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Scrùbi
Wellington 2021
The Metamorphosis Artists: Jake Church & Anita Hutchins
Jake and Anita want to explore and share other peoples stories as well as engage meaningfully with the emotion of those experiences. A ‘Scrùbi’ is a piece of art created by a participant following specific instructions. It is then interpreted in performance through a guitarist and dancer — a secret way to express a subconscious emotional state through art. They have developed a system for interpreting the Scrùbi through music and dance. This experience can be likened to a sonic-motion caricature. It integrates their dialectic system of creating original music and choreography. Stop by and share the emotions of your secrets in confidence as an individual, a couple, or a small group without telling them a thing!
Jake Church is a Wellington-based guitarist who enjoys exploring experimental music and collaborating to create new-music and mix-discipline compositions. Along with Anita Hutchins, he is currently working with Java Dance focusing on improvisation processes between musicians and dancers. In 2019 Jake completed a Master of Musical Arts research degree at the New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī (2017) under the primary supervision of Dr Jane Curry. His studies explored the collaborative practices between non-guitarist composers and guitarist performers.
Anita Hutchins is a dancer, teacher, choreographer and creator of dance art. She works with Java Dance and collaborates with guitarist Jake Church making art installation projects. Her areas of artistic and intellectual interests are in the experience of reality, metaphysics, existentialism, and symbology. Anita is also interested in accessing the subconscious mind through art. In 2021 she will begin her post-graduate studies at university to explore her areas of interest further.
Freemasons New Zealand, Judith Clark Memorial Fellowship, Dame Malvina Major Foundation, New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī, Java Dance Company.
