User:Juno M Gemes

Juno M Gemes was born in Budapest, Hungary into a distinguished family. Raised in the house of her aunt Dame  Hetteny Aranka   and  Newspaper Editor / Owner  Emile Nadenyi. With her parents Lucy and Alex Gemes she  escaped  from Budapest after  the  war. Her father was invited to  Australia. Gemes arrived as a  five  year old not  speaking a word of  English. Gemes is a Feminist artist / who pioneered  Collective  Multi Media Arts in Australia / Co  Director of  The Human Body / Co Director  10 Cunningham Street/ Member of   The  Yellow House /Multi Media   work at  UFO, Stratford East  Theatre London / Co Publisher Paper Bark Press / Photography/ Political advocacy/ International Exhibitions. Juno Gemes  has  had  over 24  Solo   exhibitions in Australia, UK, USA  and Europe. She has contributed to over 40  major  group exhibitions Her solo exhibition  Proof Portraits  from The Movement 1978-2003  exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery  Canberra  2003  then  toured  eight venues  during the  next  five  years  completing it's   tour at  The Museum of  Sydney in 2008. Educated at SCEGGS  Moss Vale, a  drop  out   from USYD, she  completed NIDA Director's  Course in 1964 then went  to University of  Perugia  where she  again  dropped out  to  work at  The  Festival  of Two Worlds in Perugia as a  student assistant to Director of the  Festival  de  Dua Mondi  Maestro Gian Carlo Menotti, also to Directors Ed Parone  USA , John Cox UK. At The Festival of Two  Worlds  she met  Gerry  Grotowski  and his  Theatre Laboratorium. She was  invited to Cracow Poland to study  further. Working at the Festival  again in 1966   Director  John Cox invited  Gemes  to  London  to work on The  Great  Dance Gala  at The  Royal Albert Hall. In London Jim Haynes  introduced her to UFO  Underground Club  where  she worked on Multi media Happenings and  Events with  David  Curtis, Mark Boyle  and  Charles Marovitz. Gemes directed  " The  Nature  of  Romance"  performance  piece with Lawrence Beck  at  Joan Littlewood's  Stratford  East  Theatre. Gemes was then invited by Filmmaker Tim Ruddnick   to take part in Yoko Ono's  Bottoms  film. Yoko invited her to work on the  film - she joined  Yoko, Kyoto , John Cox , Tim and Robbin  Rudnick  at Hanover  Gate  Mansions   and worked on the  film for  six  months. Returning to Australia Gemes was encouraged  by  Australian  artist  colleagues  to  continue with  Multi - Media  Performance  Art in Sydney. Also known as The Powerhouse this venue was in Cunningham Street off Goulbourne  Street in Central  Sydney. With Martyn Sanderson- Gemes established 10 Cunningham Street a  three  story Warehouse which became Sydney's  first  muti media environmental performance  space. At the same time  Gemes joined with  Clem Gorman  and John Allen to  create The Human Body Performance Group. Artists participants included Laurel Fox,  Gillian Jones, Julia Salies,Clemency Brown, Clem Gorman, John Allen, Michael Glasheen. Jack Myer, Tom Thomson, Jack Jacobson, Brian Thompson, Andrish St Clare, Stephan Jones, James Ricketson,Ken Beatty, David Humphries, Stevie Jones. Light show creators included Albie Thom, Aggy Reed, UBU  Films and Ellis D. Fogg. House Bands included  Tully  and The Id. Michael Glasheen, Tom  Barber  and Jack Jacobson created a Geodesic Light  Environment on the top   floor. Brian Thompson painted text onto the  Wall on  first  floor - his  first environmental set design. The Human  Body's  most renown Performance Works included  Ceremonies devised by Clem Gorman and The Human Body Eats a Peach by Juno Gemes   with the  entire  ensemble- Plastic  inflatable  structures by Ken Beattie, Film  by Michael Glasheen. The Human Body Eats a Peach was also  performed at PACT Sydney. References Sandra Hall The  Bulletin Everybody's The Plastic Exploding Inevitable International Times London Sydney Underground Films by  Peter Mudie UNSW Press Daniel Thomas   and  Leslie  Walford Tomorrow is Today edited by Iain Mc Intrye Wakefield Press 2006