ABOUT kate
Kate Harman is an Australian artist working in the fields of performance, dance & social art. Her work orients around the notion of the body as a cumulative container for personal, genetic, and cultural memory; a living archive, containing limitless realms of possibilities. Through collaborative creation her practice, at its core, looks to relieve the performers and the audience's bodies from the constraints built by political, cultural and aesthetic hierarchies.
She is a founding member of The Farm; a collective of artists, working collaboratively on the concept, direction and performance of work which strives to connect with anyone from dance aficionados to theatre virgins. From the theatre, to a drive-in performance in a Showgrounds, to a 48 hour performance on a sandbar, their work centres around the fragility and strength of the human condition. Since 2019, together with Gavin Webber, Kate has been creating biographical work with non-professions, such as a retired 2 time world champion wrestler; and siblings experiencing the joy and difficulties of living with down syndrome, to name a few. Her work with The Farm has been presented nationally and internationally.
As a facilitator and teacher Kate works with The GreenHouse, an out of the ordinary youth ensemble for people aged 13 -23; LGBTQI+ Elders Dance Club, a monthly social event for community; and facilitates movement workshops for adults experiencing disability. She regularly teaches professions and tertiary students.