TJ Eckleberg

T.J. Eckleberg is a musician, producer, poet and theatre director originally from Sydney.^[1] He was the artistic director at Shopfront, an Australian contemporary arts centre between 2004 - 2010.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] His name comes from Dr. TJ Eckleburg, a fictional oculist in The Great Gatsby. He has lived in London, Berlin, and Kyoto.

Music

TJ has featured in collaborations and projects with Morganics, Deepchild, Inga Lijlestrom,^[6] and Tokyo Snow Monkeys. He was a founding member of The DeltaHorse with Dana Colley.^[7]

Discography

Black & Amber, 2016 - Akimbo Records^[8]
This Might Feel Like Home, 2014 - Akimbo Records^[9]
West & Lime, 2012 - ^[10]
When You Get Down To It, 2008 - Independent Release^[11]^[12]
Illumineon, 2003 - Akimbo Records^[13]
SUPERHYDRATED, 2000 - Akimbo Records^[14]
Waiting Room (EP), 1997 - Pokey Records^[15]
Leomund's Tiny Piano (unreleased)^[16]

Theatre Projects

His projects fuse technology and multi-media across disciplines, with an immersive approach to theatre – incorporating sound design, organic approaches to lighting, design and movement. In 1999 his experiences with Welfare State International led him to create two large-scale site specific performances with boys at Birrong Boys High School – one of Sydney’s tougher schools. In his time at Shopfront he has directed CODA (2003) with residents of the Juvenile Justice system; How Sachi Lost His Leg (2004 - a site specific spectacular combining puppetry and Capoeira); Wadya Call Me? (2004 – in a back lane, incorporating a 4 x 4m rolling screen, puppetry, live radio broadcast, and 19m graffiti wall created during the performance). In 2005, he directed Angels in the Architecture – creating an aerial urban ghetto and song cycle with an integrated ensemble of performers with and without disabilities. In 2006 he directed POP UP! an interactive three-dimensional multimedia pop up book, in and around the Shopfront complex.^[17] "A City of Shadows and Ice", was one of Shopfront's largest productions, being performed in August 2007 with the set made from ice and featuring Parkour artists.^[18]

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.