Memetica & sausage woman
DFAT – Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program
Support Material
The support materials include both staged and street-based references, showing the personalities, behaviours, and public interactions of the characters that local communities are invited to explore, inhabit, and reinterpret through their own cultural lens.
:: Wild Birds
Unlikely friends when in the wild, those two birds have been known to become accomplice when faced with freely roaming human crowds!
Non-verbal, physical, and unavoidable, the Wild Birds reconfigure every space they enter.
A giant Cassowary and Bush Turkey move through public space, creating curiosity, disruption, and delight. Their exaggerated scale turns everyday environments into sites of surprise, as people going about their business are suddenly confronted by enormous birds behaving as if they belong there.
:: Mother (Jessica)
Jessica (Mother) presents a nuanced exploration of feminine identity formation in modern society. Through Jessica’s exaggerated embodiment of health-conscious motherhood, the piece examines how women craft their identities through clothing choices, lifestyle practices, and societal roles – particularly the expectations surrounding motherhood.
The character’s performance subtly references the weight of maternal expectations, even as she moves through public spaces with confident determination. Through carefully choreographed interactions with audiences, Jessica reveals both the performance aspect of modern femininity and the underlying tensions of these roles.