OLIVIA J. BENNETT

WORKOVERVIEW

I’m an arts writer, researcher and critic based in Australia, open to commissions and collaborations. 

I also work as a freelance communications specialist across brand, content and cultural strategy. 

If you’d like to see my portfolio or chat about a project, feel free to get in touch.

DRUNKEN MIND,
HEAVY HEART

Written by Olivia J. Bennett
Edited by Anador Walsh 
Published online by Performance Review
      Contact High was an exhibitionist AA meeting. There was karaoke, dancing and a macabre piñata. A packed crowd, drinking lowballed liquor and huffing clouds of HQD, spectated three lost souls as they waded, wrangled and wracked through the fellowships’ twelve tenets.

      Kenneth Suico, Nostos, Sing It To Me (Balikbayan), performance documentation, Contact High 2023, Gertrude Glasshouse, Naarm (Melbourne). Photo: Machiko Abe. Documentation facilitated by Open Practice Studio. Courtesy of Gertrude and Performance Review.
      Sophie Gargan, when did you stop laughing, 2023, performance documentation, Contact High 2023, Gertrude Glasshouse, Naarm (Melbourne). Photo: Machiko Abe. Documentation facilitated by Open Practice Studio. Courtesy of Gertrude and Performance Review.
      Diego Ramírez, I am a ‘diaspora’ Latinx. Hola. It means everyone back home thinks I am basic, 2023, performance documentation, Contact High 2023, Gertrude Glasshouse, Naarm (Melbourne). Photo: Machiko Abe. Documentation facilitated by Open Practice Studio. Courtesy of Gertrude and Performance Review.