Undercurrent cast developing their new performance work. Photo credit: Samuel Bruce, 2021. 

 

Two art projects were awarded funding in the City of Fremantle’s Arts and Community Grants September 2021 round. These grants are designed to incubate, support and develop Fremantle’s arts community.

Claire Martin

Foto Freo - A Biennial Festival of Photography in Fremantle

Redesigning and delivering a new Foto Freo Festival of Photography. Foto Freo ran biennially across the City of Fremantle between 2002 and 2012. It was an internationally recognised event and was pivotal to invigorating the photographic community in WA. Foto Freo will be relaunched with curated exhibitions as well as 'open by invitation' shows between 9 May and 10 June 2022. Foto Freo will also host artist talks, panel discussions, projection evenings and workshops. Curated exhibitions will address intersectional representation of artists and exhibition content and will challenge colonial bias through recontextualising historical photography.

Project timeline: May 2022 to June 2022

Grant: $6160 

 

Undercurrent Theatre Company

Common Ground Creative Development

A four-week creative development of Undercurrent Theatre Company's next work Common Ground which explores their relationship to landscape through the lens of a diverse group of performers that live on Whadjuk Nyoongar Boodjar. The work has a particular focus on the way their backgrounds, culture and upbringing have been and continues to be shaped by the land.

Project timeline: January 2022 to March 2022

Grant: $8020