SUPPORT MATERIAL - proof of love

An experimental new work combining live performance, moving image and sound that explores epic everyday acts of love.

CREATIVE TEAM
Co-creators and co-performers : Eddie Abd and Ludwig El Haddad
Project Cultural Consultant: Dharug artist and educator Leanne Tobin
Live performance consultant: Hazem Shammas
Sound composition: Aimee Falzon
Technical consultant: Elias Nohra
Video artist: Eddie Abd

Eddie Abd works with digital imaging, performance and embroidery to explore the politics of image making often through a personal lens. She has presented work in solo and group exhibitions in a variety of spaces including Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Verge Gallery, Arts House and Grafton Regional Gallery. She is the recipient of the NSW Emerging Visual Arts fellowship and the Blake Prize Emerging artist award. Eddie has worked for the past 15 years across Western Sydney collaborating with and supporting creatives and communities to realise their projects. Eddie is a creative producer at Utp and is undertaking a Doctorate of Creative Arts at Western Sydney University. She lives on Dharug Country with her family.

Ludwig El Haddad is an award winning filmmaker, performer and video artist artist. He has performed for theatre and screen projects. His video and film work has been presented at Campbelltown Arts Centre, Antenna Documentary Film Festival, ABC iView, Cementa Festival, SBS, Bradbury International Film Festival. He has collaborated with a range of artists on screen based projects, including Eddie Abd, Gary Paramanathan, Khaled Sabsabi, Jagath Dheerasekara and Renee Allara. Ludwig is also an arts worker, he is currently a producer working with Diversity Arts Australia and artist educator at Campbelltown Arts Centre.

Leanne Tobin is a multidisciplinary artist of Irish, English and Aboriginal heritage descending from the Buruberong and Wumali clans of the Dharug, the traditional Aboriginal people of the Greater Sydney region. Often working collaboratively with community groups, local schools and institutions, Tobin uses her prolific and extensive interdisciplinary practice to tell local stories, evoke an environmental conscience, and encourage respect towards the land and its original people. Her art practice seeks to encourage an open and honest dialogue about the past and to nurture, respect and care for Country.

Aimée Falzon is an interdisciplinary composer, singer, music producer and performer whose art weaves song, ritual and storytelling. Of Maltese, Scottish, and Libyan heritage, her roots trace from singing to cattle in remote Birpai country as a kid to now creating on Dharug land. She's been praised for her "superb voice" (The Australian) and "impressive one-woman symphony" (Sydney Scoop) that reaches profound emotional depths. Her current projects include She Rested and her debut album I Am Nature Working With You, alongside extensive composition, sound design, and screen credits across major Australian festivals and institutions.

Hazem Shammas’ work is varied across an award-winning stage and screen career and through his writing, producing and advocacy. He draws from 30 years experience working with major screen, theatre and arts companies across the country. Shammas is known for his powerful performances in Australian television and film, including roles in Safe Harbour (2018), The Twelve (2022), Little Monsters (2019), and the Stan original series Last King of the Cross (2023). Alongside his screen work, he has an extensive theatre career, performing with leading companies such as Belvoir, Sydney Theatre Company and Griffin Theatre Company. In addition to acting, Shammas works as a writer, producer and creative collaborator, contributing to projects that explore complex social and cultural narratives. His practice is driven by a strong commitment to storytelling, artistic collaboration and advocacy for diverse voices within the Australian arts sector.

Elias Nohra is an accomplished digital artist with over 20 years of experience using old, new and emerging technologies to tell stories in innovative ways. Elias has practiced extensively in both the professional arts & community arts sector, developing accessible pathways to filmmaking, video game development, 360 degree VR films, digital art installations and interactive web & theater works. Recent artistic works include:
Two Blood (2025) - AV Design - multi-disciplinary dance performance by Australian Dance Theatre featuring dynamic, moving multi-screen displays, Tender (2024) - Creative & Technical Director - a 270 degree immersive film experience designed for the Sydney Opera House in collaboration with CuriousWorks and four emerging Western Sydney artists.