David Pledger Explained

David Pledger (born 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.^[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] In 2008 he attended the 2020 Summit as a delegate in the Creative Australia stream.^[10]

External links

• Web site: Theater Schrift Lucifer. theaterschriftlucifer.nl. 25 January 2014.
• Web site: RealTime Arts – Magazine – issue 88 – jailbreak. realtimearts.net. 25 January 2014.
• Web site: Artworks Feature: The Art of Being Europe Pt.2 The Economy of Culture – Artworks – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). abc.net.au. 25 January 2014. 2011-03-10.
• Web site: Not Yet It's Difficult : performance, theatre and cross-artform projects : Melbourne Australia. notyet.com.au. 25 January 2014.
• Web site: Project Overview. icinema.unsw.edu.au. 25 January 2014.

Notes and References

1. News: Waldon . Steve . Set the mind running . 22 October 2019 . The Age . 6 June 2008 . Melbourne, Victoria.
2. News: David Pledger: Appreciation.. Ross. Dina. 11 Aug 1999. The Age . Melbourne, Victoria. 8.
3. News: A bit of creative thinking takes the prize. Morgan. Joyce. 4 Feb 2000. Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney, N.S.W.. 13.
4. News: Call for rolling national strikes by 'marginalised' artists. Douglas. Tim. 2 Aug 2013. The Australian . Canberra, A.C.T.. 14.
5. News: It's the journey that counts. Smith. Michael. 17 Oct 2004. Sunday Age . Melbourne, Victoria. 32.
6. Book: Papastergiaidis, Nikos. As Melbourne in the World. 2013. in Melbourne Now. National Gallery of Victoria. 26–28.
7. Book: Rosemary . Klich . Edward . Scheer. The Theatre of Images Revisited. 2012. Multimedia Performance. Macmillan, UK. 59–66.
8. Book: Peter . Eckersall . Jen . Harvie . Andy . Lavender. Unmaking Blowback – a visceral process for a political theatre (Making Contemporary Theatre series). 2010. Manchester University Press, UK. 202–221.
9. News: Minnows urge end to funding framework. Westwood. Matthew. 11 Oct 2019. The Australian . Canberra, A.C.T.. 15.
10. Web site: Pledger. David. Canaries in a coalmine: Realising the value of the artist. ABC. Miyuki Jokiranta. 17 January 2014. 2013-07-28.