Artist Studio Residency

Convergence Chamber explores how identity fragments under pressure and how those fragments can be externalised through costume, movement and performance. When internal experience becomes too complex to articulate, it is given form. Costumed figures are developed as distinct states of being.

During the residency, Sabio intends to investigate multiplicity, interruption and the tension between private experience and public presentation. Through making, wearing, filming and live experimentation, the project examines how bodies carry invisible histories and how performance can expose them.

SEE core artist Nicole Simms-Farrow will be spending time in the studio on her independent practice. She will sing, listen, write, mind-map and explore.

As a singer, actor and storyteller, Nicole blends comedy, emotion and musical magic. She’s performed at Dark Mofo, Mona Foma and Festival of Voices, and is currently conjuring her first original album.

A proud member of Second Echo Ensemble, Nicole has performed in Relâche: The Last Dance on Earth and The Adventures of Peacock, Chicken and the Pony They Rode Upon.

By Feras Shaheen in collaboration with Jonny Scholes, Blocked Duwar is based on Feras Shaheen’s experience of maintaining Palestinian identity within diaspora. Blocked Duwar explores the simultaneous frustration and resilience of forced separation from your Indigenous homeland.

Set within an imagined Palestine - pieced together from fragmented memories, family records and digital remnants - Shaheen’s struggle for self-determination is explored through dance performance that blends video game technology, sound, user interface and experience design. Blocked Duwar considers the agency of the public, asking viewers to confront their own role in local and global systems of power, the perpetuation of propaganda, and the liberation of Indigenous people.

Image Credit: Gracie Steindl

An emerging contemporary dancer and movement researcher exploring somatic experience, flow-state work, and community-connected dance. During her residency she deepened embodied research with SEE artists, including a creative dialogue with ensemble member William Webster.

A seasoned improviser, writer, sound artist and experimental filmmaker who used the time to develop new scripts, explore expanded cinema ideas, and construct playful, sound-based experiments. Andrew also facilitated a workshop for SEE Pathways exploring the concept of 'what is a story' and how to tell a story. 

A multidisciplinary drag artist, poet, comedian, and actor developing a new poetry-driven performance integrating soundscape, storytelling, and theatricality. Luke used the residency to stretch his producing practice and test new hybrid forms. Learn more

Maggie May Jeffries and Alex Moss worked on their expanded painting project Weather at Midnight, integrating interactive animations with 2D artwork to create an immersive installation. Their residency also involved a workshop exchange with SEE artists to explore interactive and multimedia art techniques.

MADE will use their residency to prepare for their Festival of Voices performance Sing For Me! The residency provided valuable studio time to refresh and remount past works in celebration of their 20th anniversary. As part of the residency exchange, MADE offered a workshop for SEE artists, sharing their experiences in creating and performing.

Tilley, musician and artist used the used the residency to work on the development for a future touring, collaborative show, creating a space for people to be with grief in community, guided by music and art. To gather material for the project, she invited ten artists and community members in to share about their experiences of grief in conversation. Read more about the process

Julie Waddington, an experienced arts leader and educator, used her residency to explore new work focused on women’s health, inspired by fictional and verbatim narratives. The residency included solo time for research and creative development, alongside open workshops in physical ensemble practices (including Viewpoints and states of tension). Julie also lead sessions of creative exploration and improvised performance based on her "Continuum" work.

Leonardo Canales, a culturally and linguistically diverse performing artist and educator, developed his multidisciplinary piece No Future. This work explored the intersection of advanced technology, mental health, and social interaction, drawing parallels to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Leo’s residency focussed on deepening the collaborative process for this project, the Alexander Technique and human connection in the digital age. Leo invited artists from diverse disciplines to contribute to the piece.

Brianna Jade Shahin, a seasoned dancer and choreographer, used their residency to explore the concept of pushing and pulling in movement, both solo and in partnership. The residency provided space to experiment with groundedness, visualisation, and improvisation, while also workshopping new ways to exchange information through movement. Bri invited other artists to collaborate and deepen their physical practice, with the goal of developing new choreography and enriching their teaching and future collaborations.

Anna Thomson used the residency to develop their new solo work Here To Help - a physical, comedic and subversive exploration of mental health, grief and the systems we try to navigate. Working with local artists and international clown mentors, Anna used the SEE studio as a space for experimentation, embodied play and bold creative risk. Anna delivered their Down 2 Clown workshop for SEE, guiding artists to let go, take risks and embrace the joy of the ridiculous.