Activators 4: Conversation Series and First Chapter of a Novel with chunky move
Activators 4 was formed across hemispheres in a global pandemic: from Aotearoa-New Zealand to the United Kingdom, from Sweden to GariwerdThe Grampians. Surprisingly, the long distances increase the level of intimacy between conversationalists, both in content and attention. Gaps become spaces we can lean into. Wait in. Linger with. Absence, text and performance are light currents flowing through the Conversation Series, a time capsule of lurking questions, interests and problems occurring between October / November 2020. Amaara, Amrita, Daniel, Megan, Rhiannon, Tim and their partners discuss connection, rigour, change, hopelessness; threesomes in exchange for legal advice, objects instead of hugs, a chorus, wetting the bed, darkness-dancing, an orca, queers pissing in alleyways. A hot blind date for some and a quick heartbeat of new collaboration for others, across oceans and plane-free skies and plastic bottle mountains, from their closed eyes to your (one) open ear. Their references are included in a Reading List at the end of each conversation.