HyPe

[Hybrid Performance Program]

Salamanca Arts Centre supports the development of new Tasmanian performance

After a call for expressions of interest from Tasmanian performance makers, visual artists, musicians and composers, collaborations, and live art explorers five (5) project teams have been invited to join the 2013 HyPe Creative Community.

All Artists joining the 2013 program will be welcomed by Deborah Pollard at the Art of Risk + Challenge III in early 2013, be supported by SAC Creative Producer, Kelly Drummond Cawthon, and share their experiences with the diverse and talented field of HyPE artists at informal conversations and performance salons throughout the year.

The HyPe Creative Shots Program will continue and have a call for expressions of interest in June 2013 as will the Like HyPe Program which will run again in collaboration with Junction Arts Festival 2013 in August.

The 2013 HyPe Creative Community Key Creatives:

Rodney Berry
Felicity Jane Horsley, Heidi Douglas, Jason James, Polly Sara, Heath Brown
Constantine Koukias
Jane Longhurst + Dylan Sheridan
Rose Ottavi-Kokkoris
(Click on the names above for more information on the projects)

HyPe is an initiative of Salamanca Arts Centre (SAC), supporting the creation of innovative, contemporary hybrid theatre in Tasmania. HyPe is funded by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and by Hobart City Council and Arts Tasmania.

Through HyPe, Salamanca Arts Centre supports artistic endeavors that are innovative and employ multiple performance languages including dance, live art, visual arts, music, sound art and physical theatre.

SAC aims to enable Tasmanian artists to take conceptual leaps, and to challenge and transform the existing boundaries of traditional performance and theatre-making. SAC invests in ideas and small scale or project-based companies and individual artists capable of creating ambitious new works that will contribute to the growth of Australian contemporary performance.

The HyPe Program strives to enable work in which artists explore the live experience of artistic processes, pushing conventions of theatre, performance art and site-specific work. We also support artists and work that engages local communities and diverse audiences to develop, create and participate in the live event.

All proposals to HyPe are assessed according to the following Selection Criteria:

• Innovation and originality;
• Artistic excellence of proposed project and creative team;
• Planning & Feasibility.

Image Credit: Pursuit SAC Event for MONA FOMA 2010 by Jon Rose, Robin Fox, Rod Cooper, Paul Bryant. Photograph by Craig Opie