Bloom

What is I am Maria! Bloom

Bloom is an interdisciplinary performance work that combines live voice, electronics, poetry, projected imagery, and ritual movement to explore themes of identity, memory, transformation, and creative renewal.

Emerging from Marina Poša’s artistic research as a classically trained singer, Bloom traces a journey from inherited expectations towards self-authored creative expression. Drawing on personal history, cultural memory, and original compositions, the work invites audiences into an immersive landscape where voice, image, and sound converge.

Rather than presenting a traditional vocal recital, Bloom offers a contemplative performance experience in which music, storytelling, and visual art unfold as a single artistic language.

I am Maria! Bloom 2026

The Story

Bloom emerged from a deeply personal artistic journey. After decades of working as a classically trained singer, I found myself asking a simple but profound question:

Who am I when I am no longer defined solely by the roles I have been trained to perform?

Rather than leaving classical music behind, Bloom grows from it. The work embraces the discipline, beauty, and history of operatic training while opening new pathways through original songwriting, spoken word, electronics, projected imagery, and immersive performance.

Drawing on memories, family history, cultural identity, and lived experience, Bloom explores what it means to rediscover creative voice beyond expectation. Throughout the performance, themes of transformation, vulnerability, and renewal unfold through a dialogue between sound, image, movement, and story.

At its heart, Bloom is an invitation to imagine that creative life has no expiry date. It celebrates the possibility that growth, reinvention, and artistic flourishing can continue throughout every stage of life.

Woman looking in mirror at multiple reflections

Video excerpts Bloom

Performances

Upcoming

I am Maria! Bloom

UN/BOUND Festival
Logan Campus, Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
11.45am, Friday, 14 August 2026


Master of Philosophy Exegesis Performance
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
September 25, 2026 (Time to be confirmed)

Creative team

Creator and Performer
Marina Poša
Concept, voice, composition, poetry, electronics, and performance.

Visual Artist (AI)
PhD Canditate Valeria Pazos, Mexico

Pianist
Artemii Safonov collaborating in the live performance, bringing together classical repertoire and contemporary performance practice.

Research and Development
Bloom was developed through Marina Poša’s Master of Philosophy, in her practice based artistic reasearch at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. For more information , what is I am Maria!


Special thanks to the artists, mentors, collaborators, and supporters whose encouragement and expertise contributed to the development of Bloom.

© 2026 Marina Poša All rights reserved.
Created on Jagera Country. I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land and pay my respects to Elders past and present. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.