Sanctum artists

Lachlan’s award-winning work as artistic director of Sanctum Studio has been described as, ‘forging a dark and surreal dystopia, packed with visual surprises,’ (The Age). In 2012 he won the Impress Prize for The Lost Journals of Pedro Piscator and other tales. His short stories have appeared in publications such as Island Magazine, Going Down Swinging, and Page Seventeen. He lives with his family on a permaculture property on the outskirts of naarm/Melbourne. He creates art on the unceded lands of the Warundjeri. He hopes for a sincere and heartfelt process of makarrata to help heal the scars of this country.

Jasmine has worked with Sanctum Studio since 2006 as publicist, exhibition curator, performer, workshop facilitator and stage manager. Jasmine completed her Masters of Social Work at RMIT in 2013 and did her final Social Work Placement at Borderlands Cooperative. She was published in New Community Quarterly for her article on her community practice in her Local Energy Transfer System (LETS). Jasmine worked in the mental health sector for many years before taking time off to be a mum. She now works on cultural community development programs through her business silent revolution as well as Sanctum Studio.

Chapple creates artistic projects which incorporate installations, theatre, storytelling and puppetry for festivals and schools. He is committed to connecting with people of all abilities and age groups, producing live experiences that entertain, inspire, challenge and amaze. Born and raised in the inglorious outer suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, Julian creates works across various disciplines to distill life’s bounty into intimate, censorial and surreal art experiences. He has studied Zoology, Geography and Animation. His performance background includes ongoing work with The Village Festival, Sanctum Theatre, Magic Lantern Studio and Snuff Puppets.

Stephane is a multi disciplinary French/Australian performing artist based in Melbourne Australia. For the last IO years Stephane as been working very closely to Snuff Puppets, an anarchic giant puppet company that has reached millions of people worldwide. He’s been for Snuff Puppets performing, dancing, Choreographing, directing, designing and building puppets and sets, and teaching in Australia, Europe, Taiwan, Brazil, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Peru, Indonesia, Japan and Democratic Republic of Congo…Stephane as been Dramaturge for Nebahat Erpolat’s choreographies. They won the best dance at the Fringe Melbourne Festival in 2016. Stephane as been commissioned by Fearghus O’Conchuir to choreograph Cure Created in Melbourne and perform in Ireland and France. Stephane choreographed Suis Generis and Vert de Gris with Barbara Amar in France. He has danced for numerous dance companies and choreographers in Europe, to cite few: Sasha Walz&guest, Felix Rucker, Larborgras in Germany, Fearghus O’Conchuir, Rionach Ni Neil, Daghdha, Rex Levitates in Ireland, Tomi Paasonen in Finland, Les Gens D’ Uterpan, Pierre Andre Petit, Serge Ricci in France and David Hernandez, Joanne Leighton, Michele Noiret, Olga de Soto in Belgium.

Ivan Masic is a Melbourne-based creative, who’s work explores the insoluble intimacy between music, light and the moving image. Through his studio practice, Ex Ponto Productions, Ivan has delivered a wide range of creative projects including music videos, short-form documentaries, live performances and site-specific projection art. In 2019, he released his debut album, Neka Neka, through General Purpose records and toured Europe (with Yolngu trio, Malawurr) as lead cinematographer on forthcoming feature documentary, Morning Star. Other credits include opening night projection art for Melbourne Museum’s Revolutions: Records+ Rebels exhibition and full-scale video productions for Warner Music, Barra-Westwind (Arnhem Land), Crown Ruler, RMIT Interior Design, Testing Grounds, Rem use Designs and Festival in Opposition (Serbia). As co-director of Little Projector Company, Ivan has been creating and facilitating the development and exhibition of site-responsive installations, performances, and tours that combine projection art, storytelling, cinema, sound design, puppetry, dance, sculpture and more.

Daniele Poidomani is one of Australia’s leading giant puppet artists. He is versatile and ambitious with skills spanning design, construction, performance, facilitation and direction. Founder and artistic director of the company Memetica, Daniele has created many giant puppets shows in Australia and overseas as well as led many giant puppets making projects, culminating in large-scale performances and involving broad community participation. Daniele has also led and directed international People Puppet Projects for Snuff Puppets, most recently in China, Taiwa, Malaysia and South Korea. Daniele has been an integral collaborator on Woodford Folk Festival’s and its Fire Event for the past 5 years with his giant creations Viktor, Astrid and Naut and The Elders Festival. He is artist associate of Adelaide based company, Open Space and has had continuing involvement with the Village Festival as artist as well as management since its inception. He has been engaged as a designer he has collaborated with a vast array of theatre and music companies including Polyglot Theatre, Papermoon (Indonesia), Galerie Knap (Netherlands), Regurgitator, AAO, The Town Bikes, Aphid, Somebody’s Daughter, Tuida (S Korea), and Point of View (Macau), Puppet and Its Double (Taiwan).

Lee Ramseyer-Bache is a projection artist and filmmaker. He loves to share and celebrate stories. Lee passionately believes in the power of storytelling to foster solidarity amongst humanity. Lee is co-founder of Little Projector Company (Projector Bike). He has led their innovations in mobile projection and site- responsive storytelling, through immersive walking tours and public art performances. He is also co-founded film production company Lightworks Studios. Lee is interested in technological mediation of the living world, the inertia of industrial action in our technological epoch, and site responsive performances that challenge the conventional roles of performer and spectator. Little Projector co-:produced the community-led Trail of Lights Festival (2019). Lee created the video art for The Man Who Cannot Sleep, Sanctum Theatre’s collaboration with Magic Lantern Studio for White Night (2018). His other credits include works for Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Geelong After Dark, Shorts Place in Geelong, Kew Festival, Vivid in Sydney, Testing Grounds in Melbourne, The Substation in Newport, Port Fairy Winter Weekends, Environmental Film Festival Australia, Parramatta Lanes Festival, City of Melbourne Christmas, Perth National Youth Week. His film credits have been screened at EFFA 2018, Sheffield Doc Fest 2013, BBC, Williamstown Centenary Festival, Mapping Melbourne.

Tim has worked in many and varying roles over the years in production and performance, working with differing makers over the years, including – Punctum Theatre, Such as They Are, Sanctum Theatre, Castlemaine State Festivals RKM and The Freda Experience, The Village, National Trust of Victoria, Castlemaine Theatre Company and Humour Foundation.

Nick Wilson is a Melbourne-based giant puppet designer-builder, performer and arts facilitator. His work combines theatre, spectacle, music, narrative and engineering into lively and audacious comments on myth, history, community and the natural world. He is drawn to work that is engaging, fearless and fun – intent on strong images, big themes, high energy, and massive impact. As a core member of Snuff Puppets since 2006, he has developed and toured both mainstage and roaming works, as well as leading People’s Puppet Projects, throughout Asia, Australia, Europe and South America. He’s been with The Village Festival for 13 years as parade artist, crew member, workshop leader and performer. In recent years he has also worked with Creature Technology Company as a sculptural fabricator and with A Blanck Canvas as both Performer and Puppet Builder. Other work includes current musical project Soundfossil;The Mechanical Variety Hour, a mechanical meta-puppet roving act; Convict Paradise, a research-based songwriting collaboration at the Old Melbourne Gaol; Lola the Dancing Bear, a darkly comic street show combining live music, dance and giant puppetry; and a string of original theatrical soundtracks for The Laudanum Project Think Blink Theatre, We are Nothing and Marcel Luconte.