Pacific Gods, Brimbank – 2015
A collaboration with the Australian Pacific Arts Network and Brimbank Council in Melbourne engaging Pacific Islander youth to investigate traditional tales of Maté, Rituals of Death.
Pacific Gods performed at several community festivals, in front of the Crown Princess of Tonga and exhibited at a local library.
After the project, the puppets continue to perform including at the Light in Winter Festival at Federation Square.
Ivarahd: Stories from Dharavi, India – 2012
Snuff Puppets artists worked with thirty participants, ranging from ten to sixty years old, all residents of Dharavi, India’s largest slum.
Together they produced a spectacular outdoor giant puppet performance work and performed at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai.
This project won two Australian Arts in Asia Awards from the Australian Government Department of Communications and the Arts in 2013.