Hear from writer Marita Davies

about ‘The Flying Canoe.’

CREATIVE TEAM

  • Marita Davies

  • Teaote Davies

  • Lucy Harris

  • ASPR Katerina Teaiwa

  • Zoë Barry

  • Bobby Macumber

  • Matari McKenna

  • Emma Bortignon

  • Tahli Corin

    Tahli Corin

  • Sarah Lockwood

EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE

  • Ariteti Botibara

  • Maio Buratio

  • Marian

  • Raobeia

  • Melissa Newton-Turner

  • Victor

  • Climate change

RESOURCE CONTRIBUTORS

  • Fisherman

  • Tabuia

  • Canoe Builder

  • Manweaba

  • Kip - String

  • Nei Maria

Our thanks also to the teachers at the Kiribaati Teachers College who shared their thoughts about how this audio work could be useful in their schools.

The sounds of The Flying Canoe

In partnership with the Victorian Kiribati Association, Threshold held a Kiribati Cultural Day in Kyneton - with performances by the Kiribati community living in Victoria at the time.

Recordings of the singing and dancing performed on the day form an integral part of the soundscape, giving 'The Flying Canoe' a dynamically Kiribati flavour.

The Kiribati Cultural Day was held at the Social Foundry, on the unceded land of the Taungurung people.

You can hear how the energy and rhythm of the live performances has informed the immersive soundscape in this excerpt…

'The Flying Canoe' is a Threshold experience created by Marita Davies, Lucy Harris, Zoë Barry, Tahli Corin and Sarah Lockwood.

It features the voices of Bobby Macumber, Teaote Burabura Davies and Matari McKenna as well as performances from members of the Kiribati diaspora living and working in Victoria. Cultural consultation from Teaote Burabura Davies and Katerina Teaiwa.

THE FLYING CANOE was recorded on the unceded lands of the Taungurung People and developed with the support of Multicultural Arts Victoria, Regional Arts Victoria and the Victorian Kiribati Association.

PARTNERS

Thanks to Commissioning Partners

Dream Big, Adelaide Festival Centre and ArtPlay, City of Melbourne