In this episode we hear from theatre maker, performer, puppeteer and occupational therapist Alice Osborne. Alice shares how a mesmerising shadow puppetry display early in her training led her on a career path to explore the relationship between different expressive forms: visual art, dance and puppetry—and ultimately, to use those creative practices to support people in mental health distress.

In this episode, astronomer, astrophysicist and Traditional Knowledge holder, Karlie Noon takes us on a journey to the stars. She tells us about the creativity that emerges when trying to draw and describe the movements of the sky. She also speaks about the surprising connections that she has found between Indigenous Sky Knowledge from the first astronomers and Western approaches to reading the night sky.

In this episode, we hear from dancer and choreographer Charmaine Seet. Charmaine speaks about her journey from Malaysian cultural dance as a child, into the postmodern dance tradition. This has led her to develop improvisational dance lessons for children and young people that allow them to discover body languages that can be right—no matter what the shape.

In this episode, theatre maker and game developer Nathan Harrison tells us about making performances and interactive games from scratch. Nathan speaks about the modelling processes in his collaborative collectives Applespiel and Boho Interactive. These groups both use audience participation to mobilise new ideas.

In this episode, visual artist Kirthana Selvaraj provides insight into her painting practice. She reflects on the unique ways in which she experiences colour and how that informs her approach to portrait painting.

In this episode, dancer, choreographer, and director Victoria Hunt delves into the creativity of movement and mental imaging. They tell us about connecting to spiritual beings through their work, which emerges in a codependent and intertwined way with the body’s movements, and which are tied to Māori energies of mauri (life force) and whakapapa (genealogy).

Welcome to How to Play in Slow Time: Interviews on Creativity.

Each episode interviews an Australian-based artist and unpacks their process of making—from the first seed of an idea, to its final form and audience reception. We showcase how these makers not only approach creative problem solving differently, but think differently, across their creative fields.

You might imagine this podcast is a toolkit of different ways to make space for creative possibility. We hope that the ideas from these interviews spark new approaches and practices within your own fields and set you up for creative flourishing.

In this trailer you’ll hear a snapshot of each of the interviewees featured in season one—a taster of episodes to come. We hope you’ll join us in the coming weeks for this exploration of How to Play in Slow Time.