Atlanta Eke is an award-winning choreographer and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the body’s role in generating new modes of thinking and being.
Developed for The Regional, A Streetlight Named Empire is a surreal, satirical, two-part, musical theatre production staged inside the gallery. Part one, The Stage comprises six old streetlights rescued from behind the Warrnambool tennis club presented as a set design for a performance yet to come.
Part Two, The Act is set against the backdrop of 1990s Victoria during Premier Jeff Kennett’s privatisation program—which saw widespread selling off of state-owned services, deregulation and funding cuts. Eke invites you to join her on Sunday 15 March on the eve of the exhibition’s closure for an intimate performance inspired by these seismic shifts in policy to weave an unforgettable political fable.
Credits
Atlanta Eke - Commissioned Artist
Tim Birnie, Dawn Architecture - Architect, Creative Collaborator and Project Management
Victor Eke - Creative Collaborator and Project Assistance
Daniel Jenatsch - Composer and Digital Systems Design, Integration and Operation
Ben Bosco Shaw, Additive Lighting - LED Lighting Systems Consultation and Equipment Supply