During the May/June 2021 lockdown in Melbourne I sat down with TAFTA to talk about about acting, how we can learn more about humanity through acting, celebrating your successes in times of uncertainty and finding your creativity in your voice, your body and the text.
A recording of the full Q&A is below:
https://www.tafta.com.au/blog/qakateellis
In isolation, 40-year-old Kate became as lascivious as what we once only reserved for 15-year-old boys. Where she had previously been at work tending to the mechanics of the daily grind, light previously unobserved in the middle of the day awakened her to the erotic nature of her home space. As a single in isolation this could have proven significantly frustrating however Kate instead discovered someone who was worthy of being wooed… herself.
In a world that prefaces the number 2 when it comes to romantic relationships, when an Australian government accommodates those who are having sex (‘intimate partners’) in their Covid restrictions; and when touch is removed at a time when we are most vulnerable, how was intimacy challenged and magnified in the age of isolation? How was it embodied? How was it left behind?
ISO INTIMATES invites diverse perspectives around notions of intimacy and romantic partnerships. It encourages a conversation through shared stories around togetherness, connection as well as a more freely chosen alone time of reflection and personal growth.
ISO INTIMATES invites a laugh around stories of App dating in iso or that strip tease moment with face masks (if you’d never actually seen the person/people you were dating); about an enforced, somewhat old-fashioned approach because you had more time to get to know others… or around learning to love yourself and your friends up good and realising you were anything but ‘single’.
Iso Intimates aired at PARKADE in Melbourne city. Joined by Mia Muse / Vanessa Murradian, Maya Ward and Lucienne Shanti Di Tempora, the conversation was recorded and can be found here:
https://mpavilion.org/program/iso-intimates/
