performance
february 2007
10:00am - 11:00am
Breathe Easy
Sun 18th | 10:00am - 11:00am
Main stage
hosted by | Sense of Place Productions
The individual acts which make up a sustainable life (reduce, reuse, recycle) can't be sustained unless they are part of a culture of sustainability, popular songs, images, ways of talking, and stories which all reinforce a sustainable world view. Our work at Sense of Place Productions is to create these cultural forms. The act Breathe Easy contains raps, and catchy choruses about the local indigenous 6 seasons calander, a journey up the Yarra, and a future vision for Melbourne. The words 'sustainability - you are part of it' contain the solution to the sustainability puzzle. If every individual realises in every moment that they are an embedded, and interconnected part of the greater whole, sustainable behaviour would flow naturally. Our performances and workshops promote this way of experiencing our place in the world.
Ilan Abrahams
Ilan Abrahams is a performer, director, producer, and facilitator. His creations involve dance, physical theatre, music, text, and film. He loves to tell a good story. He is the artistic director of SENSE of PLACE Productions - Creating Culture for Sustainable Living. In 2003 Ilan walked the full length of the Yarra in one continuous journey. In 2005 Ilan received funding to create 1803, a theatre performance and accompanying workshop and revegetation programme on the banks of the Yarra River at the Collingwood Children's Farm. He recently co-wrote and starred in The Mistrel, a comedy film about the local indigenous six seasons calendar. Ilan has also studied and worked in Urban Design and Planning.