House Proud

Ben Landau and Anna van Veldhuisen, who co-directed a new percussion and performance installation piece, House Proud, presented by the Brisbane Festival 2011 as part of UNDER THE RADAR. These 2011 mentees in the Aphids Residency and Mentoring scheme made an explosion in Brisbane in September 2011.

A short, immersive performance experience for small audiences. Three percussionists interpret the sounds of everyday life in an IKEA-esque house, exploring the ideas of habit, space, ritual and perfection. By focusing on the unnoticed, beautiful and minute sounds we make in our repetitive daily gestures, House Proud challenges audiences to examine their home life and appreciate the simplistic joy of the house soundscape.

House Proud is the brainchild of Melbourne’s Anna van Veldhuisen (percussion and composition) and Ben Landau (design), and features Brisbane’s Rebecca Lloyd-Jones and Angus Wilson. Drawn from real-life research into the quirks and habits of housemates, friends, family and colleagues, the team of percussionists will celebrate, through musical performance, the nature of us and our homes.

For more information about the project, click here. House Proud is on both Twitter and Facebook.



The Warehouse, MetroArts, Brisbane
DURATION:25 minutes

PERFORMANCE TIMES
16th - 19th September, 2011

Anna van Veldhuisen has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding advisory body.
This project is supported by the Brisbane Festival and IKEA.