David Pledger Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, VIC, AU

Australia

Longstanding friends and collaborators, David Pledger and Yorta Yorta/Wurundjeri man, actor, curator and director Tony Briggs have established the collaborative practice, Tomorrow’s Pasts under the moniker – briggsnpledger.Inspired by the multimedia theatre event, K, produced by NYID, written and directed by dp and starring Tony, Tomorrow’s Pasts is a.

Australia And International

2021-2022 Curator, ANAT SPECTRA 2022:: Multiplicity (Melbourne, online)2020 Co-Curator, Assembly for the Future (online)2018-2019 Director and Co-Writer, Meaninglessness (Denmark)Consultant, TarraWarra Museum of Art (Yarra Valley, Victoria)2014-2018 Initiated, developed and delivered artistic projects, curatorial events and culturaldevelopment initiatives.

Melbourne, Australia

Founding Artistic DirectorBuilt cross-sectoral dramaturgy enabling collaborations with sociologists, cultural theorists, scientists, computer programmers, media artists and performance practitioners. Practice interests include the body, the politics of power, public space, climate change and social justice.Recipient of Sydney Myer Performing Arts Award and.

Melbourne, Australia

Artist-in-Residence at social change philanthropic, Igniting Change where he advised, visited and participated in projects including book and essay publication, field research on the neurological transmission of empathy in the work of Marina Abramovic, project visits to prisons in Hobart and Melbourne, sex worker support centres, asylum-seeker networks and.

National

Developed, created and curated the Multiplicity edition of the biennial national platform, SPECTRA, for the Australian Network of Art and Technology (ANAT). Involved creating contemporary curatorial concept and hybrid delivery mechanism; appointing a curatorial circle of advisors; selecting artists, scientists, technologists and cultural operators to.

Gold Coast

Conceived, directed and curated by David Pledger and produced by Bleached Arts, Hoteling is a locative art-series designed to 'publicise' the private spaces of hotels and consider the borders between the two. Established as biennial event in the lead-up to the Commonwealth Games, Hoteling's two immersive theatre editions were presented in a site-specific.

Adelaide, Australia

Co-Directing with dramaturg, How Ngean Lim, the Singapore-Australia Meeting of the ADN including curating program, speakers and participants

The Arts Centre, Gold Coast

Brussels Area, Belgium

The key objectives were to establish the project, its visibility, viability and vitality in the European performing arts environment and activate the presence of Australian artists and cultural operators at a time when Australia’s visibility was poor. Principal responsibilities were brokering artistic and financial partnerships between artists, producers.

Melbourne University

CollabLab was a whole-of-college inter-disciplinary module, an inclusive program, open in concept and with flexible parameters. The educational focus was on assisting the artist-student to discover more about their own practice. The pedagogical responsibility was shared between them and the program leadership whose job was to propose ideas, establish.

School Of Drama

Primary responsibility was the creation and establishment of a teaching subject for the inaugural intake of Acting Students at KNUA in 1994. This subject was further developed in 1997 alongside the making of the School's first graduating production at the National Theatre of Korea. Both appointments incorporated a research component.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), School Of Architecture And Design, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Asian Studies

Diploma Of Dramatic Art, Acting

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Cinema