Beneath the Surface
a floating art installation and immersive performance adventure by canoe
We were invited by Festival Director Dylan Jones to create a new work for the Festival of the Canoe and Kayak Festival (The FOCK) in Kangaroo Valley, NSW. Supported by a Festival Australia Grant, Valley Outdoors and Take 3 for the Sea, our work combined outdoor adventure, immersive theatre production and sculpture to explore themes of ecological crisis, sustainability and connection.
We created a quirky theatre script centred on the findings of our field research/canoeing expeditions and the possible extinction of the Kangaroo River Perch. Alongside working with professional actors to produce the show, we wrote and collected over 100 poems from an international community, bottling them into recycled plastic bottles to hang/float in our art installation alongside woven and found objects. Audience members experienced a 2.5 hour guided canoe adventure to participate in the immersive theatre show and contribute poetry to the art installation.
