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WiLdGoose PrOductionsDagmara Gieysztor Born , Poland 1970Contact : +61429377849, Skype ;Dagmara.GieysztorEmail : wildgoosetheatre@gmail.com

Website :https://www.pinterest.com/wildwildgoose/dagmara-gieysztor/

EDUCATION :

-Script writing, Diploma - Prahran College, 1990-Post Graduate Diploma - Performance creation ( Design Major )University of Melbourne -  VCA 2013-Master of design for performance , University of Melbourne - VCA 2015

CURRENT  EMPLOYMENT / ONGOING COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

~ Sessional tutor at Victorian College of the Arts ( University of Melbourne ) - Design for the moving image

~ Founding member of "Quid pro quo"international artist collective

~ Artist residency founder / co- ordinator - Łódź, Poland -( ongoing )

~ Associate artist at Metanoia Theatre company , Melbourne , Australia

~ Theatre research institute - theatre laboratory with Tomek Koman ( ongoing )

AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS

Recipient of the 2015 Trina Parker Award ( Design )

Global mobility scholarship - University of Melbourne 2015

RECENT PROJECTS - 2015_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

- WHAT LIES WITHIN - stage 2 creative development - choreographer Lina Limosani - visual Dramaturgy consultant , set and costume_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

-MIRAGE REFUGE - site specific , visually based live arts project as part of visual dramaturgy investigation,VCA - creator____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

- THE WOODCUTTER'S SON - Limited edition book (18) written by Dagmara Gieysztor ,prints and binding by John Ryrie - in the Collection of: State Library of Victoria, National Museum Canberra, Monash University_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

- WATERTOWER SITE SPECIFIC FESTIVAL -"Towns in need of love" - Bulgaria -                    - community participation project_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

- MASK OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION - Prague Quadrennial - Czech Republic , 2015 - - exhibitor _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

- DYSTOPIA - full lengths dance - choreography Lina Limosani ,VCA                    - visual dramaturgy and set / props - designer / maker_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

- 10cS,  group show / immersive theatre project  - Metanoia Theatre - interactive installation

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- La DISCORSO - LaMama Theatre ( https://soundcloud.com/la-discorso ) - creator /curator / co-host of discussion forum ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   - LOW COST DYPLOMATIC BAG by Peter Burke - currently touring: New York ,Monte Video, London, Santiago De Chile, Auckland, Melbourne, Munich, Oporto, Istambul, Paris, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Stockholm, Rome, San Paulo - contributing artist _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

- CONTAIN YOURSELF - 3 month self directed artist residency at Maribyrnong council creative containers . https://www.facebook.com/Wildwildgoosecontained -curator / artist __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

-"WAWI" - short film by Michael Portway , World premier -Berlin Film Festival 2015 Australian Premier-Melbourne International Film Festival 2015              - Production designer, costume_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2014 - 2013

- "HELL"-two plays in one bill - Metanoia Theatre 2014-"No Exit" - J.P.Sartre /"Bobby Gould goes to Hell" David Mamet - set and costume design- "BUREAU OF WORLDLY ADVICE" - 2014 Melbourne city council - Refugee Week - arts/ participation project - Artistic Director- "GL ry" - AIDS Conference  2014 / VCA & Living Positive Victoria project - Design consultant , structure design and realisation- "THE ORCHARD" - feature film translation( Polish to English ) and dramaturgy

- "FIRST PROVOCATION" , Obsolete Address -, Footscray - live performance - Artistic director

- "MIRAGE REFUGE" -Photographic Documentation exhibited at Brunswick Street Gallery 2014

- "THE PAPER BOAT PROJECT" -interactive installation - various locations - creator

- "BREATH OF EMPTY SPACE" - 2013 directed by Tom Healey -    - visual dramaturg , set and costume design and realisation

- DANCESCAPE. 2013 Vivian Rogis choreographer - set and costume design with Lara Week

- "OUR STREET" -  installation 2013 The Station Agent - Moreart ( Moreland council )

- "THE JOURNEY"  - group exhibition by refugee artists 2013 - Collingwood Gallery

- PAPER - Wyndham Art Gallery - 2013 exhibition

2012 - 1990

-MY LITTLE LIBRARY , YARRAVILLE , ( first Little library in Victoria ) community project , ongoing

-"THE FLOWER HUNTER" - puppet animation film - creator (  https://vimeo.com/44144126 )

- "THE TREE" - limited edition hand made book series  - writer / illustrator

- While you were sleeping >autonomous Inc. inaugural exhibition, Yarraville - contributing artist- Melbourne Book Week – hand made book workshops ,Melbourne Book Festival - Urban beautification projects , various site specific locations, Melbourne- Buddhism teacher at Fo Guan Shan Buddhist college , Melbourne- Doverodde Book Arts Festival participant - Denmark- Hand made book workshops at Papered parlour , London

-"THE GIRL IN THE WELL"- Hand made book series

-Hand made book workshops - Williamstown Literary Festival-Workshops and exhibition at Albury city Library Museum-Hand made book and puppetry workshops ( 6 weeks ) -Hobson's Bay Library-Hand made book workshop –Fathers and children Clifton Creek-Folk tales from around the world- Hobson's Bay- Puppet performance -"Magician"– short film 16mm ( Eat Carpet , SBS )- film maker-"Black and white" – short film 16mm (Eat Carpet, SBS ) - film maker

*Founding member – White Gloves short Film festival

DISCLAIMER :Thank you for reading all these words - my feeling is that my work should speak for itself -pictures give more than words in this case but better still I would be happy to invite you to my next project.

RELATED MEDIA AND LINKS

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-refugees-to-give-free-advice-20140620-zsgxh.html

http://peril.com.au/featured/the-politics-of-casting-and-why-it-matters/

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/onairhighlights/stop-calling-me-a-refugee/1330014

http://theaimn.com/lesson-displacement-bureau-worldly-advice/

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-produce-a-hand-made-book-with-dagmara-gieysztor-tickets-958748643

https://vimeo.com/123295985 Peter Bourke - Low cost Diplomatic Bag

http://www.maribyrnong.starweekly.com.au/story/1829724/yarraville-wildgoose-little-free-library-a-success-story/

https://www.tumblr.com/search/darius%20kedros - sound recording from Conatain yourself artist residency

https://www.berlinale.de/external/de/filmarchiv/doku_pdf/201508682.pdf

http://www.afao.org.au/library/hiv-australia/volume-12/vol.-12-number-3/gl-ry-adventures-in-public-art,-hiv-discourse-and-queer-aesthetics#.VVnnW4waySM

http://doveroddebookarts.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/spor-af-liv.html

http://www.vu.edu.au/sites/default/files/mcd/pdfs/Williamstown-Literary-Festival-Program.pdf

http://watertowerartfest.com/en