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    Past Projects

    Equilibrium

    Equilibrium

    This project is in many ways a development of The Harmonic Oscillator, however Equilibrium has it's focus on the effects of sound within ...
    The Harmonic Oscillator

    The Harmonic Oscillator

    An international partnership (UK/Australia) over 3 years, this project places a contemporary artist within a functioning hospital ward. R...
    Shadow Places

    Shadow Places

    Shadow Places is a collaboration with place, history and consequence. Featuring 9 sites of projections onto round hay bales, lighting and...
    DIRt

    DIRt

    DIRT (Dance In Regional disasTer zones) is an ongoing project initiated by dancer Ros Crisp who's practice is interested in "channelling w...
    I Just Can't Say That Word

    I Just Can't Say That Word

    This arts and health project was a collaboration between artists Mayu Kanamori and Vic McEwan, exploring Mayu’s diagnosis and treatment f...
    Artlands Opening

    Artlands Opening

    Artlands was the 2016 Regional Arts conference held in Dubbo, NSW. Vic was invited to collaborate as one of the lead artists on the openi...
    Spark

    Spark

    Sit back under the stars, forget the world for a while and be back in time for dinner! Join us beneath a vast night sky for SPARK, a cine...
    The Echo in our Walls

    The Echo in our Walls

    Outback Theatre for Young People invited Vic to work as a collaborating artist, using video sound and installation to help tell this loca...
    Portrait of a Shimmering Self

    Portrait of a Shimmering Self

    Portrait of a Shimmering Self Just Waiting to be Touched was a solo exhibition by Vic McEwan at the Griffith Regional Arts Gallery. The e...
    Grace Before Meals

    Grace Before Meals

    Grace Before Meals started in 2009 when songwriter Vic McEwan entered a studio with the desire to make an album with a revolving line up,...
    National Musum of Australia

    National Musum of Australia

    Vic was the 2015 artist in residence at the National Museum of Australia, creating a number of large scale artistic outcomes including Th...
    On Common Ground

    On Common Ground

    Vic was the Artistic Director of On Common Ground, a 3 day festival of textiles, performance, video projection, installation, story telli...
    Water Well

    Water Well

    Water Well was a sound installation committed for the opening of MAMA in Albury. Recorded in an old well that was re-discovered during th...
    Tunnel of Anatomy

    Tunnel of Anatomy

    Late one night in 2015 at The National Museum of Australia, Vic created the installation Tunnel of Anatomy. It invited audiences members ...
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    The projects below are currently being re-formatted to appear in the same format as the projects above. 

    Almost an Embrace
    • Almost an Embrace
    • An interactive gallery installation

    Still Point Turning
    • Still Point Turning
    • Composition for Solo Dance Performance

    PS Enterprise
    • PS Enterprise
    • Sound and video performance installation

    Moondance
    • Moondance
    • Composition for solo Tess De Quincey Dance piece

    Buckingbong to Birrego
    • Buckingbong to Birrego
    • A three day walk over 45km's

    Razor Wire
    • Razor Wire
    • Video and Sound Installation

    In The Heart of Our Past
    • In The Heart of Our Past
    • Co-Director - Drive in Radio Play

    Lake Bogong Sound Walk
    • Lake Bogong Sound Walk
    • Audio Installation exhibited at ANU

    Yenda Rain
    • Yenda Rain
    • A year project examining trauma recovery

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    Hook
    • Hook
    • A collaborative performance with a blacksmith.

    Tuned City Infrastructure
    • Tuned City Infrastructure
    • Design and install of tuned safety bollards

    100 Notions from a Nation of Two
    • 100 Notions from a Nation of Two
    • An immersive new media installation

    Roadside Frequencies
    • Roadside Frequencies
    • A remote highway performance installation

    Uncovered : Uncovered
    • Uncovered : Uncovered
    • A night of curated gallery based performance

    Small Voices Made Loud
    • Small Voices Made Loud
    • A performance installation on a huge grain silo.

    The Cad Factory
    • The Cad Factory
    • Artistic Direction of this dynamic multi-arts ARI

    Thirteen
    • Thirteen
    • Solo dance piece. Composition by Vic McEwan

    Siren's Song
    • Siren's Song
    • Large performance exploring the Briisbane CBD.

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    Underpass
    • Underpass
    • Presented as part of the Sydney Festival 2014

    Bogong
    • Bogong
    • Sound, Art & Environment Masterclass

    Box of Birds
    • Box of Birds
    • Composition for Dequincey Co performance.

    A Night of Wonder - SunRice
    • A Night of Wonder - SunRice
    • The SunRice and Cad Factory Contemporary Arts Partnership

    Tipping Point
    • Tipping Point
    • A Commission for the Canberra Centenary

    Grong Grong Creative House
    • Grong Grong Creative House
    • An Arts Lab in the confines of a remote Motor Inn.

    Dance Diaries Narrandera
    • Dance Diaries Narrandera
    • Short Dance Film

    8 Artists
    • 8 Artists
    • A collaboration that explored grief and rememberance.

    Reverberate
    • Reverberate
    • Interactive Festival of Sounds - OTYP

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    From Our School House
    • From Our School House
    • A collaborative site specific installation

    Dance Diaries 1
    • Dance Diaries 1
    • A dance film - Composition by Vic McEwan

    I Have a Dream
    • I Have a Dream
    • Composition for the Documentary about this iconic mural.

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    Listen Now Walk
    • Listen Now Walk
    • An immersive site specific audio adventure

    Bluetooth, Bluebeard, Blackeye
    • Bluetooth, Bluebeard, Blackeye
    • Reappropriation of intrusive marketing technology.

    Borrowed Language
    • Borrowed Language
    • Performance which explores cultural heritage.

    Police Emergency
    • Police Emergency
    • A theatre show exploring over exposure to trauma

    Grace Before Meals
    • Grace Before Meals
    • A band . Beautiful and creepy.

    Solomon Toilet
    • Solomon Toilet
    • A holy sound installation in a toilet cubicle.

    Hydro-phone
    • Hydro-phone
    • An outdoor installation using deep ocean sounds.

    Quietly Collapsed
    • Quietly Collapsed
    • A Dance film commissioned by BBC and ABC

    In Repose
    • In Repose
    • Series of site specific performacne & installations.

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    She Had to Put in Contact Lenses....
    • She Had to Put in Contact Lenses....
    • Video installation. Misheard and misrepresented.

    Box Freezer Romance
    • Box Freezer Romance
    • An Avant Garde Rock Band

    The Woman and the Sea
    • The Woman and the Sea
    • Performance commission.