Last one out turn off the lights
It would be an uncommon piece of art that is the result of a completely solo effort—perhaps a few objects pieced together by a hermit. For us to experience art, it takes a vast team of people, with a multitude of talents and skills, no matter the scale of the undertaking.
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Without the generous support of SA Power Networks we could not present such visually impressive performances such as 2016's Adelaide Cabaret Festival Roadshow. SA Power Networks have been our Principal Corporate Partner for 21 years and we look forward to continuing to work together in the future. -
Strange Fruit at the Bundaleer Weekend 2005 -
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra at the Port Augusta Golf Course as part of Port Augusta Re-Imagines Regional Centre of Culture in 2008. -
ETSA Utilities (now SA Power Networks) supported us and the Port Lincoln community to develop Burning Issues following the devastating fires in 2005. (see also Moment 15) Image: Sharon Betts, Bushfire, 2005 silk painting 76x43cm “I painted this two days after the fire passed through North Shields and Poonindie. The nine lives lost are represented. Homes that were lost and families threatened are also represented in the picture.” -
Twilight Symphony, part of Ripples, the Regional Centre of Culture in Murray Bridge 2010. Over 5500 people saw the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra on Fairway 1 of the Murray Bridge Golf Club and the culmination of Craig Walsh’s two-month residency at Murray Bridge with his stunning “Humanature” illumination project. -
John Baily, Burnt Saplings Rhythm, 2005, watercolour 68x50cm A former Director of the Art Gallery of SA (1967-1975) Baily lived in Port Lincoln and maintained his own art practice until he passed away in 2015. “This watercolour is intended to exemplify the paradox that the visual outcome of a disaster can often be extremely aesthetic. Here the fire has consumed all the low plants and leaf litter leaving only a carpet of white ash.” -
Jane Hutchinson, Yakka Shell, 2005 Pastel on coloured paper 56 x 76cm “After the fire burnt all growth, there was just the circle of inner life showing” -
Mount Gambier born artist Jane Skeer returned home to undertake a four-week residency to create and install a new artwork in the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre courtyard. Skeer describes her work as the “feeling you get when you walk around a pine forest”. Using 1000 plastic gardening pots, she has created a hanging canopy – the centrepiece of an immersive art experience that will be unveiled on June 30, 2018. The residency was made possible through a partnership between Country Arts SA and SA Power Networks and supported through Arts South Australia, Australia Council for the Arts and Mount Gambier City Council. -
Mount Gambier born artist Jane Skeer returned home to undertake a four-week residency to create and install a new artwork in the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre courtyard. Skeer describes her work as the “feeling you get when you walk around a pine forest”. Using 1000 plastic gardening pots, she has created a hanging canopy – the centrepiece of an immersive art experience that will be unveiled on June 30, 2018. The residency was made possible through a partnership between Country Arts SA and SA Power Networks and supported through Arts South Australia, Australia Council for the Arts and Mount Gambier City Council.
What does it take to make a solo musician? Countless hours of training alone to be sure, but also teachers, instrument makers, composers, software designers—artists and artisans in their own right, all playing their part. You want people to hear the music? Audio engineers, technicians, venue staff, photographers, marketers, graphic designers. Up the ante? Costume and set designers, directors, producers, mechanists, stage managers, tour coordinators.
Who’s paying? Add funding agencies, donors, collaborators, partners. Sometimes the audience contributes a portion, but not always.
Volunteers? Thousands of them. Especially in regional Australia. Planning, promoting, feeding, greeting, lugging, supporting.
We‘re only scratching the surface.
Sound and lights? Oh, you want power.
Here we are in the outback with five stages, five bands, an orchestra, 25 caterers and beverages for 5000 people. OK so you still need power?
We’ve been fortunate to have good friends who help with that. For 21 years, SA Power Networks have been there to install essential power in the most challenging of sites. Power in a gorge and a forest, on a golf course and a wharf, power to light stages and public walkways, power to fire up the fridges and hotplates. And with their financial support, theatre audiences of over 200,000 have experienced theatre productions of the highest calibre. Our relationship continues to evolve, along with the art we’re now producing.
Everyone plays their part.
Last one out turn off the lights.
