"Interview with Kath Duncan"

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Title
"Interview with Kath Duncan"
Description
Kath Duncan is a writer, a director, a provocateur, a visual artist, a comedian, a producer, a journalist, a radio broadcaster and disability advocate.
Interview Summary
Kath Duncan is an experienced and prominent figure in the disability arts community with a passion for experimental performance arts, having witnessed the beginnings of the disability arts movement in Australia and participated in its evolution. Her art is inherently political, shaped by her unique perspective as a congenital amputee. Kath firmly believes in the inherent creative revolutions and endless inspiration within all impairments. Kath highlights the ongoing struggles within the disability arts sector, including high unemployment rates for disabled individuals, systemic barriers, and the need for disabled leadership in arts organizations. While cherishing the milestones and transformative experiences she's had, Kath calls for significant systemic changes, emphasizing the importance of team playing and collective work to support and grow the disabled artist community.
Identifier
IV00042
datePublished
2022
Relation
Melbourne
Victoria
Disability Arts History Australia
Accessible Arts
Australia Council
Accessible Arts
Access Arts
The Other Film Festival
Quippings Performance Troupe
Alter State
Arts Activated
Arts Access Victoria
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"Kath Duncan, Gerard Goggin (2002). 'Something in Your Belly': Fantasy, Disability and Desire in My One Legged Dream Lover. Disability Studies Quarterly 22 (4), pp: 127-144."
"Kath Duncan, Gerard Goggin, Christopher Newell (2005) ‘Don’t Talk about Me... Like I’m Not Here': Disability in Australian National Cinema. Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine.146/147, pp. 152-159. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.043842788583710"
"Sarah Austin, Kath Duncan, Gerard Goggin, Lachlan MacDowall, Veronica Pardo, Eddie Paterson, Jax Jacki Brown, Morwenna Collett, Fiona Cook, Bree Hadley, Jess Kapuscinski-Evans, Donna McDonald, Julie McNamara, Gayle Mellis, Kate Sulan (2019). The last avant garde? In B. Hadley, D. McDonald ed. The Routledge Handbook of Disability Art, Culture, and Media. London & New York: Routledge, 251-262."
"Bree Hadley, Donna McDonald, Sarah Austin, Kath Duncan, Gerard Goggin, Lachlan MacDowall, Veronica Pardo, Eddie Paterson, with collaborators Dave Calvert, Jori De Coster, Shawn Goh, Alice Fox, Ann M. Fox, Andy Kempe, Petra Kuppers, Justin Lee, Alex Lubet, Sarah Meisch Lionetto, Ann Millett-Gallant, Laura Misener, Bronwyn Preece, Megan Strickfaden, Joanne Tay, Matthew Reason, Nancy Quinn, and Sarah Whatley (2019) Conclusion: practicing interdependency, sharing vulnerability, celebrating complexity - the future of disability arts, culture, and media research. In Hadley, B & McDonald, D (Eds.) The Routledge handbook of disability arts, culture, and media. Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 362-372."
"Bree Hadley, Eddie Paterson, Madeleine Little, Kath Duncan (2024) How Disability Performance Travels in Australia: The Reality Under the Rhetoric. In Czymoch, Christiane, Maguire Rossier, Kate, & Schmidt, Yvonne (Eds.) How Does Disability Performance Travel?: Access, Art, and Internationalization. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 62-76.”
“Research project ‘Disability and the Performing Arts in Australia: The Last Avant Garde’ investigates the creative and aesthetic strategies of the Australian disability arts sector”
Veronica Pardo
Kath Duncan
Gaelle Mellis
Quentin Kenihan
David Doyle
Morwenna Collett
David Helfgott
Geoffrey Wright
Geoffrey Rush
Genni Batterham
Genevieve Picot
Gem Mahedeo
Gemma Mahadeo
Fiona Cook
Eddie Paterson
Donna McDonald
Danielle von der Borch
Creatrix Tiara
Corinne Cantrill
Clement Baade
Clem Baade
Christopher Newell
Christine Oslen
Chris Corin
Caroline Bowditch
Bree Hadley
Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrman
Barbara Chobocky
Arthur Cantrill
Anthony Julian
Angel Leggas
Rachel Edward
Qambar Ali Akhteyari
Prue Stevenson
PJ Hogan
Petra Kuppers
Penny Fowler-Smith
Paul Matley
Nina Angelo
Nicholas Hope
Mike McEvoy
Michael Buxton
Megan Strickfaden
Mandy Smith
Madeleine Little
Lynn Redgrave
Louise Riisik
Leisa Prowd
Lachlan MacDowall
Kochava Lilit
Kerryn Poke
Katie Ellis
Kate Sulan
Julie Mc
Julie McNamara
Joshua Lynzaat
Louise Riisik
Leisa Prowd
Lachlan MacDowall
Kochava Lilit
Kerryn Poke
Katie Ellis
Kate Sulan
Julie Mc
Julie McNamara
Joshua Lynzaat
John Tonso
Jo Kennedy
Joey Kennedy
Jocelyn Moorhouse
Jess Kapuscinski-Evans
Jax Jacki Brown
Jacob Baldwin
Ivor Cantrill
Imogen Newhouse
Hugo Weaving
Hugh Piper
Heather Rose
Harriet Devlin
Hannah Bradsworth
Gerard Goggin
Toni Collette
Sonia Marcon
Scott Hicks
Sarah Austin
Ryan New
Rolf de Heer
Rena Owen
Rachel High
Rachel Griffiths
Rachel Edward
Qambar Ali Akhteyari
Prue Stevenson
PJ Hogan
Petra Kuppers
Penny Fowler-Smith
Paul Matley
Nina Angelo
Nicholas Hope
Mike McEvoy
Michael Buxton
Megan Strickfaden
Mandy Smith
Madeleine Little
Lynn Redgrave
gender
Female
category
CreativeWork
Type
Conversation
Format
URL, Video, Text
inLanguage
English, Auslan
keywords
Theatre and Performance
Film/TV/New Media
Creative Writing
Visual Arts and Galleries,Grant
Education and employment
Access
Advocacy and awareness raising
Participation in public and political life
Participation in cultural life
url
https://www.kathduncan.com/about
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