Stepping Into the Circle (Rachel Nolan)

How does design incorporate memory and materiality? What would our built environment be like if clients and architects revived the world of imagination?

Tai and Rachel discuss the language of landscape in relation to and as an integral part of Architecture. They talk about the very personal process of designing a house and how it can influence families by making us WAIT and SHARE. They explore how rules in your practice can evolve from instincts, which in time evolve into built patterns. They also address the changing landscape of women architects' careers, flexible working models and juggling it all.

Music: 'End of the Day' by Phia www.listentophia.com

Audio production: Bec Fary

This episode was part of the exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism at ACCA. Thanks to ACCA for all their support.

Wild Thing (Jenny Watson)

What does it mean to be an ‘Aussie Artist’? What is wildness and how do we allow it space to thrive?

Tai and Jenny share their love of horses and the freedoms they offer to us as young girls whilst taking a close look at the Australian and international gallery scene and the ‘sober business of art’. They talk about the importance of depicting ‘broken women’ and female iconoclasts in paintings and the power of imagining other versions and stories for yourself.

Music: 'End of the Day' by Phia www.listentophia.com

Audio production: Bec Fary

This episode was part of the exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism at ACCA. Thanks to ACCA for all their support.

Painting yourself out of the Dark (Diena Georgetti)

What is it like to live with a mental illness and make art? How important is editing when it comes to being an artist?

Tai and Diena discuss how difficult it can be when we are critical not only of our work but also of ourselves. They talk about finding consolation in successful works we have made and painting as a way of existing when life itself is really, really hard.

Music: 'End of the Day' by Phia www.listentophia.com

Audio production: Bec Fary

This episode was part of the exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism at ACCA. Thanks to ACCA for all their support.

Natural Woman (Patricia Piccini)

How do we use work to explore ideas of motherhood and morality?

Tai and Patricia discuss what it means to be a mother and continue a successful art practice. They talk about issues of postnatal depression and anxiety, partners and family life. They also talk about owning and celebrating your fecundity and creating ‘finely crafted love letters’ to your audience with your work.

Music: 'End of the Day' by Phia www.listentophia.com

Audio production: Bec Fary

This episode was part of the exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism at ACCA. Thanks to ACCA for all their support.

Big Horizons (Sally Smart)

How do our gestures and bodies become part of our work? And how is the act of cutting a feminist action?

Tai and Sally talk about female identity and archetypes of women such as pirates, witches and more - ideas which have been present in Sally’s life and imagination since she was a child. We talk about the act of cutting and how the female identity is both fragile and sturdy, but ultimately ‘re-arrangeable’ and fluid.

Music: 'End of the Day' by Phia www.listentophia.com

Audio production: Bec Fary

This episode was part of the exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism at ACCA. Thanks to ACCA for all their support.

Control/Escape (Shelley Lasica)

How and what do you present to an audience? Where does the line between yourself and your work begin?

Tai and Shelley discuss the assumptions about ‘revealing the truth’ in dance and how creating complexity and a kind of ‘unhooked narrative’ that is not linear or logocentric might be a more exciting way of looking at things. We also discuss the idea of playing with ‘the gaze,’ the fraught relationship between needing approval from an audience and making work within a female body.

Music: 'End of the Day' by Phia www.listentophia.com

Audio production: Bec Fary

This episode was part of the exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism at ACCA. Thanks to ACCA for all their support.

Her Life in the Nude (Maude Davey)

How can we be open and honest and take risks, but still feel safe?

Tai and Maude talk about making work about women and what exactly does it mean to take risks in front of an audience? They share the frustration of finding it easier to write about other people’s work than their own and how to deal with failure. They ask the hard question; ‘What happens as you get older and your body can’t perform in the same way anymore?’

Music: 'End of the Day' by Phia www.listentophia.com

Audio production: Bec Fary

This episode was part of the exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism at ACCA. Thanks to ACCA for all their support.

Tempering Tenacity (Lou Hubbard)

How can we find our true methodology and maintain a healthy obsession?

Tai and Lou talk about taking your time in life to find your true creative path. They also talk about tenacity, bossiness and learning how to defer control and practice patience. Lou says ‘The artist in me doesn’t sit down’ and they explore what it means to be truly obsessed by your work, but how to keep a healthy balance with your family and ‘shave away the extraneous’ aspects of your life.

Music: 'End of the Day' by Phia www.listentophia.com

Audio production: Bec Fary

This episode was part of the exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism at ACCA. Thanks to ACCA for all their support.

Non Binary Futures (Tonié Field)

Don’t put me in a box! How can we celebrate and encourage fluidity?

Tai and Tonié discuss what it means to be a non-binary and progressive artist in a classical world. How might we express overtly political ideas through an abstract language like music. They share a boisterous and heartfelt journey through the worlds of Drag, Burlesque and Fashion as well as the serious issues of feeling safe within the educational institution and getting ‘Tired of the fight.’

Music: 'End of the Day' by Phia www.listentophia.com, with additional music in this episode written and recorded by Tonié Field

Audio production: Bec Fary

This episode was part of the exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism at ACCA. Thanks to ACCA for all their support.

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Dark Laughs (Claire Lambe)

How do we dig up dark memories from our past and make them funny?

Tai and Claire share a lively chat about dark satire as a way of communication in art practice and how the past, present and future can all exist in an artwork right now. Claire shares tales of the ‘white-knuckle-ride’ that is making work and how she manages to deal with feelings of vulnerability and stress.

Music: 'End of the Day' by Phia www.listentophia.com

Audio production: Bec Fary

This episode was part of the exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism at ACCA. Thanks to ACCA for all their support.

World Weaver (Chaco Kato)

How do we fit into the art world?

Can we create our own world?

Tai and Chaco explore ideas of how and why you might create your own support network, collective or cross-community project. Chaco literally weaves her own context and explores traditionally domestic crafts on a giant scale.

Music: 'End of the Day' by Phia www.listentophia.com

Audio production: Bec Fary

This episode was part of the exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism at ACCA. Thanks to ACCA for all their support.