Mahk Making Spaces
Raw honesty of Korean mahk aesthetics is the focus of this multi-artform project. Seoul-based performers Choi Eunji (haegeum) and Lee Eonhwa (gayageum) work with Australian musicians Joshua Hill (percussion), Ying Liu (erhu) and others performing new Western Sydney, Melbourne, London and Tokyo musics. Imaginative films and artworks curated by Vincent Tay and Bruce Crossman, are the creative spark for the music, working with Adam Daniel, Emily Rytmeister, Madison Shakespeare (Gadigal) and Behrad Rezaei, based on artists Richard Wu’s “Waterfall Within” and Cheolyu Kim’s “Space 7 #157.” Poetic responses by Kate Fagan, Kim Pham and Eileen Chong sit alongside dramatic imaginings of Waanyi nation author, Alexis Wright’s Carpentaria, by Actors Centre Australia/ Western Sydney University actors, dramaturgs Adam Cook and Anthony Uhlmann.
Artists
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Executive Producer | Bruce Crossman |
| Film Producer | Vincent Tay |
| Music Business Producer | Ying Liu |
| Poetry Producer | Kate Fagan |
| Co-Drama Producer | Anthony Uhlmann |
| Co-Drama Producer | Adam Cook |
| Artist | Cheolyu Kim (South Korea) |
| Artist | Richard Wu |
| Artist/Film/Composer/Vocals | Madison Shakespeare (Gadigal) |
| Artist | Chris Fleming |
| Haegeum | Choi Eunji (South Korea) |
| Gayageum | Lee Eonhwa (South Korea) |
| Percussion | Joshua Hill |
| Erhu | Ying Liu |
| Guzheng | Chuqiao Zhao |
| Guzheng | Yuyan Tang |
| Saxophone/Electronics/Composer | Brendan Smyly |
| Acoustic Guitar/Vocals/Songwriter | John Encarnação |
| Clarinet/Composer | Oliver O’Reilly |
| Percussionist/Kit | Lachlan Blackwood (Wiradjuri) |
| Electronics DJ/Composer | Noel Burgess |
| Poet | Kate Fagan |
| Poet | Eileen Chong |
| Poet | Kim Pham |
| Writer | Alexis Wright (Waanyi) |
| Translator (Chinese) | Jing Han |
| Translator (Korean) | Dae Young Kim |
| Film/Animation | Behrad Rezaei |
| Film/Animation | Greg Hughes |
| Film | Vincent Tay |
| Film | Adam Daniel |
| Film | Emily Rytmeister |
| Film/Live VJ | Kate Richards |
| Composer | Tomoyuki Hisatome (Japan) |
| Composer | Hyelim Kim (South Korea/UK) |
| Composer | Andrián Pertout |
| Composer | Clare Maclean |
| Composer | Bruce Crossman |
Program
Concert
| Work | Name |
|---|---|
| Introduction | Professor Saba Bebawi |
| Sung Welcome to Country | Madison Shakespeare (composer/vocals) (Gadigal) |
| Carpentaria: Will’s Island: The Wash—Chorus 1 (8 actors) & film | Alexis Wright (text), Anthony Uhlmann & Adam Cook (dramaturgs); Actors Centre Australia/Western Sydney University |
| Qilin (solo guzheng) | Tomoyuki Hisatome (composer); Zhao Chuqiao (guzheng) |
| On the Surface of a Stream (guzheng, gayageum) & film | Clare Maclean (composer); Zhao Chuqiao (guzheng) & Lee Eonhwa (gayageum) |
| Comprovisation (saxophone, haegeum, kit) & film | Oliver O’Reilly (composer); Oliver O’Reilly (saxophone), Choi Eunji (haegeum) & Lachlan Blackwood (kit) |
| The Idleness of Fish: twenty-one responses to Richard Wu’s calligraphic paintings (speaker) & film | Eileen Chong (poet) |
| Mulgoa Mahks & Spaciousness (haegeum, percussion) & film | Bruce Crossman (composer); Choi Eunji (haegeum), Joshua Hill (percussion) |
| As Water Flows (erhu, haegeum, gayageum, & guzheng) & film | Ying Liu (composer); Ying Liu (erhu), Choi Eunji (haegeum), Lee Eonhwa (gayageum) & Tang Yuyan (guzheng) |
| INTERVAL | |
| Carpentaria: Gropers: Norm’s Responsibility—Chorus 2 (7 actors) & film | Alexis Wright (text), Anthony Uhlmann & Adam Cook (dramaturgs); Actors Centre Australia/Western Sydney University |
| New Work (vocals, acoustic guitar, saxophone)\n\n& film | John Encarnação (songwriter); Brendan Smyly (saxophone) & John Encarnação (acoustic guitar/ vocals) |
| Blues (erhu, guzheng, kit) & film | Lachlan Blackwood (composer); Ying Liu (erhu), Tang Yuyan (guzheng) & Lachlan Blackwood (kit) |
| The Sound of Emptiness (solo guzheng & electronics) | Andrián Pertout (composer); Zhao Chuqiao (guzheng) |
| New Poem (speaker) | Kim Pham (poet) |
| Electro-Comprovisation (gayageum, saxophone/ electronics) & film | Brendan Smyly (composer); Lee Eonhwa (gayageum), Brendan Smyly (saxophone/electronics) |
| Electroacoustic Composition (taegum-electronics, speaker) & film | Hyelim Kim & Noel Burgess (composers); Kate Fagan (poetry); Hyelim Kim (taegum recording) & Noel Burgess (electronics) |
| Carpentaria: River: From Time Immemorial—Chorus 3 (8 actors) & film | Alexis Wright (text), Anthony Uhlmann & Adam Cook (dramaturgs); Actors Centre Australia/ Western Sydney University |
Artists/Films
| Work | Name |
|---|---|
| Carpentaria: Will’s Island: The Wash—\n\nChorus 1 Film | Alexis Wright (text), Vincent Tay (film); Jing Han (Chinese translation); Richard Wu (artworks) |
| On the Surface of a Stream Film | Emily Rytmeister (film); Richard Wu (artworks) |
| Comprovisation 1 Film | Adam Daniel (film); Cheolyu Kim (artworks) |
| The Idleness of Fish: twenty-one responses to Richard Wu’s calligraphic paintings Film | Eileen Chong (text), Vincent Tay (film) & Richard Wu (artworks) |
| Mulgoa Mahks & Spaciousness Film | Eileen Chong (text), Vincent Tay (film); Richard Wu & Cheolyu Kim (artworks) |
| As Water Flows | Vincent Tay, Behrad Rezaei & Lucy Wang (film); Richard Wu (artworks) |
| INTERVAL | |
| Carpentaria: Gropers: Norm’s Responsibility—Chorus 2 Film | Alexis Wright (text), Madison Shakespeare (film/artworks); Jing Han (Chinese) |
| New Work Film | John Encarnação (text), Vincent Tay (film); Cheolyu Kim (artworks) |
| Blues Film | Behrad Rezaei (film); Cheolyu Kim (artworks) |
| Electro-Comprovisation Film | Kim Pham (text), Behrad Rezaei & Greg Hughes (film/VJ); Chris Fleming & Cheolyu Kim (artworks) |
| Electroacoustic Composition Film | Kate Fagan (text), Kate Richards (film/VJ); Cheolyu Kim (artworks) |
| Carpentaria: River: From Time Immemorial—Chorus 3 Film | Alexis Wright (text), Vincent Tay (film); Dae Young Kim (Korean translation) & Jing Han (Chinese translation); Cheolyu Kim & Richard Wu (artworks) |