So I went to the first session of the day which gave me little to no great deal of information content wise. It seemed to mainly be about the host and the other white male who held the floor when all I wanted to hear from was Tanseem Chopra
During question time I posed a question towards Chopra, it was the host who answered, and he also didn't answer it very much at all, which is weird because he was the host.
Goldsworthy was great to listen to and the host was exceptional, he seemed like a genuine fan of her writing and he assisted the conversation perfectly.
I asked Goldsworthy a question in regards to sexism that exists in the composing industry
- There are more male than female musicians and they earn half the median income than males
and in a study of the top 250 grossing films in 2014 stated only 1% of composers and 5% sound producers
Have you felt these constraints, and how do you face or overcome them?
She confirmed that in her classes the majority were women yet all the teachers were men. She also left me with a great motiviating statement "Pursue your path, we aren't as enlightened as we like to think we are."
Despite never hearing of Goldsworthy prior to the event I was truly inspired by her.
Despite never hearing of Goldsworthy prior to the event I was truly inspired by her.
THEN it was finally the highlight of my whole festival, John Bell.
Now I personally have just returned from performing with the Australian Shakespeare Theatre Company internationally so I was extremely excited when I heard John Bell was going to be in Bendigogo.
Now I personally have just returned from performing with the Australian Shakespeare Theatre Company internationally so I was extremely excited when I heard John Bell was going to be in Bendigogo.
The interviewer was superb and constructed the interview along with the monologue "The World's a Stage" and the audience actually had the opportunity to watch John Bell perform this monologue which was brilliant.
One woman from the audience stating "I don't really understand Shakespeare but just then when you performed it, I understood everything."
One woman from the audience stating "I don't really understand Shakespeare but just then when you performed it, I understood everything."
The conversation spoke about the adaptation of Shakespeare Bell comments "in the 70's there was a type of typecasting, all this is now out the window, a good deal of experimental casting, gender blinding, colour blinding [exists today]"
After his interview I spoke with Bell briefly of my experiences with Shakespeare and asked him about the adaptation of Sleep No More which is a running show by a British company Punchdrunk that is currently being played in America.
This interview was by far the most intriguing and helpful for me as an artist.
Byebye!
-C
After his interview I spoke with Bell briefly of my experiences with Shakespeare and asked him about the adaptation of Sleep No More which is a running show by a British company Punchdrunk that is currently being played in America.
This interview was by far the most intriguing and helpful for me as an artist.
Byebye!
-C
