Professional Roles (2011-present)
Since moving to Australia in 2011 I have worked on the following projects. You’ll need to look elsewhere to see a list of my own art works or my work at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland or Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.
Academic Chair & Curatorial Circle I worked closely with ANAT CEO Melissa Delaney and SPECTRA Curator David Pledger to oversee the call for papers and peer-review of submissions for SPECTRA 2022. I chaired the day-long symposium 36 Ideas to While Away the Winter.[/icon_timeline_feat][icon_timeline_feat time_title=”School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne 2019 – 2022″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcis.unimelb.edu.au||target:%20_blank|”]
Artist in Residence. Seconded to CIS to develop relationships and projects between artists and computer scientists. Specifically developing the mixed reality public art work Child of Now.[/icon_timeline_feat][icon_timeline_feat time_title=”Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, USA January – February 2019″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2Fjackman-goldwasser-residency-at-hyde-park-art-center-chicago%2F|||”]
Jackman Goldwasser Artist in Residence. Artist apartment, studio, rehearsal space and technical support provided by Hyde Park Arts Center, travel provided by City of Chicago.[/icon_timeline_feat][icon_timeline_feat time_title=”Blast Theory, 20 Wellington Road, Brighton, UK April – June 2018″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blasttheory.co.uk%2Fperson%2Frobert-walton%2F||target:%20_blank|” time_read_text=”Read More on Blast Theory website”]
Artist in Residence. Recipient of pvi collective and Australia Council of the Arts International Residency Program.[/icon_timeline_feat][icon_timeline_feat time_title=”Blood, Dec 2016 – Feb 2017″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fp%3D1037|||”]
Curatorial Advisor. Science Gallery Melbourne’s inaugural exhibition program Blood. Dec 2016- Feb 2017[/icon_timeline_feat][icon_timeline_item time_title=”British Migrants: Instant Australians?, Melbourne Immigration Museum, June 2016″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fmuseumsvictoria.com.au%2Fimmigrationmuseum%2Fwhats-on%2Fbritish-migrants-instant-australians%2F||target:%20_blank|”]Concept Consultant. New major touring exhibition developed by Melbourne Museums for The Immigration Museum, June 2016.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Post Show Discussions, Arts House, 2016″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fp%3D945|||”]
Chaired the following post-show discussions at Arts House Season 1 and 2 in 2016:
Ashley Dyer, Nigel Brown and company, Tremor (17 November 2016)
Tamara Saulwick & Kate Neal, Permission to Speak (24 November 2016)
Melanie Jame Wolf/Savage Amusement, Mira Fuchs (9 June 2016)
Dalisa Pigram & Rachael Swain of Marrugeku, Cut the Sky (7 July 2016) [/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”‘The Pedagogy of Adrian Howells’, 2016″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fp%3D913|||”]
Writer. Book chapter in It’s All Allowed: The Performances Of Adrian Howells by Heddon, D and Johnson, D (Eds.), 2016.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”ACMI Events: In Conversation With Simon Wilkinson, March 2015″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fp%3D794|||”]Interviewer. Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia, 10 March 2015.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Post Show Discussions, Arts House, 2015″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fp%3D807|||”]
Chaired the following post-show discussions at Arts House in 2015:
Nicola Gunn, Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster (12 November 2015)
Martin Friedel and Michael Kieran Harvey, Dance of the Bee (12 September 2015)
Matthew Sleeth, A Drone (11 September 2015)
Kate McIntosh, All Ears (4 September 2015)
Jo Lloyd, Confusion for Three (27 August 2015)
Ahil Ratnamohan, SDS1 (22 August 2015)
Tamara Saulwick, Endings (14 May 2015)
Post, Oedipus Schmoedipus (7 May 2015) [/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Live Performance: Hopelessly Outdated or the Perfect Antidote to Digital Slacktivism?, August 2014″]
Curator and Chair. Supper Club event with Emily Sexton, Prof Julian Meyrick. Arts House, Melbourne, Australia, 5 August 2014[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”A Filibuster of Dreams, March 2014″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.artshouse.com.au%2Fevents%2Fa-filibuster-of-dreams%2F||target:%20_blank|”]Dramaturg. Durational solo performance by Sarah Rodigari, 1 performer, FOLA, Arts House, Melbourne, Australia, 22 March 2014. [/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”The Festival of Live Art has arrived … but what is live art?, March 2014″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fp%3D532|||”]Writer. The Conversation, 14 March 2014.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_feat time_title=”ENUF is Enough, Feb – June 2014″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fp%3D881|||”]
Producer. A 28 minute documentary film by Guilio Tami, with 25 actors. In collaboration with Living Positive Victoria and The Positive Speaker’s Bureau. Premiered AIDS2014: 20th International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, Australia. Watch online – password: ENUF
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Chaired the following post-show discussions at Arts House in 2014:
Chunky Move and Antony Hamilton, Keep Everything (21 August 2014)
Dewey Dell, Marzo (11 October 2014)
one step at a time like this, Since I Suppose (28 October 2014)[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”‘Bewildering Behaviour: Practice as Research for audiences and other creators of immersive performance’, 2014″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fp%3D689|||”]Writer. ‘Bewildering Behaviour: Practice as Research for audiences and other creators of immersive performance’, Australasian Drama Studies Issue 65, pp.122-144.
[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Acting up – climate change cause needs performers’ help, July 2013″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fp%3D462|||”]Writer. The Conversation, 8 July 2013.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_feat time_title=”In Your Hands, March 2013 – March 2016″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fproject%3Din-your-hands|||”]
Concept and Project Design. Four groups of artists commissioned to create four new artworks mediated through hand-held technology. Festival Of Live Art, Arts House, Australia Council for the Arts, March 2013 – March 2016. Co-authored with Angharad Wynne-Jones[/icon_timeline_feat][icon_timeline_feat time_title=”HOT: New Dance and Performance from Australia, Dec 2012 – July 2014″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fproject%3Dhot-new-dance-and-performance-from-australia|||”]
Curator. International festival of leading Australian performance work. Tramway for The XXth Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, UK, December 2012 – July 2014.
[/icon_timeline_feat][icon_timeline_item time_title=”It’s an Earthquake in my Heart, Oct-Nov 2013″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fproject%3Dblack-marble-beardoil|||”]Director and adaptation. Studio theatre performance, adapted from the work of the same name by Goat Island, 12 performers, Studio 45, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia, 25 October-1 November 2013[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Next Wave Curatorial Committee, 2013-14″]
Member of Selection Committee for Kickstart Programme and Next Wave Festival representing theatre and performance.
[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Near and Far, February 2013″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fproject%3Dfish-game|||”]Video and performer. Young people’s theatre, 3 performers, Tramway 1, Glasgow, UK, 17-21 February 2013.
[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Post Show Discussions, Arts House, 2013″]Chaired the following post-show discussions at Arts House in 2013:
Stephanie Lake and Robin Fox, A Small Prometheus (17 October 2013)
Branch Nebula, Whelping Box (6 September 2013)
Roslyn Oades, I’m Your Man (5 September 2013)
Hydra Poesis, Prompter (15 August 2013)[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Fight The Landlord, August 2012″]Chair. Arts Centre Melbourne, Kenneth Myer Asian Theatre Series with Pan Pan Theatre (Ireland) and the Beijing Square Moon Culture Company (China). Discussion with performers, artistic director and writer Sun Yue and designer Gao Yiguang. Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 31 August 2012.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Digital Media in Community Performance: A New Model for Participation, June 2012″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fs%3Djapan|||”]
Keynote Speaker Theatre Planning Network, Olympic Centre, Tokyo, Japan, 5 June 2012. Writer of guest article for Theatre & Policy Journal (Japanese)[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Intimate Spaces: Horror, Wonder, Desire and the Perception of Presence, May 2012″]Masterclass Day-long workshop for professional dancers, theatre makers and digital artists at theaterszene europa festival and University of Cologne, Germany, 31 May 2012.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Post Show Discussions, Arts House, 2012″]
Chaired the following post-show discussions at Arts House in 2012:
Anthony Hamilton and Melanie Lane, Clouds Above (8 March 2012)
Suitcase Royale, Zombatland! (14 March 2012)[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”‘Transdisciplinary Form and Production: Reflections on Translation, Embodiment and Mobility (through Alma Mater, 2011)’, 2012″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fp%3D296|||”]Co-Writer, with Oliver, J. ‘Transdisciplinary Form and Production: Reflections on Translation, Embodiment and Mobility (through Alma Mater, 2011)’, The Second International Conference on Transdisciplinary Imaging at the Intersections between Art, Science and Culture pp.300-309.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Are the Live Arts dead? The Role of Live Arts in Contemporary Society, November 2011″]Keynote Speaker. Regional Cultural Network 2011, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, 3 November 2011.[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”A Mouthful of Birds, October 2011″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fproject%3Da-mouthful-of-birds|||”]Director. Play, studio theatre performance, written by Caryl Churchill, 11 performers, Grant Street Theatre, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia, October 2011.
[/icon_timeline_item][icon_timeline_item time_title=”Unity (1918), June 2011″ time_link_apply=”more” time_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Frobertwalton.net%2F%3Fproject%3Dvictorian-college-of-the-arts|||”]Director. Play, studio theatre performance, written by Kevin Kerr, 6 performers, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia, June 2011.
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