Didgeridoo. Beat box. Dance. Violin. Lecture. Body percussion. Mash it up.
The ReGenerating Community Conference was held September 2-4, 2009, at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. This video is a mashup of snippets from the first two days of the conference that was shown on the afternoon of the third day of the conference.
The ReGenerating Community Conference addressed ways in which global issues are being addressed locally through collaborations between artists, communities and local government. Issues of community identity in an environment of globalised culture; issues of energy production in the context of climate change; issues of indigenous sovereignty on leasehold land; issues of country becoming city and changing identity; issues of aging; issues of schooling; issues of imaging futures, issues of having a future…
Performers:
Jai Cummings (didgeridoo)
MEB (rappers – Daniel Ammouri, Mohammed Malti, Rached Raad)
Grace Vanilau (body percussion, leader)
Beau O’Brien (beat box)
Anmol Vellani (india Foundation for for the Arts)
Rawcus Theatre (performance of ‘Montage’)