Performance artist and clown Dani Cabs sits down with House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien to chat about honesty in performance, community, and the clown as facilitator. Dani Cabs is an actor and physical comedian based in Brisbane, Australia. He has performed original work in numerous comedy and arts festivals, including Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne …

The Sauce theatre collective sits down (twice) with House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien to talk about teamwork, show redevelopment, and design-led practice. The Sauce is a collective of Brisbane-based emerging theatre artists focused on the creation of new collaboratively devised work. First established in 2015, they have a history of creating work…

Scientist and artist Jeanette Stok sits down with House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien to discuss the minute details of things. Jeanette Stok is both an artist and a scientist. She is particularly interested in how repetitive actions are an integral component of the everyday, the generation of knowledge, identity and heritage. Her practice combines …

Comic book duo Cami Duran & Nick Rees sit down with House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien to talk about growing up overseas, as well as how their journeys are the same and how they differ. Camila Duran and Nick Rees are comic book artists working on visual stories about displacement and identity, using their experiences growing up overseas to explore…

Artist of many hats Michelle Vine sits down with Jonathan O'Brien to talk about empathic embrace, collaboration, and the differences between galleries and museums. Michelle Vine is a contemporary artist and photographer who graduated from QCA in 2016. She has travelled across Queensland and to Germany for her feminist art-science project based on G…

Actor and artist Gemma Elsom sits down with House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien to talk about radical honesty, performance, and social media. Gemma Elsom is a an artist from the Sunshine Coast, with a practice centred in performance. Combining a background in long form improv and the Meisner technique - her work calls for pure honesty from the audi…

Public historian Hilary Davies talks to House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien about what it means to be a historian in 2017. Brisbane writer and historian Hilary Davies writes Australian history books and articles, and historical fiction. She holds a PhD in history and is the author of Surveying Success, an award-winning book about life in colonial Q…

Performance artists Jason McKell and Elizabeth Bloomer of Pipí Cucú Theatre talk to House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien about theatre, skill-sharing, and starting something new in Brisbane, Australia. Pipí Cucú began life in 2016, as a collective that specialises in Physical and Visual Theatre. We are committed to providing access to training and p…

Writer David Oberg sits down with Jonathan O'Brien to talk about voice, style, and the joyous experience of reading. David Oberg is a Brisbane-based writer whose work has been published in The Lifted Brow and Best Australian Stories 2017. See more of David: houseconspiracy.org/david-obergAv House Conspiracy w/ Jonathan O'Brien

Contemporary artist Anna Litwinovicz sits down with Jonathan O'Brien to talk about the natural shift of focus from the physical to the metaphysical. Anna Litwinowicz is a Brisbane based emerging artist currently undertaking a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art) at QUT. She explores a wide range of mediums but focuses primarily on the combinations of…

Visual artists Helen Hardess and Jude Roberts sit down with Jonathan O'Brien to talk about responding to nature, presenting those responses, and the process of doing it all together. Helen Hardess is currently completing a Bachelor of Fine Art, Queensland College of Art majoring in Sculpture. Using a process-driven methodology in a spatial practice…

Visual artist and curator Lachlan McKee sits down with Jonathan O'Brien to talk about the curative process of creation, compartmentalisation, fashion, and the tactility of found objects. Lachlan McKee is concerned with concepts of space, restraint, and tension between empty and resolute matter, whether that be physical or theoretical. He addresses …

Multidisciplinary artist Jacinta Giles sits down with Jonathan O'Brien to discuss moving into art later in life, working with other people's images, and how to establish and maintain a critique group. Currently a research candidate at Queensland College of Art, Jacinta Giles’s practice merges experimental photography, montage and cinematic stills t…

Christian contemporary artist Adele Grobler Dellit talks to House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien about what it's like to be an artist before and after finding faith. Adele's work focuses on her relationship with God. After becoming a Christian in 2016, it became clear to her that there are very few Contemporary Christian artists. She explores what C…

Digitally-focused artist Kailum Graves talks to Jonathan O'Brien about the internet as a tool, curation as art, and the legality of copyright and appropriative works. Kailum Graves is an emerging artist critically obsessed with the artifactual digital object. He works predominantly in the medium of photography and within the sphere of the photograp…

Writer Rosie Funder joins House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien to talk about uncertainty, monomaniacal bodybuilders, and the Melbourne-Brisbane divide (or lack thereof). Also Jack Vening. At the end we mention Jack Vening. Rosie Funder is an emerging writer of creative non-fiction based in Melbourne and Brisbane. In 2015 Rosie completed her Honours …

Interdisciplinary installation artist Ellie-Lea Jansson sits down with Jonathan O'Brien to discuss art-life balance, and how lighting affects our interactions with space. Ellie-Lea’s practice currently explores the role of objects and their power to influence personal and societal identity. Experimenting with a range of processes including text bas…

Photographer extraordinaire Julia Scott Green sits down with Jonathan O'Brien to discuss the complexities of the information age, art as a historical artefact, and the different paths to 'emerging' as an artist. Julia Scott Green is a visual artist who works with and investigates photography. She does so through commercial projects, communications …

Physical theatre-maker and dancer Kristian Santic joins House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien to talk about liminality, enlightenment, and how money and clinical political correctness leads to bad art. Kristian is a Brisbane-based performance artist specialising in the forms of Contact Improvisation, Theatre, and Dance Theatre with a strong curiosity…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien chats with altform about what it's like for a single person to become a collective. altform is a collective of artists working together to collaboratively curate experiences. Through the development of interactive installations, immersive performances, and community oriented events, the collective’s medium is the…

Writer Ella Donald chats with House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien about real life and the internet and how they're becoming more and more the same thing. Ella Donald is an arts and popular culture journalist and critic from Brisbane. Her work regularly appears in the UK-based film magazine Little White Lies in both print and online editions, and al…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien chats with Rachael Wellisch about living in Dubai and how the history of indigo is an illuminating touchstone for New Materialism. Rachael Wellisch’s practice is positioned within a conceptual framework that considers humans and culture in relation to physical matter. The process of indigo dying is integral to We…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien chats with Joseph Burgess about the life of an artist on the road. The works of Joseph Burgess concern palaeontology, the destruction of sacred sites and identity . Combining stop motion animation and time based video art with an anthroposophical sentiment The Australian Mega Fauna project aims to celebrate Austr…

This week we bring you a cross-broadcast and introduction to a new show: Love Letters to F***bois Presents, hosted by Melina Wightman and Lia Stark, available everywhere except iTunes (though soon to be iTunes). You can also check them out here: https://soundcloud.com/loveletterstofuckbois In this letter, the ladies discuss their love of the ;’Mrs …

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien chats with local writer and community radio hero Craig Garrett about juggling projects, having discipline, and the dangers (or lack of dangers) posed by modern technology. Craig Garrett is a Brisbane-based radio and sound producer, creative writer and journalist. He’s produced documentaries for the Community Broa…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien chats with Sampson Smith and Dan Gough of The SUI Ensemble about interactivity, working with an ever-changing team of collaborators, and the shock factor of their work. The SUI Ensemble have been making provocative theatre work in Brisbane for the last 3 years. Comprised of 8ish resident members, the group work h…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien chats with Adam Anderson about identity, performance, Instagram, and taking the middle path. Currently undertaking a PhD in Griffith University, Adam’s practice incorporates masquerade performance, video, animation, projection, sound, drawing, photography and wearable art. His work intersects an eclectic array of…

A broadcast of Craig Garrett's key residency project: The House Conspiracy: A Day In The Life... [A Narrative Soundscape], featuring the artists of Round 8, House Conspiracy alumni, and the character of the House itself in the evolving context of West End.Av Craig Garrett

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien speaks with Ryan Sim, prefacing this cross-broadcast of his new podcast with Jasmine Fairbairn: 'Yarn Storytelling with Ryan and Jasmine'. Yarn Storytelling's next event is this Friday, August 18 @ Metro Arts. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1374386255985593/…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Tess Mehonoshen to discuss decay, writing papers, documentation, and the new necessity of incorporating digital with analogue. Tess Mehonoshen examines the contemporary phenomena of transient living and the ensuing disconnection that occurs with loss of place. Seeking to mimic and disrupt the separ…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Holly Anderson to talk about the 'art-act'. Holly Anderson works principally with painting and drawing mediums with an emphasis on theatrical installation practice. Her strong concerns for narrative, simulation and notions of femininity are found continually in performed reconstructions of a contin…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with April Giblin to chat about colour, queer communities, and the respectful processes that surround telling others' stories. April Giblin experiments with portraiture by using colours to evoke emotion to tell a story. Her art style flirts and blurs the lines between Fauvism, Colour Field, Abstraction …

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Kaitlyn Rogers and together they make a big mess. Kaitlyn Rogers is a comedian, actor and the no.1 fan of Australian icon, Shannon Noll. Kaitlyn trained in France with master clown Philippe Gaulier. She won the London Comedy Virgins Competition and has performed comedy in London, Paris & Brisbane. …

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien talks with author Tamara Lazaroff about developing as a writer, the origins of inspiration, and 'Macedonian-ness'. Tamara Lazaroff is an emerging writer of fiction and creative non-fiction based in Brisbane. Her work has been published, performed and broadcast in Australia, New Zealand and the U.K. She is current…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien talks with Sonny O'Brien about developing a multidisciplinary practice, working with technology, and the politics of global issues. Sonny O’Brien is a multidisciplinary artist exploring themes of impermanence, chance, power, and emergence. He abusively merges digital and traditional mediums, producing interactive…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien chats with House Conspiracy's first ever Resident dancer and choreographer, Chloe Jane Hambleton, about contemporary dance, teaching, and her processes as an emerging artist. Chloe Jane Hambleton is an emerging contemporary dance artist. Chloe recently graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance Performance), f…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Sancintya Simpson to talk about the history of her family across the globe and the process of unveiling that history. We also talk about intergenerational trauma, decolonisation, and about the artist as a facilitator for healing. Sancintya Mohini Simpson is an interdisciplinary artist and writer wh…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Caroline Kropp to discuss her show 'The Repairman', and the representation of your own stories compared with other people's, verbatim theatre, and the chemical contamination of Oakey. Listen and subscribe on iTunes.Av House Conspiracy w/ Jonathan O'Brien

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Peter Kozac to discuss vulnerability, how form and process are intertwined with the nature of a work, and how to make that work universally accessible. Peter Kozak is an emerging artist whose practice focuses on representations of human fragility and vulnerability in video and video performance art…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Matt Seery to chat about his directorial debut of Tim Crouch's 'ENGLAND', Brisbane's arts scene, and what a modern arts career might look like. Listen and subscribe on iTunes.Av House Conspiracy w/ Jonathan O'Brien

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Aron Oroszvari to read and discuss Aron's story 'Tomato', and to talk about reading, writing, dogs, and babies. Aron Oroszvari is a fledgling writer who composes minimalist fantasy and surrealist short stories. He is based in Brisbane and splits his time between writing working as a check-in attend…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Rebekah Evans to discuss truth, ecocentrism, the divide between humanity and nature, and how to create and experience things from outside your own perspective. Rebekah Evans is Brisbane based artist working in the mediums of drawing & weaving. In 2016 Evans studied Fine Arts with Honours at QCA, cr…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien speaks with Gwan Tung Dorothy Lau about identity, the personal and the political, moving cities, and, for a surprising amount of the show, time travel. Gwan Tung Dorothy Lau critically examines the construction of cultural and racial identity. She critiques the generalised portrayal of the East Asian culture thro…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Amanda Wolf, performance and installation artist, about sewing, performance, and watching (or not watching) scary movies as kids. Amanda Wolf is a Brisbane based artist and Co-Director of the SX+ Collective. Wolf graduated from the Queensland College of Art with First Class Honours in 2013 in addit…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with local writer Rebecca Cheers to talk about publishing, writing novels, ambition, and literature. Rebecca is the founding editor of Woolf Pack, a Brisbane-based zine publishing femme and non-binary artists. She is studying creative writing at QUT, is working on her first novel, and she wants a new pe…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Rhiannon Dionysius to talk sculpture, the body, the difference between community and personal arts practices, and Shia Labeouf. Rhiannon Dionysius is a Brisbane-based artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation. Her work explores representations of the body and vulnerability, and engag…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Lia Stark to talk sexuality, feminism, New York, and why she's so damn angry. Lia Stark is a Brisbane-based independent theatre-maker whose practice is focused on extending the female voice. Since graduating from QUT in 2014, she has gone onto work with Punchdrunk's Sleep No More in New York City a…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Alice Hung to discuss bamboo, the blurred distinction between artistic and utilitarian creation, and how bamboo is so contextual in how it's valued as a medium. Alice Hung does awesome things with bamboo. She hasn't been able to send through a bio yet because she's overseas, but House Conspiracy is…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Jesse Perrin to talk process-based art, happiness, experience, and haircuts. Jesse Perrin is a Brisbane based contemporary artist whose practice primarily involves soft sculpture, featuring the occasional uncanny aspect. Recently the artist has delved into the digital realm, branching off into soun…

House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien sits down with Caitlin Strongarm on a sleepy morning for a shockingly articulate conversation about games, play, childhood, and the different ways of framing theatre, action, and intent. Caitlin Strongarm is a vaudevillian maelstrom who creates and performs wild, heart-felt and charming acts of interactive theatr…