About

Jessica Danz is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist.  Born in Perth, Western Australia, her relationship with the landscape of her childhood is an integral part of her artistic voice, expressed in an ongoing exploration of the connections between person and place. Over four decades her creative practice has evolved from her early training as a classical musician, into a more expansive multidisciplinary practice. Seeking a more holistic approach to music and performance, her creative work has expanded to include composition and songwriting; the creation and performance of live film, theatre and dance scores; improvisation; visual art; live performance as a response to landscape and place; work in theatre as a musician, performer and visual artist; and the creation of original lyrics, poems and texts.

Although many of these disciplines have intertwined or overlapped, she is currently working to further integrate previous approaches in order to develop a more experimental approach to storytelling. Her particular interest is in solo practice, and the innovations that may arise through working with the notions of limitations, minimalism, intimacy, self-sufficiency and portability.

Using mythical characters and stories to explore notions of identity and belonging, she is fascinated by the way in which outer landscapes are absorbed and assimilated into our inner world of dreams, ideas and stories. Searching for ways of depicting the intricacies of the human condition through notions of physical and psychological 'landscapes', she seeks to traverse uncharted landscapes of the human body or mind, and to explore the idea of self as a country, territory or landscape.