ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, HAMLYN VIEWS SCHOOL
the mysterious story of the underwater school bus
Director / writer
In line with the strange world of Covid lockdowns, an unusual devising process produced a new form - an audio-visual storybook, created with young neurodiverse students at Hamlyn Views School in Geelong - a school for neurodiverse children.
As students arrived each day, fresh off the bus from swimming classes, our conversations turned to axolotls, human fish and the sinking of the Titanic. This became our story.
This work was supported by Creative Workers in Schools funding, coordinated by Regional Arts Victoria.
Director/writer: Marcia Ferguson. Illustrations: Everyone. Spoken by: Students. Editor: Tamsin Sharp. Sound: Harvey Ferguson Watts