David Pledger

David Pledger (born c. 1962)[1] is an Australian artist and director in a variety of media in the performing, visual and media arts.

He has won several awards including the Victorian Arts Centre's 1999 Kenneth Myer Medallion for the Performing Arts[2] and in 2000 the $25,000 Sidney Myer performing arts award,[3] and established the Collaboration Project between the Australia Council for the Arts and the International Network for Contemporary Performance (IETM).[4]

In 2004 he directed two shows in the Melbourne Festival.[5]

His 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]

Pledger works as an advocate for artists.[9][4] In 2008 he attended the 2020 Summit as a delegate in the Creative Australia stream.[10]

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