Category Critical Reflections
…the L word…
“…the L word…” “…the bass can kill you…” “…just like Beirut…” …just a few phrases that echo from Urban Theatre Project’s new production, (not) exploring ‘the C word’, opening in November 2008: stories of love and hate How many articles, short films, theatre works, books have been produced since December 2005? How many meetings, seminars, […]
this business of self…
i woke from a dream, her voice still clearly in my head: i think this business of self. is being. and self criticism. not being existentialist nor essentialist. but being, in agency. centre through decentre. 3weeks ago, i quietly went alone to Black2BLAK2 nsw aboriginal visual arts conference campbelltown arts centre djon mundine speaking […]
… spitting distance?!
the morning after attending a public forum entitled: ‘opening our theatres to ethnic stories and players’ ***###%%%@@@@???!!!???!!!shou??!!who is asking the question?who is considering doing the opening? on whose terms?whose theatres are ‘our’ theatres?who are ‘ethnics’? and what does that word mean again?!?etc etc etc although these days i am not actively / consistently engaged in […]
Baris ila Burramatta ila Baris ila …
Some of my internal dialogues during and after the presentation and discussion @ A tale of two cities: from Paris to ParramattaMulticulturalism, community and cultural development: a transnational perspective.Paula Abood @ Parramatta Artists Studios on 16 June 2008 • In a process of interviews and action research, ‘who’ is asking / posing the questions (regardless […]
khay! quietness…
khay!quietness and silence… can quietness and silence and withdrawal be forms of resistance or social change?is it possible that community cultural development work, as life work, can have slower approaches – so slow that there are long periods of quiet? maybe i am emerging from four months of relative quietness.but i have grown to love […]
significant cultural processes and productions that come to mind for you?
The other day I found some old papers (as you do). Three years ago I had emailed a number of people (see below), attempting a small random ‘survey’ (very Sydney-centred, I admit) to prepare for a presentation at UTS called: “Facing Fear: Community Anti-Racism after September 11, 2001”. ::———-:: 16 Nov 2004 dear friends i […]
paula on ‘the politics of bellydancing’…
“… well it just goes to demonstrate that you can resurrect cultural work from the early nineties and still be relevant! 14 years ago a group of arab women produced a performance work (with mostly sold out nights in both sydney and canberra) called the politics of belly dancing. in this piece, issues around cultural […]
3arabi Mapping 
A.I. on ‘ghost flights’…
… my first thought on reading about the helicopter ride that Alissar took – and which she has no memory of, no evidence for – reminded me of the other ‘ghost flights’ that i’ve been thinking about lately. Those ghost flights are the more sinister kind – those that ‘render’ people to institutions of pain […]