Creative Recovery and Resilience essays

In a collection of 9 essays edited by Vahri McKenzie for artsACT’s Creative Recovery and Resilience Forum Writers-in-Residence Simone Penkethman, Jacqui Malins and Barrina South reflect on the themes and concerns emerging from Forum activities. Simone Penkethman’s response to Keeping it Together, Keeping it Together… 

Temporary assembly amidst change

McKenzie, V. (2022). Temporary assembly amidst change, UPENDING | MENDING: Catalogue of the Twenty-eighth Faculty of Arts & Design Staff Art Exhibition, National Library of Australia. Fires, floods and bugs sweep the country and creatives are exhorted to recover, to build resilience, to resume our 

Between freedom and control: A chorus-centred Bakkhai for community ensemble

McKenzie, V. (2022). Between freedom and control: A chorus-centred Bakkhai for community ensemble, Australasian Drama Studies 80, 253-277. In addition to capturing the heart of the mythological story, the tension between freedom and control explored so vividly in Euripides’ ‘Bakkhai’ can resonate in the creative 

A matter of balance: Visual arts in the Australian Defence Force ARRTS program

McKenzie, V. and Florance, C. (2021). A matter of balance: Visual arts in the Australian Defence Force ARRTS program. AXON: Creative Explorations 11 (2) On the Mend: Care, repair & breakage. This paper examines visual arts practices in the context of Arts for Recovery, Resilience, 

cellF: Surrogate musicianship as a manifestation of in-vitro intelligence

McKenzie, V.; Thompson, N.; Moore, D.; & Ben-Ary, G. (2021). cellF: Surrogate musicianship as a manifestation of in-vitro intelligence. In E. Reck Miranda (ed.), Handbook of Artificial Intelligence for Music: Foundations, Advanced Approaches, and Developments for Creativity (pp. 915-929). Springer. cellF is a collaborative project at the