Olivia J. Bennett
is a writer, editor & critic.
She works across narrative development, editorial strategy and cultural insight for creative, design-led projects.
Her writing spans screen, sound, software and the systems that shape them.
She works across narrative development, editorial strategy and cultural insight for creative, design-led projects.
Her writing spans screen, sound, software and the systems that shape them.
“Leaning on popular mythology and culturally specific rituals, Contact High’s curation splinters selfhood into a triad of spiritual negotiations. […] Transference becomes more than the repetition of self-perception—it is the continual practice of swerving into the light of a forked trajectory.”
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.