WILDONES
LIBERTÉ GRACE
WRITTEN BY
I'm a real wild one, WILD ONE, WILD ONE, WILD ONE
Well, I'm just outta school, like I'm real, real cool
Gotta dance like a fool, got the message that I gotta be a WILD ONE
Ooh, yeah, I'm a WILD ONE
Gonna break it loose, gonna keep 'em movin' wild
Gonna keep a-swingin', baby, I'm a real wild child
Gonna meet all my friends, gonna have ourself a ball
Gonna tell my friends, gonna tell them all that I'm a WILD ONE
Ooh, yeah, I'm a WILD ONE
Gonna break it loose, gonna keep 'em movin' wild
Gonna keep a-swingin' baby, I'm a real wild child
I'm a real wild one and I like a wild fun
In a world gone crazy, everything seems hazy, I'm a WILD ONE
Ooh, yeah,…
- REAL WILD ONE Lyrics By Iggy Pop
In a Galaxy far, far away…
Free beings Dance In Rooms Of Power
to The Beat Of Their Own Drum
WILDONES CONCEPT
LOG LINE: Enlightened and Free Beings unlimited by Time, Space or Reality dance through the halls of human power - uninvited but ever-present - revisiting their past-life selves, as they struggle to become free.
SYNOPSIS: WILDONES is a series of episodic video, VR and photographic works combining Contemporary Dance, Art, VR and Film. The first proof of concept was completed in 2018 at the Chateau d’Orquevaux and featured in The World Of Interiors Magazine and at the iconic Adelaide Festival Centre in December 2024.
Drawing upon inspirations such as SIA, RUSSIAN ARC, PINA BAUSCH, and AMADEUS, WILDONES is centred on Enlightened Beings who dance and interact with past-life aspects of themselves, within sacred human institutions of power, unseen by the power players who revere them. Unlimited by fear, these illustrious wild ones walk through walls, fly through chandeliers and smell wood — like it’s the very first time.
Unattached to human beliefs in Power & Significance, these timeless rebels revel in their Freedom to observe and exist beyond the strange little ways humans behave in service to their own grandiose beliefs in the illusion of power.
WILDONES SYNOPSIS
WILDONES appear to observe - while invisible and unseen - theatrical scenes of power players at private parties, pretend moments of historical and political importance and within private forbidden moments throughout multiple eras in human history.
Each character he/she/it observes is a mirror or past-life personality of each WILD ONE, spanning diverse cultures, ages and genders. After dramatic and comedic interactions through multiple scenes and rooms, each WILD ONE comes to a new level of wisdom - through dance - about the power and human dynamics that are occurring within its former lives. Consequently, the past-life personalities it encounters become freshly understood with wisdom and are free to be released into the ethers, realising their own enlightenment.
Each past-life personality becomes a ghost that disappears, until…. there is nobody left - except for the WILD ONEs - who finally and now fully integrated, disappear….. leaving only the perfume of their own Freedom in their wake.
WILDONES explores the theme: The End of Power. What if you could transcend Science, Matter, Hierarchy and Gravity to truly exist beyond the lImitations of form, social rank, and human biases such as Racism, Sexism and Gender Politics?
WILDONES empowers ‘minorities’ to experience a fantasy in which they are free from subjugation. Within the WILDONES universe, they transcend their lack of position through masterpiece performances, highlighting the absurdities of the unenlightened with compassion and outrageous dance.
SCENE SAMPLES
Marie Antoinette | the WILD ONE visits Marie, during a private party in which male suitors are being introduced to her as potential husbands. During the course of the many conversations she has with her confidants and the men who pursue her, we discover the deeper motivations and fears of Marie, as a young woman simply seeking to be loved and revered; and how her need to be loved expresses itself as a narcissistic defence mechanism, appearing to others as a lack of empathy for those in poverty. As WILD ONE dances amongst her, her subjects and suitors; she is forced into the uncomfortable position of exposing her true vulnerabilities behind the mask of superiority that she wears.
A Nazi politician (Karl) | the WILD ONE visits unenlightened Karl at a state dinner in which he is asked to make an on-the-spot decision about the fate of thousands of Jews on a Nazi hit list. During the dinner, he must deliver his decision and plans to the highest ranks of the party. With his precious wife and daughters present, Karl is under intense pressure to present his views and the solution he proposes, which they wish to make into law. He grapples with his growing sense of guilt - as he looks at his daughter watching on. As the WILD ONE dances amongst the guests, the effect of its radiance on the unconscious group, creates humorous and ‘magical’ effects, causing a stir that ends in a “final solution”, not even Karl dared to anticipate.
A Soldier Returns from War | In present time, a soldier returning from war stands over his child, contemplating death after his wife dies, during their last dance in their living room. The WILD ONE dances with the man it was, helping him to grieve for his dead wife, now limp in his arms. The soldier considers killing himself and their tiny innocent baby, unsure how he/they will go on, without the love of his life. A meditation on love and loss, the WILD ONE, as his eternal soul self, inspires a different course of action through a mere refraction of light on a window that catches his eye.
Subject to change through onsite collaboration.
WILD ONE MARKETING PLAN
Gallery + Festival Exhibitions
WILDONES will target local and international gallery spaces and film festivals to exhibit the photography, multi-channel and VR video works, which derive from the episodic project series. Audiences will experience the universe of the WILDONES in a group setting as a collective VR experience that will also be released on VIVE and Oculus Rift and within gallery/video art spaces around the world.
Youtube, TikTok & Instagram Release
The most viewed content on Youtube are music and dance-related videos. WILDONES will be released in collaboration with award-winning music and dance partners on Youtube (18-49 demographic 1.3bn audience with 30m users/day), TikTok (1.04bn active users), and Instagram (1bn audience, 500m active users/day) in the format of a short music film and select dance videos.
VR & Gaming Release
Following a festival premiere, through the promotion of WILDONES on Youtube - targeting gamers and art, dance, and music lovers - the VR experience for WILDONES will be marketed to the global gaming community [est. 2.5bn total market size].
FORMATS
WILDONES MARKET
WILDONES will comprise of a series of PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEO ARTWORKS, EPISODIC STORIES, AND VR/XR EXPERIENCES. The artworks may be developed into an online or actual TV series.
WILDONES episodic stories will be exhibited online on YOUTUBE, TikTok and Instagram as short-form stories and in commercial galleries, as a 360-VR and single-channel video works and as NFTs — ideally within installations exhibited within institutions of Power. Photographic works based on our first tests to-date can be viewed here.
LOCATIONS
WILDONES will be shot in locations around Sydney, France, and Iceland and created using the mastery and magic of Visual Effects, XR and 360-Video.
EXHIBITION
KEY CREATIVE TEAM
LIBERTE GRACÉ, ARTIST + WRITER/DIRECTOR
Multiple Award-winning Artist, Filmmaker, Director, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Lions, Art Basel, Time Square, Gallery NSW.
JOHN MANGIA, VFX SUPERVISOR
Queen’s Gambit, Black Swan, Spiderman, Green Lantern, Girl On A Train, If Beale Street Could Talk, Beasts Of The Southern Wild
KATE SHERMAN, DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER, PERFORMER
Carriageworks, Dark Fofo, Fola, Roslyn Oxley9, Art Basel HongKong, Helpmann Awards.
VICTORIA HUNT, DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER, PERFORMER
Sydney Biennale, Carriageworks, DeQuincy Co, MCA, Sydney Opera House, London Film Festival, Helpmann Awards
PHORIA, VR CONSULTANT (TBC)
(Netflix), Google, Ecosphere, Rewild, Julaymba, Rone
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
CONNECT WITH OUR AUDIENCE: Our team and the Château d’Orquevaux itself has a collective audience of over 100k within the arts, film and VR communities.
INCREASE SALES: Open your audience to filmmakers and possibly have your brand featured at film industry VR events.
AD REVENUE: All sponsors receive space within our online store to sell their own (mutually approved merchandise) during the marketing of the project.
TELL YOUR STORY AND WIN NEW CUSTOMERS: Up to 5 IG posts will be created in partnership with sponsors to include their story integrated with the marketing of the film.
TURN YOURSELF INTO AN ICON: Approved clips from the filming of the project will be made available - free of charge - to the sponsor, for their own marketing purposes (subject to terms.)
SOCIAL MEDIA EXPOSURE: Our marketing campaigns, including release of certain episodes online will provide continuing exposure for your brand for the life of the project.
UNIQUE MARKETING CHANNELS: We will be marketing on Instagram, TikTok and Youtube, as well as seeking exhibition via traditional marquee film festivals such as Cannes, TIFF or Sundance.
We believe your market and our audience are a perfect match.
Ensure the loyalty of your existing customers and resonate with new ones – all while you help us to help audiences in your community smile a little wider and remember the beauty of what you do — support the creation of great art.
Because our creatives have the longstanding trust of our artistic communities within Australia, Europe, the United States, and around the world, we have access to valuable and unique marketing channels and connections created over many decades of art creation. In addition to our own database of clients, we partner with other organisations and sponsors to leverage the widest possible viewing audience. View an art video showcase achieved and exhibited at the iconic Adelaide Festival Centre and featured within Condénast’s The World Of Interiors Magazine.
Subject to contractual terms, the following advantages will be made available:
Gold Sponsorship $25,000 cash/in-kind
Silver Sponsorship $10,000 cash/in-kind
SPONSORS
As a Gold Sponsor, your logo with the attribution “Sponsored By” will receive top billing on all event banner advertising related to any live premieres.
Next, your logo and link will also appear on all print collateral, advertising, swag, and electronic media associated with the project. You'll also be invited to sell approved swag items in our online store.
Finally, you will be invited to all live (if any) premieres of the project (two premium tickets) and be included in up to 5 sponsored Instagram posts with a partnership link to your IG account.
As a Silver Sponsor, your logo with the attribution “Sponsored By” will receive 2nd tier billing on all event banner advertising related to any live premieres or screenings.
Next, your logo will also appear on all electronic media associated with the project. You'll also be invited to sell one approved partnership item in our online store.
Finally, you will be invited to all live premieres (if any) of the project (two premium tickets) and be included in up to 2 sponsored Instagram posts.
Subject to further terms and conditions. For 50,000+ custom VIP benefits will be created.
WILD ONE | Kate Sherman
INFLUENCE REFERENCES
Chandelier | SIA
Russian Ark | A. Sokurov
Unknown
Royal Wedding | F. Astaire
Dali Atomicus | S. Dali
Amadeus | M. Foreman
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