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 

‘Come all savage creatures’: Becoming Bakkhai in the south west of Western Australia

McKenzie, V. & Boxall, K. (2021): ‘Come all savage creatures’: Becoming Bakkhai in the south west of Western Australia. In A. Harris & S. Holman Jones (eds.), Affective Movements, Methods and Pedagogies (pp. 142-157). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. This paper tracks affective dimensions of participation in 

Normal Milk

McKenzie, Vahri (2019). Normal milk. In M. Granger et al. (eds.), Storyfire: Winning stories from the Stuart Hadow Prize: 2005-2018 (pp. 187-192). Swanbourne, Australia: The Fellowship of Australian Writers WA. The work explores the gap between language and communication through innovative use of artificial language,