Before Nightfall #13

Musician

Eugene Ughetti is the founding artistic director of Speak Percussion and is known for tackling complex and ambitious projects whether as director, composer, performer or conductor. He has worked with some of the world’s guiding lights in new music including Pierre Boulez, Liza Lim, Steve Reich and John Zorn. Eugene’s works have been presented at Darmstadt (Germany), Roulette (USA), SONICA (UK), Ruhrtriennale (Germany), Mona Foma (Australia), Arts Centre Melbourne (Australia), MONA FOMA (Australia), Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), Ars Electronica (Austria), SIPFest (Indonesia), National Museum (Singapore) and Transart (Italy) among others.

Musician

Tilman Robinson is an Australian composer, producer and sound designer based in Melbourne. He creates electro-acoustic music across a range of genres including classical minimalism, improvised, experimental, electronic and ambient musics. Academy trained in the fields of both classical and jazz composition, Tilman’s diverse output focuses on the psychological impact of sound using acousmatics and subtle manipulations of psycho-acoustics.

Musician

Melbourne-based percussionist Kaylie Melville is a soloist and chamber musician dedicated to contemporary music performance. Noted for her “extraordinary ability to impart a sense of musicality to even the smallest gestures” (Partial Durations), Kaylie is a core artist with new music pioneers Speak Percussion, a co-director of the contemporary ensemble Rubiks Collective and frequently works with leading Australian ensembles and orchestras. In addition to performance, her practice incorporates improvising, directing, curating and education.

Writer

Claire G. Coleman is a Noongar woman whose family have belonged to the south coast of Western Australia since long before history started being recorded. She writes fiction, essays, poetry and art writing while either living in Naarm (Melbourne) or on the road.

During an extended circuit of the continent she wrote a novel, influenced by certain experiences gained on the road. She has since won a Black&Write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship for that novel ,"Terra Nullius". Terra Nullius was published in Australia by Hachette Australia and in North America by Small Beer Press.

Since mid 2020 Claire has been a member of the cultural advisory committee for Agency, a Not-for-profit Indigenous Arts Consultancy.

Video Artist, Collider

Jon works across mediums that include video, photography, sculpture, installation and site responsive work. He is motivated by a mix of field research, science fiction/fact and a love of mysterious stories illustrating the weirdness and wonder of quantum realities hidden just under the surface of everyday life. With 25 years’ experience Jon’s work has been seen in over 53 exhibitions nationally and internationally and his work is included in public and private collections.

Sheah’s current role is Executive Producer at Speak Percussion. Prior to this she held Executive Producer positions at Arena Theatre Company, where she managed the regional relocation of the company, and Snuff Puppets. Other roles include General Manager of Midsumma and Administration and Finance Manager at The Song Room. Sheah has also worked as Program Manager at Arts Victoria (now Creative Victoria), managing the Local Festivals and Artists in Community funding programs.

Audio Recording and Mixing

Curator, Bundoora Homestead