For the first time in 40 years, live performance designers held their own Scenography and Performance Design working group at ADSA conference in November. ADSA is the peak academic association in Australia promoting the study of drama in any performing medium. The Scenography and Performance Design Working Group’s aim is to solidify the growing body [...]
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A big thank you to all APDG members who took the time to fill in the Sustainability Survey sent out in the last newsletter. The survey generated a very strong response - with 43 Screen designers and 17 Live Performance designers answering questions that related to current attitudes towards environmental sustainability, the impact of climate [...]
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PRESIDENT'S LETTER The 2023 APDG Awards were held this year at Federation Hall in Melbourne. The event went off without a hitch and I would like to congratulate Rebecca Whittington and the awards team for what proved to be a flawless event. Amongst the award recipients was this year’s lifetime achievement winner, Jennifer Irwin. What [...]
Costume Design: Gods of Egypt By Liz Keogh Palmer APDG - Costume Designer Gods of Egypt is a 2016 fantasy action film directed by Alex Proyas based on a fantastical version of ancient Egyptian deities. It stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, Élodie Yung, Courtney Eaton, Rufus Sewell, Gerard Butler, and Geoffrey Rush. The [...]
Creative Process: The Portable Door By Matt Putland APDG - Production Designer and Justine Dunn - Set Decorator. The Portable Door is a 2023 Australian fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Jeffrey Walker. It is a co-production between The Jim Henson Company and Story Bridge Films, with the screenplay by Leon Ford based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Tom Holt. The movie [...]
Ontario Green Screen offers FREE Climate Change and Sustainability training (and carbon calculation training) to people involved in screen production, in all on/off set roles. It also hosts sustainability resources, websites and libraries. It is based in Toronto in Canada, but being online, can be accessed by APDG members from wherever they might be. It [...]
APDGreen Conversations: The Resistance - Eco-Conscious design choices with Tobhiyah Stone Feller Eco-design, as a new way of creating, takes part in altruistic and collective reasoning. Practising it becomes a way of taking care of our surroundings, our ecosystem, and ourselves. Social and environmental issues are an integral part of the eco-design process. The eco-responsible [...]
Creative Process: The Nightline The Nightline is a creative audio project about the city at night inspired by a collection of 700+ real-life anonymous voice messages recorded between midnight and 6am. This work draws on field recordings, phone messages, composition, performance and site-responsive design to create an evocative live performance experience. FAUSTO BRUSAMOLINO Member Profile Location and Site Responsive Design [...]