Jupiter Orbiting

‘Jupiter Orbiting exits in the fuzzy space between mental and physical realities. It is a staging of spillage, with fantasy and corporeality colliding. An audio visual spectacle, a raw exploration into trauma, Jupiter Orbiting is transfixing, awe inspiring and devastating’- Theatre People

‘Pether takes his suffering and offers an insight into his own situation, thus creating an engrossing emotional work of art through his pain’ My Melbourne Arts

‘It’s difficult to decipher or uncover meaning in Pether’s creation, but this is not necessarily to its detriment. In fact it’s possible the show’s puzzling nature is what makes it so mesmerizing to witness’- Perth Arts Live

'After my encounter with Fist and Heel I realised that Pether’s, Randall’s and S.J. Norman’s worlds could only exist in this instance and the fractured past that each work referenced is what made them possible. The works of all three performers flourish in that same in-between world that Wilson articulated so beautifully. Their content alluded to a specific space and place and simultaneously transcended it. Their acts, so deceptively pedestrian at times, were also helping shape and re-energise the Australian Indigenous Dreaming scape for the future' - Vicki Van Hout FORM Dance Projects

JupTiter Orbiting

Independent creator and performer of Kalkadoon heritage, Joshua Pether, takes us on a sci-fi adventure that opens up a new world filled with surreal and fantastical realities- questioning perceptions of what is real and what is not.

In his second solo work, Pether combines movement, sound and video to negotiate the hazy boundaries between fantasy, myth and truth. Charting experiences of isolation and distance, this physical and ritualistic performance negotiates personal identity and body politics. A simultaneously immersive and visceral experience for performer and audience alike, Jupiter Orbiting explores perceptions of trauma, mental health, empathy and self- destruction.

Credits

Lead Creative and Performer: Joshua Pether

Live Sound Design: Daniel Jenatsch

Dramaturges: Shona Erskine (development 1) Humphrey Bower(development 2)

Videography: Neil Berrick

Next Wave Producer: Will Foster

PICA Producer: Tim Carter

Stage Manager (NW): Dans Maree Sheehan

Video Documentation: Adele Wilkes

Photography: Greta Costello

Producer (New York season and SuperCell): Cameron Lansdown-Goodman

Jupiter Orbiting was commissioned and developed through Next Wave X- a Co-Commission with PICA and Next Wave Festival 2018 with support from Department of Culture and the Arts (DCA).

The New York Season was supported through the Australia Council for the arts funding and its advisory body.

Presentation History

2018: Next Wave Festival - Darebin Arts Centre - Melbourne (VIC)

2019: First Nations Dialogues PS122- New York (NY)

2019: SuperCell Festival of Contemporary Dance - Brisbane Power House - Brisbane (QLD)

2019: PICA - Perth (WA)

Press and Reviews

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/speakingout/joshua-pether/9782276

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/awaye/jupiter-orbiting:-a-dance-with-dissociation/10930196

https://indulgemagazine.net/jupiter-orbiting-review/

https://www.seesawmag.com.au/2019/07/witnessing-self-definition

https://mrkategoestothetheatre.wordpress.com/2019/04/10/the-absurd-intimacy-of-jupiter-that-asserts-joshua-pether/