sarah Walker

CO-PRODUCERS

Presented by Arts House and Melanie Lane as part of Dance Massive 2015, Lucy Guerin Inc., Creative Victoria, The Australian Council for the Arts, City of Melbourne.

PERFORMANCE HISTORY