Caroline Bowditch will lead the Alter State team which includes artist Rodney Bell, pictured here in the autobiographical performance work ‘Meremere’ by Movement of the Human (MOTH). Image by Tom Hoyle, courtesy of Alter State.
Alter State is a new arts and disability festival premiering in Melbourne in September 2022 thanks to a partnership between Arts Centre Melbourne, Arts Access Victoria and Creative Victoria.
Billed as a hybrid offering, with live performances across Arts Centre Melbourne’s theatres and spaces together with a range of digital content available online, it is also described as a ‘slow experience festival’ of contemporary art and ideas that will engage artists and audiences from Australia and Aotearoa (NZ).
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).
