HOWL
A parade and procession celebrating controversy in contemporary art.
Howl is a performance celebrating controversy in art history. From depictions of sexuality and the human body that have challenged the status quo, to acts of civil disobedience, Howl commemorates 15 artworks that have challenged the acceptable and changed the conversation about legitimacy and art forever. Set to Mozart's Requiem in D Minor and performed by the artist co-creators it is unquestionably queer, arguably dangerous and probably obscene.
"It’s tough to feel good when everything is bad, but then you see something like this. Art that’s powerful and funny and relevant, and it makes a difference."
Natalie Carfora
Collage Adelaide
"Howl takes the moment of reception of key works of art and expresses their impact on the complex surfaces of the body.
And yet. Performing the body as the site of artistic reception is profoundly complex, and even dangerous."
Created and Performed by Willoh Weiland, Lara Thoms and Lz Dunn
Show Direction and Dramaturgy by Mish Grigor
Sound Design by Sascha Budimski
Lighting Design by Jennifer Hector
Sound Design by Emah Fox and Rachel Dease
Publication design by Rebecca Maccauley
Collaborating artists — Emma Beech, Felicity Boyd, Chelsea Farquhar, Britt Plummer,
Cynthia Schwertsik, Jo Stone and Henry Wolff, Noemie Huttner-Koros, Jen Jamieson, Loren Kronemyer & Rhiannon Peterson, Corey Pugh, Aaron Orzech, Danielle Reynolds, Mish Grigor, Yvette Turnbull, Asha Bee Abraham
Production and Stage Management by Emma O’Neill, Danielle Reynolds
Production design by Meg Wilson
Design by Yvette Turnbull
Technical Consultants – Illuminating Possibility
Production/Stage Management – Hugo Aguilar Lopez
Original set construction – Yvette Turnball
Presented by APHIDS and Vitalstatistix for the 2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Monster Theatres,curated by Leigh Robb. Originally performed for the Festival of Live Art, 2016, and the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art in 2018.
Supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its funding and advisory body, the Government of South Australia through Arts South Australia, and commissioning partners.
