FleXpo

FleXpo

concept/facilitator/director/script arrangement

An online experience delivering what you’ve been missing

FleXpo is the most influential trade show in the world. It’s also never happened before. It’s also not really a trade show. But when the going gets tough, it’s time to get innovative and by golly, do we have the products for you! These cutting-edge, audio-engineered experiences will give you exactly what you’ve been missing during COVID-19, straight out of the minds of our most talented teenage developers. And while we can’t demonstrate our products for you in the flesh, join us online to navigate the Virtual Tantrum Exhibition Centre and try them for yourself. You won’t want to miss out!

VISIT WWW.FLEXPO.COM.AU

FleXpo is a unique online experience in the form of a brand new website launched by Tantrum Youth Arts, first published in October 2020 and still live (click link above). It’s the culmination of two programs that were forced to flex and adapt due to the unforeseen restrictions and change brought on by COVID-19: Tantrum FleX Ensemble and Art About Not Making Art.

Over 6 months in 2020, Chris collaborated with the teenage members of Tantrum FleX Ensemble to develop and record three audio experiences to give listeners something they’ve been missing – a radio play about fine dining, a guided nature meditation and a selection of COVID-Safe hugs. Click the link above and follow the navigation to listen to Sound Bites, Petrichor and COVID-Safe Hugs.

Through Chris’ adaptation of Tantrum’s residency program, four early-career artists were given the opportunity to come together and explore making Art About Not Making Art over the month of September in 2020. Specifically, the group focussed on experiences of feeling unproductive, whether as an artist due to COVID-19 or in general, and how they responded. As opposed to any outcome, this process of meeting and sharing was positioned as a creative act in and of itself. The “findings” from this experiment are documented as part of FleXpo.