McKenzie, V. and Webb, J. (2023). Re-enactment as Conversation: Yoshiko Shimada’s Becoming a Statue of a Japanese Comfort Woman. In Frederick, U.K., Harrison, A., Ireland, T., & Magee, J. M. (eds.), Difficult Conversations. British Council. Yoshiko Shimada is a contemporary artist immersed in difficult conversations. …
In a collection of 9 essays edited by Vahri McKenzie for artsACT’s Creative Recovery and Resilience Forum Writers-in-Residence Simone Penkethman, Jacqui Malins and Barrina South reflect on the themes and concerns emerging from Forum activities. Simone Penkethman’s response to Keeping it Together, Keeping it Together… …
McKenzie, V. (2022). Temporary assembly amidst change, UPENDING | MENDING: Catalogue of the Twenty-eighth Faculty of Arts & Design Staff Art Exhibition, National Library of Australia. Fires, floods and bugs sweep the country and creatives are exhorted to recover, to build resilience, to resume our …
McKenzie, V. (2022). Between freedom and control: A chorus-centred Bakkhai for community ensemble, Australasian Drama Studies 80, 253-277. In addition to capturing the heart of the mythological story, the tension between freedom and control explored so vividly in Euripides’ ‘Bakkhai’ can resonate in the creative …
McKenzie, V. and Florance, C. (2021). A matter of balance: Visual arts in the Australian Defence Force ARRTS program. AXON: Creative Explorations 11 (2) On the Mend: Care, repair & breakage. This paper examines visual arts practices in the context of Arts for Recovery, Resilience, …