A creative development image from ‘The Stars Descend’, by Annette Carmichael Project, taken in Harewood Forest Denmark, WA. Photo: Nic Duncan.
As Perth audiences farewell an artist-superstar whose surrealist ballads and messages of environmental action combined for mesmerising effect, they need not feel bereft of boundary-pushing artists who have climate concerns at the core of their performance work.
It’s a work that has brought arts and non-arts audiences closer to nature to affirm their collective agency as environmental change-makers.
ArtsHub's Arts Feature Writer Jo Pickup is based in Perth. An arts writer and manager, she has worked as a journalist and broadcaster for media such as the ABC, RTRFM and The West Australian newspaper, contributing media content and commentary on art, culture and design. She has also worked for arts organisations such as Fremantle Arts Centre, STRUT dance, and the Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub of WA, as well as being a sessional arts lecturer at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
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