Wendy McPhee performing Reimagining Jean, low to the ground on a dark stage.

Contemporary Performance Artist / Creator / Educator

WEN ON EARTH

Wendy (Eddie) McPhee

Radical contemporary performance across dance, theatre, circus, cabaret, installation and community-engaged practice.

Reimagining Jean. Photo: Georgia Haupt

About

Authentic, risk-taking work for more than 40 years.

Wen is one of Australia's most radical contemporary performance artists. Her practice is theatrical, physical, provocative, absurd, intimate and community-engaged.

After dancing with Mantis, DanceNorth and Tasdance, she founded Softcore Inc. and has continued to create work across black box theatres, non-traditional venues and collaborative community processes.

Works

Selected Work

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REIMAGINING JEAN performance image.

REIMAGINING JEAN

Creator / Performer - In Development

A provocative contemporary performance work exploring the erosion of the feminine presence and an increasingly uncertain world.

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Photo: Georgia Haupt

THE CATALOGUE OF FORGETTING performance image.

THE CATALOGUE OF FORGETTING

Creator / Director / Choreographer

Unconventional, joyous and genuinely moving, a work about the tug of war between remembering and forgetting.

Project: [Click]

Photo: Fiona Cullen

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DOUBLE HAPPINESS

Performer / Creator

A glimpse from the archive: irreverent, theatrical and sharply physical work from McPhee's long-running practice.

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Photo: Carlos Gomes

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DOUBLE TAKE

Creator / Choreographer / Performer

Ongoing video installation series. A series of meditative, surreal slow motion video works that invite the viewer to pause, slow down and look again.

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Photo: Tim Pelling

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APPARTNESS AND CALLOSITY

Creator / Collaborating Artist

Three works from the archive. Irreverent, theatrical and sharply physical work from McPhee's long-running practice with Softcore Inc.

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Photo: Fiona Cullen

MS FORTUNA GOES GREEK performance image.

MS FORTUNA GOES GREEK

Performer / Creator

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Photo: Fiona Cullen

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PRIVATE DANCER

Performer / Creator

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Photo: Ina Shanahan

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NIGHTSHIFT

Performer / Creator

Project: [Click]

Photo: Nils Crompton

Additional Links

WILDFLOWER

Choreographer, Australasian Dance Collective Mature Ensemble

Review: [Click]

AS IF NO-ONE IS WATCHING

Co-directed with Vulcana Women's Circus

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SMALL CHANGE

Co-directed with Vulcana Women's Circus

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Contact

For collaborations, performance and creative projects.

wen@wenonearth.com.au+61 408 557 414

Sunshine Coast / Brisbane, Australia