Know My Name: Philippa Cullen

Learn about the work of pioneering performance artist Philippa Cullen (1950-1975) with contemporary artists Diana Baker Smith, Brooke Stamp and Jo Lloyd.

Philippa Cullen used the movement of the body to generate sound, notably with a theremin, a musical instrument controlled without physical contact. Despite the originality of her art, Cullen is now little known having died prematurely at the age of 25. Almost 50 years since her death, Cullen’s work continues to inspire Australian performance practice.

Join us in the James Fairfax Theatre for a free film screening of Diana Baker Smith’s The Lost Hour (2021) and The One Hour Concert (2021) with performance and choreography by Brooke Stamp. Screenings will be followed by a performance in the exhibition Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now of Jo Lloyd’s Archive the Archive (2020).

The performance will include flashing lights.

Jo Lloyd’s Archive the Archive commission generously supported by Phillip Keir and Sarah Benjamin (The Keir Foundation). With thanks to The SUBSTATION, Melbourne.

Diana Baker Smith’s The Lost Hour (2021) and The One Hour Concert (2021) have been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body; by the NSW Government through Create NSW; and UNSW Art and Design.