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“It’ll be a party atmosphere with DJs and all types of things going on,” Thompson said.<\/p>\n
The playsuits were developed during Thompson’s time undertaking a Masters of Contemporary Art at the Victorian College of the Arts which she completed last year.<\/p>\n
“I’ve had a lot of interaction with the playsuits in the public art aspect,” she said.<\/p>\n
“I went to Sydney for two weeks as part of a festival up there, and got into Test Sites with City of Melbourne and did some interactions with students.<\/p>\n
“It’s been successful in experimenting with the idea. I want to continue to grow the playsuits and make more.<\/p>\n
“On the other stream, I’m thinking of maybe doing a bit more of a traditional performance so I’ve applied for opportunities to work with performing arts centres in developing that.”<\/p>\n
The Beings event will take place from 7pm to 11pm on Thursday 13 June. Tickets are available via the ACMI website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A LETHBRIDGE creative is adding to an evening of surrealist celebration as part of Melbourne’s RISING arts festival next week. About a dozen items of wearable art created by Samantha Thompson will feature in an upcoming after dark event at Federation Square called Beings, in partnership with the festival, ACMI, and Universal Everything. Attendees will […]<\/p>\n