Vikk Shayen | Photographer

Trans-mute Butoh Cabaret, Yumi Umiumare, UHT Production Publicity images for the production.
Photography: Vikk Shayen

Melbourne’s legendary Yumi Umiumare, leads student performers in the creation of a playful, transgressive and hyper-energized hybrid. Combining the physical extremes of butoh and the emotional intimacy of cabaret, Trans-Mute will reframe everyday stories as strange outlandish songs and dances. www.yumi.com.au

Director/Devisor - Yumi Umiumare
Dramaturg - Tom Gutteridge
Designer - Ellen Strasser
Assistant Director/Sound Designer - Felix Ho
Lighting Designer - Matthew Seah
Lighting Mentor - Richard Vabre 2010 Theatre
WRETCH, Regional Arts Victoria A series of photographs for Regional Arts Victoria to promote Wretch.
Regional Arts Victoria (RAV) is proud to present the Victorian tour of Wretch, a provocative work from two of Australia’s leading performers, Angus Cerini and Susie Dee.
Winner of the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award.

A prison visit. A swamp of memory...
A mother visits her teenage son at the prison where he is serving time for crimes of violence. She struggles to speak of what consumes her while he, in turn, has his own secret that burns on his mind. Over the course of this visit, their love is tested and nothing will stay the same.

Wretch. Of the things we do for love and the things we do despite it.

“It’s a terrifying piece of theatre, troubling and unforgettable.”
John Bailey, The Sunday Age 2010 Theatre, Portraits
Contour, Wai Man Siu Photographer: Vikk Shayen
Designer: Wai Man Siu
MUA: Olivia Lau
Talent: Mia Hojmark from Darley Management
Assistants: Kang Wei Tan 2011 Fashion
Wind Blown, Laura Li The collection was born with the concept of capturing the movement of contact between rushing winds with implicated force upon the skin. The aim of the collection is looking at ways wind affects different textiles.
The outcomes are deliberately designed to give a permanent illusion that illustrates this point of contact. In an attempt to record the impact of wind on a person’s skin, a piece of leather is molded onto a plastic mannequin and shaped to give the intended outcome.
It leads to an exaggerated silhouette that appears naturally blown onto a person’s body, highlighting the hidden form underneath the material.

Photographer: Vikk Shayen
Designer: Laura Li
Make-up and Hair: Olivia Lau
Models: PJ and Malaan from Darley Management
Assistants: Zoe Yu, Tan Kang Wei, Felix Ho, Mark 2011 Fashion
Veneer, S/S MMXII, Franca Sabatini Embodying furnishings, absorbing the Rococo period through wood veneers, varnished surfaces and structural shapes.
Cameo appearance by the lovely Franca Sabatini.

Photography and DI: Vikk Shayen
Designer: Franca Yolanda Sabatini
Personal Assistant: Gabriella Sabatini
Models: Ajah, Achol and Suzie from Darley Management
Make up and Hair Artist: Aida Wouda 2011 Fashion
Sweeney Todd, UHT Production Sweeney Todd - A 2011 UHT Production
Publicity images 2011 Theatre
No Place Like, UHT Production No Place Like - A 2011 UHT Production 2011 Theatre
Geogami, design by Rica Hardian A design by Rica Hardian from her collection titled GEOGAMI, an origami-inspired collection consisting of a folding technique that combines the Japanese art of origami and digital printing.

Design: Rica Hardian
Photography and DI: Vikk Shayen
Talent: Caroline White, Hayley Milner from Darley Management
MUA: Franciezka Young, Selvi Bicer
Graphic design: Elvinaevania.com, Andrewjonathan.com 2011 Fashion
Man in Maroc, J. Alexander Man in Maroc, design by Jason Alexander Pang. 2011 Fashion
Objecthood, the nostalgic joy of ownership Ojbecthood, by Rose Megirian
Against the ever present background of consumerism ‘Objecthood’ is a small but insistent reminder of the nostalgic joy of ownership. From its inception as a Tumblr, ‘Objecthood’ explored the relationships between objects, individuals and the habits that entwine them.

Through the creation of weekly tasks inviting participants to revisit or explore the items and routines that define them, curator Rose Megirian has elicited intimate and confessional responses from her 63 participants. The many narratives entwine to surprise readers and participants alike by illuminating with unexpected tenderness and beauty domestic surroundings and simple daily choices. 2011 Fashion
Close Shave, Yianni Warnock Creative Direction: Yianny Warnock
Photography: Vikk Shayen
Talent: Alex the barber, Shane Gardiner 2011 Film
Ultimate fate of the Energizer Bunny, Al Kerr Quartet The title track from the Alastair Kerr Quartet's debut album The Ultimate Fate of... Recorded live at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club by Jem Savage. With Marc Hannaford (piano), Sam Zerna (bass), Pat Thiele (trumpet) and Al McGrath-Kerr (drums).
The Alastair Kerr Quartet is the latest project from the drummer and composer; a distinctly Australian sound, but with a hint of Brazilian and Cuban music apparent through the work of this ensemble. The group’s sound is underpinned by the responsive rhythm section of Kerr and Sam Zerna (bass), while Marc Hannaford’s energetic and highly rhythmic work on piano spurs trumpeter Pat Thiele in his improvisations – alternatively angular and cascading – in a band that uses delicacy and space in equal measure with intense, driving grooves. 2010 Music
Save for Crying, by Angus Cerini "Save for crying what you got? Nothing but that little bit of love inside. And them tears you got might just bring on floods, save you from it all."

Directed by award winning playwright and actor Angus Cerini, Save for Crying is the recipient of an RE ROSS Trust Award; winner of a 2011 Green Room award for Independent Production; and winner of a 2011 Green Room award for Male Performer.

Save for Crying premiered in Melbourne at LaMama in February 2011. Featuring Peta Brady, Ben Grant & LeRoy Parsons and with designs by Rachel Burke, Marg Horwell & Kelly Ryall, Save for Crying explores the world of those dispossessed and disowned by society. 2011 Theatre, Portraits
Rhinoceros, UHT Production Photography by Vikk Shayen
Written by Eugène Ionesco
By special arrangement with Dominie Pty Ltd
Directed by Tom Gutteridge

In Ionesco’s absurdist classic, the main character Berenger tries to hold onto reality while the world around him goes crazy.
In this version of Rhinoceros, the text has been updated and the action is set in a shopping mall populated by assorted gangs, employees and shoppers. The interactions between these inhabitants become increasingly bizarre as the play progresses, demonstrating the strangeness of reality and what we see as ‘normal’.
Ionesco’s plays are often seen as reactions to the massive social upheaval resulting from war and an uncertain future. In Union House Theatre’s Rhinoceros the upheaval that drives the action is the current global crisis and fears of environmental disaster...

Director Tom Gutteridge,
set designer Claude Marcos, costume designer Ellen Strasser, lighting designer Tom Willis, sound designers Jason Montero and Dinesh de Silva with assistant director Julia Torpey. 2010 Theatre
The Evil Scientists Caleo & Wooley, J. Cage Musicircus The Evil Scientists; a small excerpt from Miracle Man. By Bernard Caleo and Bruce Woolley as part of the 2007 John Cage Musicircus at BMW Edge, Melbourne. John Cage’s Musicircus is a large-scale simultaneous performance event involving musicians, dancers, visual artists, poets and a pony.

"Woolley and Caleo are equally talented performers, and totally in their element. As both the actors and adaptors, their command of and commitment to the material is evident, and they have a terrific chemistry, pulling off this complex show with astonishing slickness. Although each playing multiple roles and even swapping characters, Woolley primarily portrays Moran/Miracleman while Caleo mainly alternates as wife Liz, mad scientist Dr. Gargunza and Johnny Bates, the former sidekick Kid Miracleman who has since become profoundly evil. " - Jack Teiwes from Australian Stage. 2007 Theatre
Alice's lost dolls, Alice Ai Photography: Vikk Shayen 2012 Fashion
Phrases and Fables, Miriam Crellin and Hugh Stuckey Jazz duo Phrase & Fable
Vocals: Miriam Crellin
Guitar: Hugh Stuckey
Photography: Vikk Shayen 2010 Music, Portraits