On the Beach

Synopsis: in-between writing, performative writing, affect theory and ficto-criticism; continuously-searching movement; decentering ‘vision’, making room for other modes of encounter and perception; spaces, and holes and pauses. Characters (in order of appearance): Andrew Brooks, Beth Caird and Aodhan Madden, Kelly Fliedner, Benjamin Forster, Astrid Lorange, Sarah Rodigari, Stephanie Rosenthal, Adrian Heathfield, Gerry Bibby, Heman Chong, Eileen Myles, Rhiannon Newton, Della Pollack. Biennale of Sydney: Fan Fiction has been written for The Bureau of Writing, a collaborative writing program designed for artists and presented alongside the 20th Biennale in association with Artspace, Sydney.

Synopsis: an afternoon at the Art Gallery of New South Wales; listening to Scaffold; galaxies; ghosts and telephones; an afternoon at the MCA; intermediary zones between public and private; and, forward, backwards, sidestep, sideways, abstracted. Characters (in order of appearance): Adrian Heathfield, Sidney Nolan, Aodhan Madden, Beth Caird, Adam Linder, Sarinah Masukor, Robert Wood. Biennale of Sydney: Fan Fiction has been written for The Bureau of Writing, a collaborative writing program designed for artists and presented alongside the 20th Biennale in association with Artspace, Sydney.

Synopsis: what is said and unsaid at Artspace, Sydney; possession and control; Hainish Cycle fan fiction; uncomfortable artist talks; in-between spaces; memories of a boycott; the possibilities and limits of communication; and, the gaze of a disconcerting bust. Characters (in order of appearance): Ursula K. Le Guin, Kyrafic, Stephanie Rosenthal, Michel de Certeau, Benjamin Forster, Franco Belgiorno-Nettis, Karen Mirza and Brad Butler, and Sarinah Masukor. Biennale of Sydney: Fan Fiction has been written for The Bureau of Writing, a collaborative writing program designed for artists and presented alongside the 20th Biennale in association with Artspace, Sydney.

Synopsis: a journey to Cockatoo Island; bodies in spaces, bodies being led around spaces, bodies being directed through spaces; parallel narratives; some shit about Žižek; layers of reality; the view from Balmain Sailing Club; and, small acts of resistance. Characters (in order of appearance): Stephanie Rosenthal, Kelly Fliedner, Agatha Gothe-Snape and William Forsythe. Biennale of Sydney: Fan Fiction has been written for The Bureau of Writing, a collaborative writing program designed for artists and presented alongside the 20th Biennale in association with Artspace, Sydney.

This fictional letter is part of the Ships in the Night project and has been written in response Far from here, a project by Claire Robertson at the Meat Market in North Melbourne from the 12th un til 22nd of May as part of Next Wave Festival 2016. It is written, edited and produced by Kelly Fliedner and spoken by Robert Wood.

This fictional letter is part of the Ships in the Night project and has been written in response to The Fraud Complex, a group exhibition curated by Johnson+Thwaites at West Space from the 6th of May until the 4th of June as part of Next Wave Festival 2016. It is written, edited and produced by Kelly Fliedner and spoken by Aodhan Madden.

This fictional letter is part of the 'Ships in the Night' project and has been written in response to 'Ua Numi Le Fau', a group exhibition curated by Léuli Eshraghi at Gertrude Contemporary from the 6th of May until the 18th of June, as part of Next Wave Festival 2016. It is written, edited and produced by Kelly Fliedner and spoken by Fayen d’Evie.

This fictional letter is part of the Ships in the Night project and has been written in response to Hannah Brontë's Still I Rise, which features at Blak Dot Gallery from the 6th until 22nd of May as part of Next Wave Festival 2016. It is written, edited and produced by Kelly Fliedner and spoken by Sarah crowEST.

This fictional letter is part of the Ships in the Night project and has been written in response to Emma Fishwick’s 'Microlandscapes', which features at the Northcote Town Hall from the 4th until 8th of May as part of Next Wave Festival 2016. It is written, edited and produced by Kelly Fliedner and spoken by Holly McNaught.

An introduction to 'Ships in the Night', a project developed for the Next Wave Festival 2016 program. It’s part of an ongoing project called On the beach a new podcast, that among other things, is interested in the intersection of contemporary art practice and fiction.