{"id":68630,"date":"2020-05-15T04:56:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T17:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=68630"},"modified":"2020-05-10T21:28:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T10:28:05","slug":"supporting-our-hearts-with-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/supporting-our-hearts-with-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Supporting our hearts\u2019 with the arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TWO commissioned creative collaborations explore and record what life in Ballarat may be like post-pandemic, as part of council\u2019s Be Kind \u2013 Be Creative initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Utilising the mediums of poetry, video and music, a team from Yum Studio and a group from Ginkgo Productions have not only looked to what could be, but have shared ideas they want to take through to apply in the city\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>Yum Studio\u2019s Erin McCuskey, a filmmaker, worked with poet, Megan Riedl and musical composer, Christine Tammer to make <em>Yearning<\/em>, a \u201clove letter to the future\u201d which responds to the City of Ballarat\u2019s brief with a \u201cbeautifully hopeful message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we are all different and in different places, and dealing with a lot of technology, we are each all odd and individual, but all look to the one sun, and are warmed by the one sun,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sun comes up every day and can be relied on as something to take us into the future. Our hope also is that after COVID, we remember the kindness, the warmth, and that our earth and sun depend on us continuing to be together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know the lessons of history and hope that we can learn from this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Utilising heritage and found footage, the film may prompt viewers to reflect on the concept of time, or be reminded of society today. The trio hopes the piece is memorable and rewatchable, so people take new details away each time it\u2019s viewed.<\/p>\n<p>McCuskey said it was an unusual and interesting collaborative effort because she couldn\u2019t meet her fellow makers, and they had a short amount of time to put each element together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t go and shoot something&#8230; Couldn\u2019t go and listen to, or decide on music together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talked a lot online about, \u2018what does this thing mean to us?\u2019 We often yearn for something different or something else&#8230; We often yearn for things that are beyond us&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes yearning is a happy or melancholy thing, but it\u2019s a human thing we do together, so we came up with the concept quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The City of Ballarat sees creativity as key to resilience during and following a crisis. Cr Samantha McIntosh said <em>Yearning<\/em>, and Ginkgo\u2019s collaboration, <em>COVID poem<\/em> by Jarrod Hall, poet Justin Hayward and musician Garth Horsfield, have had \u201ccompelling and moving outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese two recordings&#8230;help capture the moment of what we are living through, as well as providing an important outlet to process our emotions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Yum Studio is \u201cincredibly grateful\u201d to council and its Creative City team for acknowledging the value of the arts during such a challenging period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis thing is not about information or being a cultural cop. I feel the arts and culture department have created this commission to support the hearts of the residents of this city and beyond,\u201d McCuskey said.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/creativeballarat.com.au\/stories\"><strong>creativeballarat.com.au\/stories<\/strong><\/a> to view both works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TWO commissioned creative collaborations explore and record what life in Ballarat may be like post-pandemic, as part of council\u2019s Be Kind \u2013 Be Creative initiative. 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