What’s the central premise of your show?
To invest in a deepening of understanding in how two artists with different mediums can create a work together with equal authorship. In doing this we examine and expand how sound and body relate to each other.
What does your show say about society today?
This show really relies on both of us to listen and acknowledge each other and what we output. Each performer is neither a passive observer, puppet nor dictator. It puts into practice the communication skills that all relationships form and flourish by.
What do you want the audience to take away from your show?
An experience and new appreciation of sound as a physical, spatial force beyond what they passively hear. To perhaps become more aware of how sound affects them and what they contribute to the sound around them.
Would you rather be able to read minds or fly?
Both: Fly.
Gillian Lever: When I was young I had a blissful experience scuba diving. It felt like how I imagine flying feels.
Amanda Lever: I love heights and moving fast and the idea of moving so freely through the air is amazing.
What do you love about the Melbourne performing arts community?
There is such a diverse range of artists, aesthetics and ideologies here in Melbourne where you allow yourself to explore everything that is happening. If you keep an open mind you can always find something worth seeing.
Body Acousmonium comes to the Fringe Hub, Trades Hall from Tuesday September 17 to Friday September 20. Tix start at $22 from the Fringe website.
