Hall Monitor – a Public Demands project for Cutaway » Made by Jason Sweeney as part of the Vitalstatistix Cutaway Project

3 hour durational performance (excerpt)

Video by Jennifer Greer Holmes & Heath Britton. Interdisciplinary artist Jason Sweeney was installed on the mezzanine at Waterside Hall for two weeks. The public were …

Hall Monitor Report

Hall Monitor Report Waterside Worker’s Hall Submitted 23 October 2011 Jason Sweeney 1. A Set Up I have arrived at the hall on the Friday afternoon, the opening event …

Demand Response #40 – The Big Pretzel

Or download here Memory: I was at the hall in 1969. It was the Adelaide University Prosh Prang. There was lots of beer. The stripper “The Big …

Demand Response #39 – Do The Shake

Memory: Four women enter the stage in skeleton suits. They line up across the stage and skull 1 litre of milk. I feel nauseous, The song …

Demand Response #38 – Ball Anxiety

Memory: We gather at our staging area.. giggling and nervous like we’d been the 8 shows before..already starting to reminisce and remind ourselves about all the …

Demand Response #37 – One of the Ladies

Or download here Memory: Walking into the bar section for a play, heaters on, bar open, a play about to start, floor boards- everything was heightened. …

Demand Response #36 – In-house

Memory: I came to the hall for the first time. There were a lot of women. I felt like I was on the outside. It seemed …

Demand Response #35 – I’ll be seeing you in the dark

Or download here Memory: I’m exhausted after a week working on 2009 the Port Festival. It’s the last night; I’ve been on a kids parade; sung ‘Row, row, …

Demand Response #34 – Say You’re Sorry

Memory: we’re outside and it’s cold. a recorded male voice tells me “it’s time to apologise and gently place my hand upon the surface of these …

Demand Response #33 – Burnt and Broken Bird

Or download here Memory: MAKING ‘MY VICIOUS ANGEL’ that day lucia hung above caroline like a burnt and broken bird and we understood the notion of gravity for …

Demand Response #32 – Smoke Sucker

Memory: I see smoke filling the space and I feel uneasy, it’s as if all the fresh air has been sucked out of the room. there …

Demand Response #31 – Head Down The Drain

Or download here Memory: I see him with his head down the drain everytime I turn the corner.

Demand Response #30 – Sweat

Memory: I see them emerging from the alleyway one at a time and then dancing till we see them sweat

Demand Response #29 – Tickets

Memory: Pre ‘Underbelly’ Maude Davey directed a show at Vitals called “Tough Girls” (written by Melissa Reeves) about Kath Pettingill, crime matriarch of Melbourne. One day …

Demand Response #28 – Boat/Second/21 Days (Megamix)

Or download here Memory: 1. “Rocking The Boat” – All the choir on a make-shift stage. Rocking as we sang. Under our feet the stage was moving …

Demand Response #27 – Falling in Love

Memory: He carried my bike down the stairs and for some reason it felt like falling in love.

Demand Response #26 – Collected Ghost Stories

or DOWNLOAD AUDIO HERE Memories: Taken from audio interviews with Catherine, Nikki and Jennifer.

Demand Response #25 – Hallway/Horror

Or download here Memory: Walking down a hallway, despite the rational side of my brain and the horror cliches, scared out of my wits…

Demand Response #24 – It’s (not) all fun and games

or DOWNLOAD AUDIO here Memory: We’re finished, we’re done, and one man takes a chainsaw to a wooden flat, cuts straight through it, and another man takes …

Demand Response #23 – Ancient Dust

Memory: Covered in ancient dust, crawling through the roof to rig lights above the holey waffle weave of plaster at the very top of the hall. …

Demand Response #22 – Variety Hour

Memory: Variety Hour, Sunday. There is a ventriloquist doll on stage. In the audience is a prominent anti-nuclear advocate and the former PM of Australia. As …

Demand Response #21 – Master & Puppet

Memory: 2 women sit on stage, one looks like the master. The other begins to waltz or is it tango. She takes the woman from her …

Demand Response #20 – Pint Glass

Memory: It is the encore of the “Rockin’ The Boat” show and it is 2009 Port Festival. Stephen Sheehan is reciting a Geoff Goodfellow poem about …

Demand Response #19 – The Argument

Memory: A group of people staring down a deep well of scaffolding. At the bottom a figure of a woman looks up at the audience. She …

Demand Response #18 – True Believers

Memory: The ALP election victory of 2007 was an amazing night. The choir was performing in ‘Second To None’ here. We were so excited about the …

Demand Response #17 – Federal Election Night 24th November 2007

or DOWNLOAD audio here Memory: In November 2007 Vitals and Kurruru are presenting an extraordinary show called Second to None. The show portrays 150 years of Maritime …

Demand Response #16 – Some Leftover Smoke In The Air

Memory: we’re in the hall, and the floor is temporarily sprung. the black curtains are hung loosely around us. it feels like this space was meant …

Demand Response #15 – Moon River

Memory: Moon River. The Port sing-along night. The ladies singing.

Demand Response #14 – The Long Walk

Memory: I see children all around me, the buzz of anticipation is high. We are all high spirited waiting for the big man to arrive. There …

Demand Response #13 – Polyamoury

Memory: I came as an audience member in 2006 to see “Acts of Love & Sedition” which included a performance of the choir. I sat on …

Demand Response #12 – A Perfect Night

Memory: WOW that was a great performance – the songs are just the best and I think those singers “spare a dime” what a great song …

Demand Response #11 – Clown’s Alive!

Memory: I have brought my less-abled sister here today for a clowning performance and it is quite an amusing show, only Helen has decided she won’t …

Demand Response #10 – Lost Child

Memory: I visited the Vitals book fair with my daughter Edie & her Dad. I browsed while they hung out and waited for me. Edie, saw …

Demand Response #09 – A Certain Violent Energy

or DOWNLOAD AUDIO here Memory: It comes from an experience working on a show at Vitals. I felt the fear when exposed to a certain violent energy …

Demand Response #08 – Mangels Bingo

Memory: Must be 30 years ago. I’ve must have been only 5. I was with my Nan. We used to come down here and it was …

Demand Response #07 – Some Kind of Stripper

or DOWNLOAD AUDIO here Memory: My partner’s grandfather was a wharfie but his dad isn’t so switched on about historical things. When I first met him I …

Demand Response #06 – House That Jack Built

Memory: This is the house that Jack built. This is cat that sat on the mat. (Starring Monica H)

Demand Response #05 – Curtain Slightly Ajar

Memory: I feel the hot sun, see the dappled shapes on the concrete, shapes made from the bessa block side building, the stacks of hall chairs… …

Demand Response #04 – Nude With Axe

Memory: The hall – freezing, echoey, immense. Like being outdoors. I have to take my clothes off and pose as if at a Monet picnic. The …

Demand Response #03 – Singer and Dancer

My Grandfather used to perform as a singer and dancer there back-in-the-day. He had a particular penchant for ‘The White Cliffs of Dover’ & Vera …

Demand Response #02 – Experimenting With Triangles

Or download here Memory: I am with about 20 people, we are all actively plugging in cables and pointing lights and projectors onto walls and surfaces. The …

Demand Response #01 – A Ghost Pt.1

Memory: “I am doing auditions and have double booked the hall! The Calisthencs group are in for their weekly class, so I have to go somewhere …