Subliminal Drift

Laura Boynes is an award-winning independent dance artist based in Boorloo/Perth, working nationally and internationally as a performer, choreographer, educator and movement director. Laura’s practice is centred onpresenting social, cultural and political happenings as they intersect with individual experience. Her practice utilisesthe body as metaphor and as a meeting point for investigating ideas of human resilience, social responsibility,adaptability and ecological change. She uses performance as a tool to inspire critical thought and reflection on thecontemporary world. She has choreographed multiple short and full-length works and co-directed large commissionsfor dance companies such as LINK Dance Company, CO;3 Youth Ensemble, Buzz Dance Theatre (Created with CadiMcCarthy, Winner Australian Dance Award 2014) and the WA Academy of Performing Arts. Her theatre credits includechoreography and movement direction for Black Swan State Theatre Company, Lost and Found Opera, RenegadeProductions, Steam Work Arts, Yirra Yaakin and Variegated Productions. Her solo work Wonder Woman created withAdelina Larsson and Julie-Anne Long (2019) was nominated for four PAWA Awards and won the Australian Dance Award for Independent Dance in 2020. She recently premiered her new work Equations of a Falling Body in the Perth Festival 2023.

Callum O’Reilly (b. 1996) is a composer and multi-media artist currently based in Boorloo/Perth. His diverse body of work draws inspiration from Western music traditions, spirituality, nature, technology, and modern music genres like hyperpop and hip-hop, resulting in uniquely modern sonic worlds. He has collaborated with various ensembles, including The Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, Perth Symphony Orchestra, Willoughby Symphony Orchestra, and Mix’t Trio.

Operating under the pseudonym Erka Blasa, Callum independently releases bubbly and visceral synth-pop music, a project he originally co-founded with long-time collaborator Klearhos Murphy. In addition to his musical endeavors, Callum actively explores experimental films and photography, advocating for the fusion of visual art with musical works. He has been recognised with multiple awards, including the Apras Amcos and Willoughby Symphony Young Composer award, and two Royal Overseas League prizes for the best composition.

Some of Callum’s upcoming projects include a collaborative multi-media performance centred around the kelp life cycle, guided by the research of Perth-based molecular biologist Antoine Minne. This performance is set to be developed and premiered in Fujiyoshida, Japan, this December.

Sam Fox is an artist living in Boorloo upon Whadjuk Nyoongar Country. He works across contemporary performance,literary fiction and various forms of collaborative cultural projects.For a decade, Sam led company Hydra Poesis, creating work for local, national and international platforms. Key Hydra works include: Personal Political Physical Challenge (Malthouse 2012); PROMPTER co-written with Patrick Pittman (Artshouse 2013); and Didactic Tools co-convened with Kynan Tan (Fremantle Arts Centre 2015-16). Hydra Poesis currently exists in a deep cryogenically induced sleep. Additional to artistic roles, Sam’s approach to collaboration encompasses organising and facilitation within community, educational and activist contexts. Recent roles include: co-facilitator of the 2023 Perth Festival Lab and its Critical Club; co-producer of Rachel Arianne Ogle’s And The Earth Will Swallow Them Whole; mentor and collaborator with artist Patrick Carter on his Yedi / Songs project and Kaya Boodja with collaborator Kelton Pell; and artistic director of the Experience Collider project with DADAA and Circus WA (State Theatre Centre 2019). Sam’s Ph.D. project investigates collectivism and cultures of resistance. It takes the form of a novel, THE LINE FOR UTOPIA, and a series of exegetical essays exploring an exquisite corps (as opposed to corpse) and the movement of movements.

Zendra Giraudo (they/she) is a queer, neurodivergent creative of colour, and emerging movement-based performerand maker, currently situated in Boorloo/Perth. They recently graduated from WAAPA with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and an Honours in Performance Making. Zendra aspires to make felt, imagined worlds in their work throughimprovisational, collaborative, and decolonial practice. In 2022, they performed in Emma Fishwick’s first developmentof “From Here, Together”, and Sam Coren’s “SS Bodach” in SITU-8. Most recently, Zendra performed theirdance/theatre solo, “WHITESNAKE 300” for Summer Nights 2023 in collaboration with Joe Paradise Lui, Eliza Smith, Emma Fishwick, and Andrew Sutherland.

Ella-Rose Trew has spent over a decade as a dancer, educator and dance-maker based in Perth, Western Australia. A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and LINK Dance Company, Ella-Rose went on to work with Buzz Dance Theatre, STEPS Youth Dance Company and was a founding member and inaugural Associate Artist of Co3 Australia. Ella-Rose has worked alongside Emma Fishwick, developing and performing in microLandscapes (Next Wave Festival, 2016) Dance, Quiet Riot (2018) and Slow Burn, Together (2021). In 2019 Ella-Rose choreographed The Colour of Distance with students at WAAPA and continues to lecture within the dance department. She has worked extensively across the Perth independent dance sector, with Sue Peacock, Laura Boynes, Isabella Stone, Aimee Smith, Jo Pollitt, Paea Leach, Rachel Arianne Ogle and Rhiannon Newton. Ella-Rose was awarded the Best Female Performer (Dance)2018 at the Performing Arts WA Awards.

Matthew Morris is a mature performing artist, home grown in Australia having trained at WAAPA back in the late 80’s and since then he has travelled and worked internationally for over 35 years with companies and directors on both small and large scale projects. His preferred practice is devised theatre or collaborative creation and his body of work has so far included dance, physical theatre, puppetry, film, site specific/immersive experience and digital arts. A bit of choreography, modelling, advertising and voice overs to spice things up. Having recently relocated back to Australia, Matthew continues to connect and engage with dynamic performance communities globally, developing creative relationships in the dance, theatre and film industries.