Aliens of Extraordinary Ability
Performance / Art Party
Curated by Luke George
Presented for Frame A Biennial of Dance
March 2023
Temperance Hall
Bunurong Country, Naarm / Melbourne
ARTIST LINE-UP:
Alexander Powers
Govind Pillai
Joel Bray
Luigi Vescio
Maggie Zhu
Rosalind Crisp
Sarah Aiken
Stev Zar
Tony Yap
Decor / Video / Installations: Andrew Treloar
Poster Design: Shaun Manyweathers
Production / Lighting Design: Jordi Edwards
Operator and Production: Meri Leeworthy
Producer: Anna McDermott
Photographs by Sophie Gabrielle Pigram, Andy O'Connor and James Wright for Non Studio
👽 Performance and art getting intimate on the dancefloor in a one night terrestrial encounter that’s a little bit extra 👽
Curated by Temperance Hall’s Artistic Associate Luke George, this whole venue takeover included an epic line-up of some Naarm’s most electric artists working in dance, sound, visual installation and costume design, intersecting with revered party priestess of Narrm, DJ Stev Zar live-mixing an empowering set of genre blending beats to charge your soul.
ALIENS is inspired by Luke’s time living in Brooklyn, New York City between 2010-2017, and his collaborations and participation in the many grass-roots and community/artist-led performance events organised, enacted and attended by expansive and diverse artists and queers of New York.
ALIENS OF EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY takes its title from the bizarre name of the artist-visa required for a creative to enter, reside and work in the USA. These happenings intend to reclaim “othering” and transform such through an art gathering which celebrates the electric, inclusive and spontaneous energy of Melbourne’s incredible alternative queer party scene.
Supporters
This project is supported by the Australian Government RISE Fund, Creative Victoria, Palais Theatre, the City of Port Phillip, Temperance Hall and Frame: A Biennial of Dance.