Bundanon

Roslyn Oades is a Naarm-based theatremaker and dramaturg known for her innovative approaches to documentary theatre, having created ten contemporary performance works in this field.

She regularly collaborates with internationally-acclaimed sound artist extraordinaire Bob Scott. The Enormous Radio project sees Roslyn and Bob continue their long-term artistic partnership in what is their sixth creative documentary project together, alongside new collaborations with award-winning writer/dramaturg Sarah Walker, creative technologist Bob Jarvis and others.

In 2021, Roslyn & Bob premiered their first major theatrical audio installation project, The Nightline a work about loneliness and connection, which featured fifty interactive telephone tables and hundreds of real-life late-night anonymous voice messages. Following critically-acclaimed seasons at Sydney Festival and Adelaide Festival, The Nightline had its international debut at the Carrefour International de Theatre festival in Quebec in 2024. The Enormous Radio continues Roslyn’s exploration of ‘expanded-theatre’ forms.

In Residence at Bundanon

The plan for our residency is to further develop an interactive sound installation called, THE ENORMOUS RADIO. Harnessing the power of machine learning, movement detection, voice enhancers and translation software, we intend to transform a ramshackle circle of old radios into a séance of machine-mediums, capable of receiving uncanny messages from the animal world…

This residency provides time and space for director Roslyn Oades to collaborate with sound designer Bob Scott, dramaturg/documentor Sarah Walker and creative technologist Bob Jarvis. Together they will workshop and resolve core aspects of THE ENORMOUS RADIO’s audio score, structure and interactivity.