David Pledger

David Pledger (born c.1962)[1] is an Australian artist and director.

Pledger has won several awards, including the Victorian Arts Centre's 1999 Kenneth Myer Medallion for the Performing Arts,[2] and in 2000 the A$25,000 Sidney Myer performing arts award.,[3]

He established the Collaboration Project between the Australia Council for the Arts and the IETM.[further explanation needed][4] In 2004 he directed two shows at the Melbourne Festival.[5]

Pledger's work is featured in Melbourne Now Limited Edition (NGV, Australia, 2013); Multimedia Performance (Macmillan, UK, 2012) and Making Contemporary Theatre (MUP, UK, 2010).[6][7][8]

He works as an advocate for artists.[9][4] In 2008 he attended the 2020 Summit as a delegate in the Creative Australia stream.[10][failed verification]

References

  1. ^ Waldon, Steve (6 June 2008). "Set the mind running". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ Ross, Dina (11 August 1999). "David Pledger: Appreciation". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. p. 8.
  3. ^ Morgan, Joyce (4 February 2000). "A bit of creative thinking takes the prize". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, N.S.W. p. 13.
  4. ^ a b Douglas, Tim (2 August 2013). "Call for rolling national strikes by 'marginalised' artists". The Australian. Canberra, A.C.T. p. 14.
  5. ^ Smith, Michael (17 October 2004). "It's the journey that counts". Sunday Age. Melbourne, Victoria. p. 32.
  6. ^ Papastergiaidis, Nikos (2013). As Melbourne in the World. National Gallery of Victoria: in Melbourne Now. pp. 26–28.
  7. ^ Klich, Rosemary; Scheer, Edward (2012). The Theatre of Images Revisited. Macmillan, UK: Multimedia Performance. pp. 59–66.
  8. ^ Eckersall, Peter; Harvie, Jen; Lavender, Andy (2010). Unmaking Blowback – a visceral process for a political theatre (Making Contemporary Theatre series). Manchester University Press, UK. pp. 202–221.
  9. ^ Westwood, Matthew (11 October 2019). "Minnows urge end to funding framework". The Australian. Canberra, A.C.T. p. 15.
  10. ^ Pledger, David (28 July 2013). "Canaries in a coalmine: Realising the value of the artist". ABC. Miyuki Jokiranta. Retrieved 17 January 2014.