Image by Emma Fishwick.
This project occurred during global lockdown in April 2020. Four short films were made by four female artist duets, each pair working online together from international distances. The films were presented on a floating screen for Perth Festival - a free event at The Blue Room Theatre.
The film I created with Aki Iwamoto can be watched in full below.
View all four films and read more about Feminism Has No Borders.
Thanks to the ever generous and supportive Sally Richardson, Artistic Director of Steamworks Arts for providing this opportunity.
Thanks to Iain Grandage for including our films in a wonderful 2021 Perth Festival programmed entirely with West Australian artists.
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Sally Richardson
Director / Producer -
Daisy Sanders & Aki Iwamoto
Collaborators Perth / Brussels -
Samantha Chester & Isabel Sanchez
Collaborators Perth / Madrid -
Natalie Allen & Keren Rosenberg
Collaborators Perth / Amsterdam -
Yilin Kong & Hsiaco Tzu-Tien
Collaborators Melbourne / Taipei -
Emma Fishwick
Video Editor -
Pilar Matar Dupont
Video Consultant
Poetry by Daisy Sanders / Aki Iwamoto and program notes for Perth Festival 2021 below.
あなたが聞く 私は話す you listen I speak
私は聞く あなたが話す I listen you speak
泳いで 話して 笑いあう 一緒に together we swim we walk we laugh
声を上げて泣き叫ぶ 雨の中 we stand wailing in the rain
風の中 in the wind
心がひらく hearts open
私達は踊る we dance
森の匂いをかぐ we smell the forest
興味の足跡 footsteps of curiosity
倒れても 倒れても また探し出す we fall and fall and explore again
四つの足は地の上に four feet on the earth
遠く離れた場所に faraway places
二つの体 二つの声 two bodies two voices
(神たちは) まとわりつく spirits entwine
言葉たちは もつれ 流れだす words tangle and flow
言語たちは 水のように our language is water
柔らかく また強く soft but strong
いつも形を変え 絶え間なく always changing but always constant
学ぶために 出会う 自らに learning to meet ourselves
そして 出会う あなたと私 and meet each other
一緒に together
Edited by Emma Fishwick.