Mackay-based Crossroad Arts Production took out three wins at Queensland’s recent Matilda Awards, for Breathe In, a piece informed by the lived experiences of co-creators Brenden Borellini, Georgia Cranko and Alison Richardson, as people who use alternative methods of communication.
Breathe In was crowned with the Judges’ Award, the Lord Mayor’s Award for Best New Australian Work, and Best Video Design for Freddy Komp. It was celebrated ‘for breaking new ground in integrating multiple communication modes within the artistic process’, including signing, touch, palm-writing, text-keyboard, audio-describing, captioning, voiceover, movement and theatrical devices such as projection and live music.
