This page collates the research outcomes for the Circus Oz Living Archive project. The project intends to deliver a variety of research outcomes, including conference papers, published work, a social video archive, and two PhDs.
Book Chapters
Tait, P. 2011, Legendary Performances: Gendered Outrage in Australian Circus (Oz). In Kralj I. (ed.) Zene & Cirkus, Women & Circus. Zagreb: Izdavac, Mala performerska scena p. 157–175.
Tait, P. forthcoming 2013, Circus Oz: Outrageous Somatic Acts. In Smith J. & Fotheringham R. (eds) Australian Theatre in the 2000s. Amsterdam: Rodopi
Journal Articles – Refereed
Tait, P. 2011, ‘Circus Oz and Kangaroos: Performing Fauna and Animalness for Geo-National Identity’ Australian Studies Vol. 3, e-publication, (ISSN 2042-5120). http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/australian-studies/index0
Conference Proceedings – Refereed
Carlin, D. & Mullett, J. 2010, ‘Performing data: the Circus Oz Living Archive’, eResearch Australasia 2010, Gold Coast, 11 November.
https://ocs.arcs.org.au/index.php/eraust/2010/paper/view/44
Conference Proceedings – Non-Refereed
Vaughan, L. 2011, ‘designing, juggling, balancing and performing: the Circus Oz Living Archive Collaboration’, in the proceedings of Collaboration in Experimental Design Research Symposium, Red Objects – School of Design Studies, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, 5 – 6 August 2011.
Tait, P., Carlin, D., Baston, K. & Thom, J. 2011, Recording of proceedings of New Directions in Circus Research Symposium, La Trobe University, available LTU Centre of Creative Arts, 5 December 2011. http://www.centreforcreativearts.org.au/news/2012/new-directions-in-circus-research-140
Invited Speaker
Miles, A. 2011, ‘Four Propositions’ Database Narrative Archive Symposium. Concordia University, Montréal, May 2011. http://kfilm.dnasymposium.com/#/?snu=342
Miles, A. 2011, ‘A Roundtable on Teaching’ Database Narrative Archive Symposium. Concordia University, Montréal, May 2011.
Tait, P. 2012, ‘The Critique of Circus Arts’ (Comment Critiquer les arts du Cirque). Fresh Circus #2: European Seminar on Sustainable Development of Circus Arts, Parc et Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, 12–13 April.
Conference Presentations
Baston, K. & Carlin, D. 2011, ‘Using the SAMMA system to digitise performance collections: The Ausstage Mobile Digitisation Lab’, Ausstage Symposium, Melbourne, 29 – 30 September.
Baston, K. 2011, ‘Digitising a performance collection, the Circus Oz Living Archive’, Joint ASRA, IAML, PASSIG – 2011 Conference, Canberra, 23 – 25 November.
Baston, K. 2011, title unknown, New Directions in Circus Research Public Symposium, Presented by La Trobe University and ACAPTA, Melbourne, 5 December.
Carlin, D., Miles, A. & Vaughan, L. 2011, ‘The circus in the machine: developing a model for a performing arts living archive’ Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts Conference 2011, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China, 4-7 September.
Carlin, D. 2012. ‘Autobiography of a Circus: Circus Oz Living Archive Project’, 8th Biennial International Auto/Biography Association (IABA) Conference, Canberra, 17-20 July.
Carlin, D. 2011. ‘Developing a model for a performing arts ‘living archive’’, New Directions in Circus Research Public Symposium, Presented by La Trobe University and ACAPTA, Melbourne, 5 December.
Stanton, R. 2011, ‘Exploring the Living Archive: a digital prototyping tool for the performing arts’, OzCHI Design, Culture and Interaction, Australian National University, Canberra, 28 November – 2 December.
Thom, J. 2011, title unknown, New Directions in Circus Research Public Symposium, Presented by La Trobe University and ACAPTA, Melbourne, 5 December.
Vaughan, L. 2011, ‘designing, juggling, balancing and performing: the Circus Oz Living Archive Collaboration’, Collaboration in Experimental Design Research Symposium, Red Objects – School of Design Studies, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, 5 – 6 August.
Miles, A. 2012, ‘Affect and the Objects of Robert Croma’s Web Cinema’, Beyond Slowness, RMIT University, Melbourne, 2 July.
Miles, A. 2012, ‘Digital Materiality: Porousness, Granularity, Facets’, Digital Documentary Symposium, ANU, Canberra, 18 December.
Miles, A. 2012, ‘Nonfiction Assemblage Engines’ Paper presented at the Nonfictionow, RMIT University, Melbourne, 22 November.
Miles, A. 2012, ‘Two Speculations on Materiality, the Digital and Allure’, Textobjectext Symposium, LaTrobe Uni, Melbourne, 28 November.
Miles, A. 2012, ‘Emerging Practices’, Visible Evidence XIX, ANU, Canberra, 19 December.
Conference Panels
Tait, P., Carlin, D., Baston, K. & Thom, J. 2011, ‘Panel discussion’, New Directions in Circus Research Public Symposium, Presented by La Trobe University and ACAPTA, Melbourne, 5 December.
Conferences and Symposia
Tait, P. 2011, Convener of New Directions in Circus Research Symposium, presented by La Trobe University’s Centre for Creative Arts, Faculty of HSS and Australian Physical Theatre and Circus Association (ACAPTA), La Trobe University, 5 December 2011.
Australian circus artists and researchers and international scholars presented recent projects and research approaches: Circus Oz: Living Archive; creative processes; philosophising about the circus body; rethinking circus history. Featured speaker from Finland, Tomi Purovaara, presented on Cirko, a circus centre that brings together information centre, studio training facilities, festival venue, and research resources with visual archive library. Other presentations included Stine Degerbøl (Denmark), Skype presentations from Sweden and Croatia, as well as presentations by leading Australian artists and academics.
Exhibitions
Carlin, D., Thom, J., Miles, A., Vaughan, L., Tait, P., Iwan, L., Stanton, R. Shand, L., 2013, ‘Circus Oz Living Archive for Convergence’, Design Research Institute Convergence exhibition, RMIT Design Hub Melbourne, May.
Major Planning Meetings with Partner Investigators
Progress Review Meeting, RMIT University, 19 May 2011
Progress Review Meeting, RMIT University, 18 November 2011
Progress Review Meeting, RMIT University, 3 May 2012
Progress Review Meeting, RMIT University, 1 October 2012
Major Circus Oz Community Events & Workshops
Spiegeltent Community Event, Melba Spiegeltent, 18 May 2011
Community Launch Event, Circus Oz Mezzanine, 2 May 2012
Scenario Mapping Workshop, RMIT University, 21 July 2011
Champions Day, RMIT University, 18 November 2012 http://www.circusarchive.net/blog/2012/11/champions-day/
Social Media Artefacts
1. Social Archives: Circus Video Blog – http://www.circusarchive.net/blog/
This blog is to document the Circus Oz social video research project. It will collate relevant material and provide a foci for the research team to keep track of the project, as well as to develop and disseminate the project outcomes and results. It is regarded as a research outcome of this project.
2. Zotero Public Bibliography – http://www.zotero.org/groups/28062
We are using Zotero to collate bibliographic resources relevant to the project.
Videos
Carlin, D., Thom, J., Miles, A., Vaughan, L., Yuille, J., Tait, P., Iwan, L., Stanton, R. Shand, L., 2011, ‘Spiegeltent Event’ commissioned video by Vaz, A, May. http://www.circusarchive.net/blog/2012/01/spiegeltent-video-3/
Stanton, R. 2011, ‘What if you could’, shown at Circus Oz Living Archive Progress Review Meeting, November. http://phd.absentdesign.com/artefact.html?id=677
Carlin, D., Thom, J., Miles, A., Vaughan, L., Tait, P., Iwan, L., Stanton, R. Shand, L., 2013, ‘Convergence’ commissioned video by Brown, A, April. https://vimeo.com/66299024
Media
Stanton, R. 2013, ‘Interview with Janelle O’Callaghan’, Detour, RRR radio, 9 Jan. http://www.rrr.org.au/program/detour?an_page=2013-01-09
Carlin, D., Thom, J., Miles, A., Vaughan, L., Yuille, J., Tait, P., Iwan, L., Stanton, R. Shand, L., 2013, ‘Living Archive makes history for the future’ by Paul Isbel, artsHub, April.