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first public reading, ‘In the dark, dark room’ | event photos
First Public Reading: ‘In the dark, dark room’, Institute for Cultural Inquiry, Berlin, Oct. 23, 2013 Here are some images taken by Claudia Peppel from the first public reading on Wednesday October 23 from my new work ‘In the dark, dark, room’. Also performing on the evening were Michaela Davies and Clayton Thomas, with an electro-convulsive musical work titled ‘Involuntary Duet.’ The projected image is by Riitta Päiväläinen. (images: Claudia Peppel)
The Natural End to Things (extract from new short fiction)
As I cycled, my mind turned to wondering, morbidly, which street in Melbourne John had his accident on. Wanting to picture it. Wanting to visit the corner or the tram tracks or the intersection or wherever it was. He’d tell me I was being backward, but if I knew the spot, I’d leave a letter for him there. In the letter I’d say that he’d made an impact on me like no one else. That […]
siouxzi mernagh | words + pictures | first public reading
First Public Reading: ‘In the dark, dark room’, Institute for Cultural Inquiry, Berlin, Oct. 23, 2013 On Wednesday October 23, 6pm, I will be performing the first public reading from my new work ‘In the dark, dark, room’. Also performing on the evening are Michaela Davies and Clayton Thomas, with an electro-convulsive musical work titled ‘Involuntary Duet.’ The evening will also feature the haunting photography of Riitta Päiväläinen. This programme will take place at the ICI’s first […]
siouxzi mernagh | words + pictures | writing residency in Finland
Writing Residency: Mustarinda, Finland, Sept. – Oct. 2013 From Friday September 13, I will be undertaking a writing residency at Mustarinda, Finland for a period of intense work on my new project ‘In the dark, dark, room.’ “In landscape as well as etymology, Mustarinda is related to the numerous Black Mountains of the Anglo-Saxon world and the German Schwarzwald. A model of sorts for the Mustarinda Association has been the Black Mountain College artist community that […]
siouxzi mernagh | words + pictures | associate fellowship, ICI Berlin
Associate Fellowship with the ICI, Berlin, 2013 ‘In the dark, dark room’: a new research, writing, installation and film project to be initiated as an Associate Fellow with the Berlin Institute for Cultural Inquiry. Each year, the ICI Berlin invites an international and multidisciplinary group of fellows to link their individual projects to the ICI Core Project and to engage in a joint exploration with other fellows at the institute. As a former fellow, Siouxzi L Mernagh […]
siouxzi mernagh | words + pictures | berlin international directors’ lounge
The 9th Berlin international director’s lounge, February 7-17, 2013 [DL 9 Contemporary Media and Film Festival] Exit: screening with the 2013 Director’s Lounge at the Naherholung Sternchen, Kino International. “This is not a place where projects end, but where they begin. [DL9] will not be a walk down well-trodden ground, but rather a unique safari into the terrain of cinematic and media-art wildlife. Vogue and other reporting press from last year grappled for words to […]
siouxzi mernagh | words + pictures | solo show, 18m galerie
Exit the Peep Show: upcoming solo show November 18, 18m Galerie Berlin. (image by Melissa Ramos). 18m galerie | 18th november | 18uhr Coming up at 18m Galerie is another screening of our 13min experimental road film ‘Exit’ with performances from my book ‘The Peep Show’. “Featuring performed, recorded and visualised extracts from a new novel by Siouxzi Mernagh, ‘The Peep Show’, followed by a screening of her experimental road film ‘Exit’. ‘Exit the peep show’ […]
siouxzi mernagh | words + pictures | solo performance, EXPO
Cabinet of Peep: new solo show September 21 – 23, EXPO, Berlin. “For the first installment of the “Voyeurs” series, EXPO is welcoming Australian award-winning writer and moving-images maker Siouxzi Mernagh. For the occasion, Siouxzi Mernagh is presenting her “Cabinet of Peep”, a possibly indiscrete performance initiated on the base of her recently finished second novel, “The Peep Show”. In “Voyeurs”, performers don’t act directly in front of the public. They are entrapped within the exhibiting apparatus, a closed white […]
siouxzi mernagh | words + pictures | berlin down under film festival
Down Under Berlin – Australian Film Festival September 16 – 18: Screening and filmmaker discussion with Down Under Berlin Film Festival. Both ‘Exit‘ and ‘The Dangers‘ were screened. Press: Siegesäule; Australien Newsletter
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