Change Around Time
2023. dancefilm (03:20) by Cynthia Schwertsik & Sue Hawksley.
Change Around Time is a sensitive yet playful response to the transformative role of bushfire and its confronting capacity for destruction and regeneration. Incongruously situated in a fire-scarred natural environment, two heavily dressed performers divest themselves of layer upon layer of clothes; they then redress. Their movements are shaped by their activity as they remove and scatter, retrieve, reverse and replace articles of clothing.
Sue Hawksley and Cynthia Schwertsik are interested in the use of the everyday and the absurd as tools for building awareness of the eco-socio-cultural impact of human and environmental activity and events.
CREDITS
- Concept, performance: Cynthia Schwertsik & Sue Hawksley.
- Camera, sound: Caspar Hawksley.
- Edit: Cynthia Schwertsik & George Graetz.
- 2023. an articulate animal | Cynthia Schwertsik production.
- Commissioned by Dance Hub SA in partnership with Ausdance ACT for Dance.Focus
- This work was created on the traditional lands of the Kaurna and Peramangk peoples. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
SCREENINGS & PRESENTATIONS
- Premiered online, Dance Hub SA YouTube Channel, Adelaide. October 2023.
- Trilogy Dancefilm Festival, Goodwood Theatre, Adelaide. October 2023.