Who By Water

WHO BY WATER

Hybrid Performance
Poetry and Live Music

Who By Water is a new body of songs by multidisciplinary artist Anita Lester. Informed by Jewish memory and the cultural rupture of recent years, these unreleased works sit between liturgical cadence and folk storytelling.

Performed in an intimate arrangement with Jules Pascoe, the evening moves between song, conversation and storytelling, as Lester speaks informally about the stories and moments surrounding the works’ creation. The title nods to Leonard Cohen’s Who By Fire, with these songs similarly dwelling inside uncertainty, asking questions more than answering them.

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Anita Lester - Creator, performer
Melbourne-based multidisciplinary artist working across music, painting, film and poetry. Her practice brings together old-world storytelling traditions with contemporary cultural and political life through intimate performance, visual art and narrative work. Recent projects span portraiture, documentary, folk-inspired music and exhibition making, shaped by recurring interests in memory, displacement, motherhood and Jewish identity.
Jules Pascoe - Performer
Australian musician, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist working across contemporary music, performance and screen. His projects include Husky, Jazz Party and On Diamond, and he is co-founder of Clairy Browne and the Bangin Rackettes. His work spans international touring, composition for film and television including Please Like Me and Jack Irish, and collaborations across Australian music and performance.