OF FROGS - 2022
AUDIENCE REVIEWS
“A stunning show – immersive, informed, humourous, intricate, and exceptional.“
“Wish I could take the show home to listen to again and again.“
“I didn’t want it to end.“
‘Of Frogs’ is a new performance work, inspired by frogs and our waterways, a performance ritual of voice, percussion & shadow play interacting with water.
A mesmerising performance springing from percussion, voice and shadow play, invoking the life cycle of frogs, forgotten waterways and lost springs. Featuring haunting ceramic flutes and drums created by Ria.
Sandra Fiona Long & Ria Soemardjo with Jeremy Dullard & Ron Reeves
Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy and KP Productions
A mesmerising performance springing from percussion, voice and shadow play, invoking the life cycle of frogs, forgotten waterways and lost springs. Featuring haunting ceramic flutes and drums created by Ria.
Sandra Fiona Long & Ria Soemardjo with Jeremy Dullard & Ron Reeves
Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy and KP Productions
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Of Frogs was first seeded through Speak Percussion’s SD Lab 2021.
It was developed and presented in 2022 with support from Darebin Arts Speakeasy Of Frogs Creative Development - Northcote Townhall 2021
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‘Of Frogs’ is inspired by music-based performance form of Javanese Wayang Kulit (shadow play) – which strongly informs Soemardjo’s practice – drawing on a lifelong fascination with & study of this dynamic artform & its music. Bringing this influence to the unique form of music based performance Soemardjo & Long have been building across several projects, utilising voice & extended vocal techniques with percussion, libretto, water, objects & light, is seeding an exciting & innovative performance work. ‘Of Frogs’ aims to acknowledge declining frog numbers & forgotten water ways existing underground in pipes, while creating an auditory & visual invitation into the hidden world of water through a contemporary ritual invoking restoration.
Three performers weave an aural and visual journey through a landscape of water and shadow, conjuring unseen worlds with sublime vocals and soaring soundscapes. Drawing on the interlocking rhythms of gamelan, bending pitch and time with water, OF FROGS is a contemporary ritual of human connection and disruption to nature.
Three performers weave an aural and visual journey through a landscape of water and shadow, conjuring unseen worlds with sublime vocals and soaring soundscapes. Drawing on the interlocking rhythms of gamelan, bending pitch and time with water, OF FROGS is a contemporary ritual of human connection and disruption to nature.