and hear audience members still talking
JANA:
about Off The Record, I thought we have
If I was in America, I’d have Tourettes, but in
achieved what we set out to do – we have
Australia: Crazy.
emotionally connected.
If I was in America, I’d maybe also have Lyme disease, which is this disease you get from
The lessons I learned long ago and
Ticks, like bush ticks, not tic tics, and Lyme
continue to apply, e.g. keeping an open
disease can cause neurological problems,
mind when working with a new group of
like these, but we also don’t have Lyme
people and leaving my ego at the door,
disease in Australia.
supported the process of this work.
So, no. These tics, which aren’t tics, are not
Because of my openness, I was able to
from a tick. In Australia.
learn and experience from these artist
They’re just for attention.
different ways of being, living and creating.
I know what you’re thinking. “For attention,
Exploring what inspires them, what
what?!?! Whay?!” Seems crazy, right?!
drives them and what keeps them going
But I am crazy. I mean, I don’t feel like I’m
as an artist today also feeds me moving
crazy, but it’s official.
forward with new Force Majeure works. It is very possible that future works would
It’s on record.
include artists with disability regardless of the topic.
Here are examples of text spoken during ‘Welcome to Off the Record’: GERARD: According to my mind I don’t go out on nights when I have work the next day I don’t smoke I don’t do drugs I don’t lie I don’t care what people think I don’t judge people and I don’t stray from my plans
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