Photo by: Toby Stanley
CARPORTS & CARPARKS AS OPERA HOUSES
Community consultation is a paramount first step when an open invitation to the general public is issued. If police are called for noise complaints, consult protocols assuage any tension. In the history of staging these street events there have been 2 neighbour complaints, and even then these were retracted because when they saw the benefit to the community outweighed an inconvenience to them personally for a few hours, they were contrite enough to provide that feedback. Julie has a track record of high praise and positive feedback from these community events.
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The police who came to Scarlet #2 were just doing their rounds to make sure everyone was ok. The carpark where the performance took place belonged to the housing estate on Gertrude St, Fitzroy. The residents were able to enjoy the show from their balconies. It was like a night at the Opera. All shows were advertised by word of mouth, and via discreet business cards only.
Julie formed her own street production company 'A Licence To Yell'. The positive energy generated from these events were ubiquitous. Participants and audiences alike were transformed by their experience and Julie received hand written letters in praise of impact these shows had on them. Scarlet #3 nearly didn't happen because the owner of the carpark on Lt Lonsdale St, in the heart of the law district, found out about the show and wanted $5,000 hiring fee. Crestfallen Julie told him they were a community choir, and only could afford $300. The owner hem'd and haw'd then agreed to the $4,700 discount. The transaction happened in a brown paper bag... There's more to this story...
Wet T-Shirt Competition 'Ladies Vs Bitches' perfectly fit the 2004 theme 'Subversion' in the Loreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. The cast were from the LGBTQI community with a focus on sex positivity. It was a sold out event.
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Taking fashion design to new levels, 'Conspiracy Theory & Curing Yourself of Insanity' featured in the Arts Program of LMFF
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Julie has enduringly upheld a DIY aesthetic with handmade merchandise. These tapes as well as cd's, t-shirts, posters and socks, sold out at the Lovers of the Black Bird season of launch shows at The Tote.
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Scrapbook Sessions was a program Julie pioneered and facilitated for teenage boys in remand at Parkville Juvenile Justice Centre. DJ Richie 1250 worked off site to sample beats and compile verses/raps generated in Scrapbooks. Many of the young men struggled with literacy and performing in a group setting. At the end of the sessions each were handed a CD musical rendering of their own raps, (they were all rappers), backed by beats produced by Richie.
Someday We'll Find It was one of the largest collaborations of Julie's career. More than 100 people involved. So many communities came together and offered something to the cause including; students of Thornbury Primary School, community radio RRR and PBS, Bakehouse Studios, sound/light technicians, hair, make-up, costumes, puppet-makers, staging, comics, dancers, musicians, Kamahl! - the list goes on. It was an unforgettable show. Sold out in 3 days - a bittersweet outcome as so many people who wanted to come, missed out. Played for one night only.
WHAT EVERY ARTIST NEEDS TO FLOURISH, AND WANTS BECAUSE IT IS NEEDED: RECOGNITION & VALIDATION
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PRESS PRINT
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"THE END IS THE BEGINNING."