To EarthJulie Cleves and Robbie Synge

To Earth is a collaboration that invites the audience to join Julie Cleves and Robbie Synge as they weave together physical actions, film and simply fabricated wooden objects to reveal a personal story and offer a framework for broader conversation. Spanning over a decade, Julie and Robbie’s practice is shaped by a friendship and adventurous spirit that explores where and how they are able to share time and space together.

Held as a gathering for a small audience, Julie and Robbie perform a journey at a pace determined by the biomechanics of two very different bodies, embodying cooperation to and from the earth. 

Julie and Robbie also facilitate a workshop along touring To Earth

Based on some of the questions and challenges they have encountered through their exploration of accessing different places and spaces together, they will ask, where do our distinct and overlapping priorities lie and where might design and solo/cooperative embodied approaches have relevance?

This workshop is aimed at anyone interested in considering how we might physically cooperate with each other, though not necessarily through close physical contact. An inclusive and considerate approach will be prioritised with sensitivity and respect towards personal choices.