The becken project
Ken Evans and Rebecca Russell
short films installation visual theatre
The Becken Project specialises in exploring ways to collaborate with children and artists with rigour, inquiry and intrigue. With visual theatre at its core, The Becken Project creates short films, visual theatre and installation for adults and children.
Since 2005 Ken Evans and Rebecca Russell have been collaborating as The Becken Project.
With an emphasis on thinking, challenging perception and professional artistic and creative practice, The Becken Project have produced several works including two full scale visual theatre performances at ArtPlay (2007, 2009), four short films (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010) and a permanent installation (2007). From 2006-2009 Ken and Rebecca curated and coordinated ArtPlay’s annual Puppet Lab, a nine day event of performances and workshops for children with professional puppeteers.
Having recently relocated to Regional Victoria, The Becken Project's most recent work has been a response to and collaboration with rural community and place. Illuminated By Fire, Creswick was part of a state wide Regional Arts Victoria project. A show of light and fire, smoke, shadow and illusion created in collaboration with Fire Ecologists from the University of Melbourne. More on Illuminated By Fire.
The Becken Project are also in early stages of exploring Performance Installation for the very young and their adults an exciting and insightful new direction, stay tuned.
Ken Evans is a veteran designer, puppeteer and puppet maker for visual theatre. Ken was co-founder and Artistic Director of Internationally acclaimed company, Handspan.
Rebecca Russell is a director, writer, facilitator and collaborator. Rebecca works across artforms including theatre, new media and installation.
Ken Evans and Rebecca Russell revel in the art of puppetry, the intrigue of theatre, the thrill of creation and find collaborating with children inspiring.
Between them they have entertained the King of Thailand with visual theatre,
been lost in the desert with indigenous elders, performed on the Yarra River, celebrated domestic bliss with comedy and physical theatre and laughed their heads off with a room full of kids speaking 15 different languages.
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