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WORDS: ZUHARA YUSOFF<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
SPRING INTO<br />
ACTION<br />
FLOATING<br />
FANTASY<br />
Brisbane comes alive this<br />
month as artists converge to<br />
present a fusion of high art<br />
and pop culture across the city<br />
at the Brisbane Festival. Chae<br />
Lindeman, acrobat and physical<br />
theatre performer, talks about<br />
her show, The Bubble Effect.<br />
WHAT’S THE INSPIRATION<br />
BEHIND THE BUBBLE EFFECT?<br />
I’ve been inspired by the innovation<br />
of European artists and producers in<br />
melding circus aerials with exciting<br />
and unique installations — an arena<br />
almost completely unexplored<br />
before in Australia.<br />
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT<br />
ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP THIS<br />
STUNNING SPECTACLE?<br />
The bubble is a giant 6m<br />
transparent PVC ball with an<br />
aerialist suspended inside, held up<br />
purely by air pressure. The bubble<br />
is most stunning at night when<br />
lights and/or projections bounce<br />
off its surface making it an<br />
enchanting spectacle.<br />
EVENTS /// PROFILES /// FOOD /// PLACES /// STYLE /// SPORTS<br />
WHAT ARE<br />
THE CHALLENGES<br />
AND RISKS INVOLVED<br />
IN THIS ACT?<br />
This is such a new and unusual<br />
concept that I have spent a lot of<br />
time researching and consulting<br />
with riggers, engineers and<br />
infl atable designers. I’m told the<br />
bubble holds enough oxygen for 30<br />
minutes but I’m going to stick to a<br />
10- to 15-minute show for now!<br />
WHAT KIND OF ACROBATIC<br />
MOVES WILL YOU BE DOING IN<br />
THE BUBBLE?<br />
The show inside the bubble will be<br />
based on lyra, which is essentially<br />
a steel hoop suspended from the<br />
ceiling of the bubble.<br />
WHAT’S THE MESSAGE BEHIND<br />
THIS SHOWCASE?<br />
Conceptually, the performance will<br />
feature an aerialist as an alien/<br />
cyborg/bird creature who has been<br />
entrapped and experimented upon,<br />
and now cannot fl y true nor escape<br />
either her literal or self-imposed<br />
“bubble”. It comments on the<br />
irony of “caging” what we fi nd<br />
extraordinary, thus destroying the<br />
beauty we valued in the fi rst place.<br />
The Brisbane Festival is on 3–24<br />
September at various locations<br />
across the city. Details at<br />
brisbanefestival.com.au<br />
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