Election Fever

Wednesday, 08 October 2008

I've been busy recently working on some new videos with Shoshana Sperling (of Goth Girls fame) inspired by the upcoming election. We submitted a video to the Department of Culture's "Gone In 30 Seconds" video contest. I'm quite proud of it, especially because Shoshana and I edited ourselves. No mean feat, I tell ya. May be simple to some but for us it was, shall we say, challenging. I'm no techno-simpleton (I'm blogging aren't I?) but learning a new program while at the same time being a control freak/perfectionist proved to be a little much. But we did it!

The piece I wrote for the Wrecking Ball (featuring the talented likes of Ieva Lucs and Hardee Lineham and directed by David Ferry) went over really well. I was so pleased. It was sold out and they had to turn people away at the door. I was inspired not only by the writing (Judith Thompson's piece was chilling to say the least) but by the atmosphere in the room. There was a feeling that we do have a voice and it is possible to make change. Artist or not.

I'm really looking forward to performing as part of Girls School on October 18th at the Diesel Playhouse. It's a stellar lineup of female comedians. I can't wait!

So remember to vote and if you're having trouble figuring out how to strategically vote (if you are so inclined) go to this website as it's very helpful.

'till then,

Teresa

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