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Hi and welcome back to
Take 5 with Leisa
Today I'm with David Baker
Hello
David's just come back from a trip to London
To check out what's been going on
in accessibility arts and disabled arts
I'd have to say
two of the main highlight I'd have to say was
a theatre company from 'Mind the Gap'
where an artist
by the name of Jez Colborne
(sound of siren) who had a fear of sirens
and he wanted to create a show
over his fear of sirens
and how he came about,
how his fear of sirens came about
but also how he turned a negative to a positive
and it was really quite an amazing show
I haven't really heard of that before
turning an actual fear
yeah
into a positive experience
and artistic show
It would have been quite dramatic
oh it was, it was very dramatic
it was quite, um
even the difference in atmosphere's
because it was both performed inside and outside
so I got a bit of a taste
of what worked better
wow
and we were talking before about
an experience you've had of watching
somebody in a wheel chair do some scuba diving?
Well for me seeing the wheel chair you know,
that was like the real face of 'Unlimited'
because by seeing it scuba diving
I saw that as a poster of freedom
like we can do whatever we like here
you know, regardless
whatever boundaries we can actually go along
and create
so she basically went to some technicians
and said 'look I want to go into the water
and go swimming and scuba diving'
where it was, was off the coast of Egypt
and with all the coral reefs
you could actually tell that she was actually in her own world
and funny enough I remember I actually met the artist
as I was doing a visual arts tour
because they were show casing visual arts as well
yep
and, I had no idea that she was sitting in the room,
I was literally sitting there and I was chatting to her about it,
and I said 'look, you know, it's fantastic to see somebody
to go out there and like, swim in the ocean
and take another step
yeah
and I think that's what it's about really
and it was about 'Unlimited' and it was about ..
it's was not about what you can't do,
it was about what you can do
and really challenging yourself.
really challenging yourself as a person
and as an artist
you know, I personally didn't see it was 'us and them'
it was like 'together'
variants together
going forward, you know
yeah that's right, I think that's important, you know
that it's not just 'disability arts', it is just
'The Arts' all together
Yeah
and I think that's the message that art can bring
yeah
to the community as a whole
that's right
that it's an equal playing field
well one of the main goals I would love to
accomplish here in Australia
is actually to have a disability led theatre company
where people with disability are doing the work
and are producing work
and you know, it's just really creating ..
you know, really as artists, there is far more than stage
big on stage and performing,
I think there's far more to do than the lights, the sound,
and stage management and administration
people with a disability here can do it
mmm
and we can do, and can produce work
and yes we can create work, and be
artists in our own right
without anybody telling us,
and that's what is one of the main focuses
that I came back for
and I would love to bring it back to Australia
we've still got a little way to go,
quite a long way to go really .. in Australia
Yeah quite a long way!
I would love to go over and see that
well thank you David It's been a really
fascinating conversation today
thank you
I know I've learnt a lot
So yeah, all the very best in your future endeavours
that really sounds great
I know a few people who would be interested in
getting into stage management
and everything
so yeah
(theme music starts) thank you very much for having me on board
great , thanks
see you later
see you later