In their final year at NIDA, graduating designers Angelina Daniel and Edison Heartly chatted to APDGreen’s Imogen Ross about their Spring Season production.
In this Spring newsletter, APDGreen Representative Imogen Ross welcomes back Jen McAuliffe from Sustainable Screens Australia, and shares opportunities for members to extend their knowledge of current best practice in the screen industry.
Imogen from APDGreen Conversations asked Arts on Tour Executive Director Antonia Seymour to answer some questions about their recent webinar series.
Your invitation to the launch of Australia’s new performance design education & research hub – Scenolab Australia
Sustainable Production Forum (SPF) – A ‘green’ focus on Australia and New Zealand The Sustainable Production Forum is an annual global hybrid conference with the mission to connect people and stories, spark ideas, and advance sustainable practices. Green Spark Group, a world leader in sustainable production in the entertainment industry, is a foundational partner. Green Spark [...]
The Ecoscenography Reading Group is a virtual platform for theatre makers (and friends) who are interested in exploring a variety of articles, books, plays and stories that forefront ecological ways of knowing. The Reading Group events aim to take place once every couple of months, with each session focusing on a specific text (or series [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The climate crisis is changing everything we do, from how we live, to how we travel – and how we make theatre and film. If visual storytelling is to play its part in the vital conversation about our future then designers must learn to be sustainable in all they practice. How is our sector addressing [...]
In this Quarter’s newsletter, Imogen Ross shares links and information about what is happening in the enviro- sphere, for both stage and screen peeps. Sustainable Theatres Australia and Sustainable Screens Australia have all recently launched new projects that promote environmental awareness and encourage designers, producers and makers to focus on reducing their carbon emissions on [...]