Everyday Underscore
It’s time to ask ourselves what our relationship status is with the environment.
Are we just not together anymore?
Everyday Underscores is a shared experience on North Burleigh Beach.
We’ll meet at a designated location, walk across sand dunes, and encounter a series of questions and activities about our pasts, our presents, and our futures.
Let’s get together, listen, feel, breathe, take a break, reflect, and break-up. How will we go on from here?
Prepare for a walk along the beach, to get your feet wet, and to slip into something uncomfortable. Bring a bottle of water and anything else you need to self sooth through some emergent conversations.
What red flags do you fly & ignore?
Everyday Underscore provides space for reflection on the red flags in our relationships with others, and with the natural world. The ones we see, ignore, and fly ourselves.
BLEACH* Festival Resident Artists
Everyday Underscore was originally commissioned and produced by BLEACH* Festival 2022.
From a shipping container by the beach, Lenine Bourke and I spoke to locals and tourists about rising seas, sinking islands, break ups, red flags, parking, and portals.
We read poetry, remembered exes, ate digestive biscuits, and thought about what needs to be protected at all costs. We panicked. We partied. We mapped out an experience for an audience, and shared it as part of the festival from the 12 - 20 August, 2022.
Co-created with Dr. Lenine Bourke
Lenine Bourke (BA, Hons, BED, PhD) is an artist and researcher, producer, and consultant who works with the public, creating new work together to explore ideas about the future we want. Lenine’s work is interdisciplinary in artistic approach but always community engaged in the process and political in concept. Recently having completed their PhD at QUT in artist-led public pedagogy, they continue to work in outdoor and nature-based places to explore our communities' ongoing adaptations to climate change. Lenine has been Executive Director of Young People and the Arts Australia, Artistic Director of Contact Inc, and Director of Community Partnerships at the Australia Council for the Arts. Currently, Lenine is the Manager of Art From The Margins, a studio and gallery in Brisbane collaborating with artists from diverse backgrounds.
Available for Touring
Everyday Underscore can be adapted to any location.
Ideal Audience Size: 20
Performance Duration: 60 - 90 minutes
Maximum Performances Per Day: 2
Touring Party: 2 artists - Nathan Stoneham & Lenine Bourke
Remount Time at Location: 1 week
Freight: 1 roadcase, 150mm x 50mm x 50mm
Technical Requirements: None
Budget: Artist Fees/week + Travel + Accomodation + Childcare
