​IMPRESSABILITY, 2013
Funded by Arts NSW,Australia
Regional Youth Support Service, NSW,Australia, 2013
NAISDA Dance Collage, 3013

   "That's what mark making is, something that come out of you" 
                                Nicole, Participant
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Impressability: six-month residency in RYSS regional youth support services and funded by artsnsw, nsw, australia. The project sought to empower twelve young people with disabilities to explore  their identities through drawing, photography and performance. NAISDA. National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association. NAISDA Dance College is Australia's premier Indigenous training college, producing the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers).
​Three young dancers moved through powered charcoal while three young artsits tracved the dancers movements creating an emboodied visual dialouge as a site for an encounter. 

​Lead artist: Kiera O'Toole
Co-ordinator: Sharon Aldrick, RYSS regional youth support services
NAISDA dancers https://naisda.com.au​
Choreography by Brett Parker  "BILLYARA". 
Photography by Angelo Akehagias
Cinematography by Alex Roussos 
Sound by Grady Hensaw 
Music by Gotye

I lead a team of artists in mentoring a group of emerging artists with disabilities, in drawing, performance art and digital media resulting in a large-scale exhibition and catalogue. Video 3: Three young Aboriginal dancers moved through powered charcoal and graphite while young artists traced the dancers movements creating an embodied visual dialogue that became a site for the conscious and unconscious to encounter.