Dingle & McDonagh
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A Meeting of Minds
For anyone who knows Max Dingle OAM and Natalie McDonagh PhD you may think of them as somewhat reserved, conscientious, serious characters with letters after their names; nice people who give generously of their time, energy and skills to the cultural life of the community. There is, however, a somewhat skewed side to these two friends which they indulged in their past arts experiments: investigating and resurrecting what the body knows (but may have forgotten). Dingle and McDonagh’s creative collaboration was an attempt to maintain some semblance of sense and sanity in a world they find ever more bewildering and absurd. When people meet sometimes things just resonate and then over time a compatibility of thought and base influences come together sufficiently to form a working relationship. An immediate resonation was Dada and its bastard child Surrealism. Dada: a movement, a protest, born in the midst of the brutal conflict of World War I. Dada used art, music, theatre, performance, poetry and literature in its manifesto that raucously challenged tradition in outrageous (for the time) fashion, flouting cultural, political and social values. Dingle and McDonagh found creative alignment in 2019 through What the Body Knows (but may have forgotten), a line of thinking of Natalie’s that pointed a direction for development of each artist’s thought processes, both solo and shared. They are currently following their own inspirations that you may find on this (Max's) website or Natalie's website via the Contact button below. |
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What the Body Knows (but may have forgotten). Performance: 'Resurrecting Romance' and 'What lies Beyond'
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