Dirt Babylon
Dirt Babylon was a special production by The Village collective and former Splinters members at The Village in Glebe Park for the Centenary of Canberra, on the evenings of Friday 22 and Saturday 23 March 2013 at 8pm. Directed by Rebecca Rutter with Ian Pidd, produced by Gavin Findlay and Stuart Vaskess. It was a collaboration in classic Splinters style encompassing the whole Village with contributions from Louise Morris, Tim Wood, Kate MacNamara, Dawn Gardiner, Khail Jureidini, Brian Hincksman, Serena Kershaw, Melissa Edwards, Ben Keaney, Gerald Keaney, Greg Raymond, Gemma Clare, Sara Vancea, Lindsay Dunbar, Phil Moriarty, Renald Navilly and Patrick Troy, Peat Moss, Gordo, Caitlin Lander, Lindsay Heffernan, Cody Anderson, Simone Penkethman, Jack Dallwitz, Reggae, David Burke, the Rat Patrol, Slinky & Snudis, and students from Hawker College coached by Maria Kelliher.
Photographer Martin Ollman captured this evocative set of photos of an evening of Dirt Babylon performance. Below that is footage of some of the performance captured by a team students at the Canberra Institute of Technology led by John Frolich, which also assisted with audio visual production for The Village overall. Further below are photographs of Dirt Babylon taken by Rebecca Rutter, from her Fizzy Fingers website. Scroll down for several evocative images.
