Lumière - Mount Victoria's Festival of the Moving Image 2022

I directed, produced and curated Lumière for, and with Modern Art Projects Blue Mountains. I was responsible for strategic planning, project management, grant-writing, artist liaison and mentorships, venues, and media. Lumiere was generously funded by Blue Mountains City of the Arts Trust, AMaGA, Bendigo Bank and the Australian Cultural Fund, and supported by local businesses Mount Vic Flicks, Hotel Etico at Mount Victoria Manor (social enterprise), Rhomboid (studio of composer, Alexis Cross), local shopfronts, and Mountains Made who held a Salon @ the Victoria and Albert Hotel. It offered opportunities for visitors, communities and schools to engage with dynamic contemporary art within historical contexts, and participate in public programs, artist-mentorships and pop-up satellite events. Lumière attracted audiences from the regions, Sydney and further afield, via the physical program, in addition to a globally-available digital program on Vimeo. Lumière engaged people of all ages, and particularly facilitated contemporary arts engagement with children, young adults with disability, and local communities.

Images: Anamneses (Eloise Maree); Zero Aperture (Kenneth Lambert); Martyn Jolly and Elisa de Courcey (Magic Lantern performance), Viridescence (Naomi Oliver); Memorial (Fiona Davies); Feature Image Finding Our Way In The Dark (Peachey & Mosig)