Cat Jones is a performer, writer,
media maker, curator and producer with a special interest in live
interactive art and performance works that engage audience members in an
immersive environment. Over the last 20 years Cat has created and performed
with and for the likes of Blast Theory, Experimenta, The League of Imaginary
Scientists, PVI Collective, The Party Line, One Extra Dance, That Elusive
Thrill, SGLMG, plus collaborations with many individual artists. Cat’s original devised works
include the catgURL series; the Sweetest Switch Bitch in The Conversation
Contraption with The League of Imaginary Scientists; and short animated film
Constellation. She also has a host
of film and tv credits and a BA-Drama, Acting from QUT. Along the way Cat has worked in all
areas of arts management for local, state and federal funding organisations plus
international festivals.Prior to
joining PACT Cat was Creative Co-Producer for the inaugural Splendid Arts Lab
and Co-Director of Electrofringe 2006-2007, an international festival of
experimental, electronic art and culture. Cat was Chair of Electrofringe from
2008-2010.
Company Manager Francesca Cathie
Francesca Cathie is an arts project manager and
administrator.She has worked with
artists and communities on a number of CCD and cultural research projects and
has previously worked for the South Coast Writers Centre, Wollongong City
Council, Marrickville Council, and the Penrith Arts Business Network in
partnership with the University of Western Sydney.She has a background in theatre production; and in
performance – Francesca is a founding member of Frumpus and Sweet FA, and was
involved in the development of the long running Tasmanian Circus Festival
Associate DirectorJulie Vulcan
Julie Vulcan is a performer and interdisciplinary artist, working
across many platforms since 1988. She is a UNSW College of Fine Arts
graduate and between 1988-97 she exhibited her video/sound installations
in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, represented by the 4th and
7thAustralian International Video Festivals, ARX 3 and Experimenta.
Since 1993 she has worked more directly in physical theatre and
performance. Between 1993 and 2001 she co-devised and performed physical
theatre spectacle, including the ‘Godmakers’, ‘Burn’ and ‘Ablaze’with
Icarus Performance Troupe touring nationally and internationally. From
1995 she performed and co-devised work with all-girl performance group
Frumpus, appearing in ‘Crazed’ at The Adelaide Fringe and at the
Performance Space Sydney in 2004. She performed in ERTH’s Sydney
Festival commission ‘Balconies’ and devised and performed ‘B(b)UG’ at
the Performance Space, 2003. She has participated in Time_Place_Space, a
two-week hybrid performance laboratory in 2001 and 2004. Since 2002 she
has been a core member of the ensemble Unreasonable Adults touring
works ‘End of Romance’, ‘Gift/Back’ and ‘The Last to see them Alive’
nationally and Internationally. She has performed in Pacitti Company’s
(UK) ‘Finale’, presented at Spill Fest London 2007 and Liveworks Sydney
2008. Since 2003 Julie has been developing and performing a series of
short works and has an on-going research based practice that also
incorporates work sites on the net. Recent activities include: ‘All that
Remained’ - A month in the country residency, Albury, 2008. ‘Trawl’ -
This is the Time live event at the Bakery, Perth, 2008. Bundanon Artist
residency 2009, ‘The power of constraint’ trilogy 2009 and
‘Un/Disclosed’ a two year web based performance project 2008/9.
Venue and Technical Supervisor Joesph Parro
Joseph Parro graduated with a BCA (Performance) from the University of
Wollongong where he worked as Lighting Designer on Osama the Hero
(Dennis Kelly), Elephant People (Daniel Keene) and Fireface (Marius von
Mayenburg). He has worked with Performing Lines, at Performance Space,
as Sound Operator at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, and
volunteered as Assistant Stage Manager at the Australian Theatre for
Young People. He is also a member of performance collective Applespiel
and a monthly contributor to Eastside FM's alternative arts program
'Something Else'.
Communications Coordinator Kerrii Cavanagh
Kerrii brings more than ten years of strategic arts administration
experience to her role as Communications Coordinator. She managed the
Western Sydney Arts Strategy whilst at Arts NSW, working closely with
local government across multiple artforms and with a focus on
community-driven arts practice. Previously she worked with major
performing arts companies following the Major Performing Arts Inquiry
during her time at the Australia Council for the Arts. Back in the day
she produced community radio on 2SER and Radio Skid Row, and was
involved in the underground music scene in Sydney. Kerrii graduated from
UNSW with a Bachelor of Arts.
