Support Team
Ashley Hribar
-
Ashley Hribar is an Australian pianist-composer-curator with a deep interest in contemporary aesthetics. Hailed as "a brilliant pianist and exceptional artist" (Heilbronner Stimme Stuttgart), Ashley's projects embrace multimedia, world music, cross-disciplinary art forms and traditional genres. His compositions may be described as 'poly-stylistic collages' often employing extended performance techniques, voice and electronics.
Notable works include: “Elements” for piano and electronics (2022) for Monica Garcia Vicente contemporary dance (Germany); Wodunga (2020) for didgeridoo, piano, and Moog DFAM -commissioned by ArtsSA in collaboration with William Barton and “Faust: a Mortal’s Tale” a contemporary melodrama with spoken text based on Goethe’s classic tale interwoven with classical/popular works.
An avid lover of the silent film genre, Ashley performs his own soundtrack to Sherlock Jnr. (1924), Hamlet (1921), Richard III (1911), Faust (1926), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).
Ashley was the 1st prize winner of the prestigious International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition (2005) and the Michael Kieran Harvey Award (2008) and has since performed in prominent festivals and venues including: Le Vivier Festival in Montreal (2022), Beethovenfest, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Canberra International Music Festival, Sydney Opera House, Adrianne-Arscht Theatre Miami and the 2020 World Expo in Dubai.
Ashley holds a PhD from the University of Adelaide and frequently gives seminars on contemporary music.
Kira Bayliss
-
Long established South Australian artist Kira Bayliss, is now combining both her love of fashion and art. Moving away from canvas and wood Kira has been exploring new techniques and textile.
Creating her Collection with her mum and long standing artist Yvonne Dixon. Never was there a time that art wasn’t a part of the relationship they shared. Kira is a mum, wife and chef. This form of artistic expression helps her relax. Creating something beautiful and meaningful from scratch is so rewarding. Kira draws inspiration from nature.Uses flora in many of her designs.
Art is a form of self-expression and self-discovery. It allows her to explore her own creativity and push it to its limits, meanwhile finding out new things about herself. Thoughtfully made. Reclaiming fabrics and up cycling fabrics is a new exploration.
Creating one off wearable art pieces makes her work truly limited edition pieces. Made to order. This process is the opposite of fast fashion. Exclusive, considered, beautiful and each unique.