Gertrude and Performance Review present Contact High -  Performance Night 1

Gertrude and Performance Review presented the first performance night of Contact High 2023.

On Wednesday 18 January, Sophie Gargan, Kenneth Suico and Diego Ramírez presented solo works they had been developing, rehearsing and workshopping over the previous few weeks at Gertrude Glasshouse.

Performance Schedule:

6:20 - 6:40 PM - Kenneth Suico, Nostos, Sing It To Me (Balikbayan), 2023
6:55 - 7:15 PM PM - Sophie Gargan, when did you stop laughing, 2023
7:30 - 7:45 PM - Diego Ramírez, I am a ‘diaspora’ Latinx. Hola. It means everyone back home thinks I am basic, 2023

Piloted in 2022, Contact High is a three-year partnership between Gertrude and Performance Review exploring the transference that occurs between performers and audiences in the gallery.

Design: New Association

Curator: Anador Walsh

Performance Review is a platform for critical and creative engagement with performance art. 

Anador Walsh is a curator and writer and the director of Performance Review.

Diego Ramírez’s, I am a ‘diaspora’ Latinx. Hola. It means everyone back home thinks I am basic, 2023 has been supported by Multicultural Arts Victoria and City of Melbourne.

Gertrude Glasshouse is generously supported by Michael Schwarz and David Clouston.

The 2023 Gertrude Glasshouse exhibition program is supported by the City of Yarra’s Annual Grants Program.

The documentation of Contact High 2023 is being facilitated in partnership with Open Practice Studio.