Nico is locked down with a group of artists isolating together in an artist residency. Unable to perform her original project as no one is allowed on or off the premises, she has to come up with another in order to legitimise her presence at the residency, and her sex work practice as ‘art’. The liminal conditions of a level five lockdown seem to create a place beyond time, bringing new opportunities and problematics to the performance of intimacy, that further blur the uneasy boundaries between fact and fiction… The work features the talents of a largely queer collective with backgrounds in film, theatre, fine art, performance, activism and documentary including Loren Loubster, Kiroshan Naidoo, Gabe Gabrielle, Kathleen Stephans, Nico Athene and Francis Chouler.
Written and Produced by
Francis Chouler and Nico Athene
Francis Chouler and Nico Athene
Created with and filmed by the Creative Collective:
Loren Loubster (Nico)
Kiroshan Naidoo (Henry)
Gabe Gabriel (Aleks)
Kathleen Stephens (Greta)
Kiroshan Naidoo (Henry)
Gabe Gabriel (Aleks)
Kathleen Stephens (Greta)
With additional performances by
Sihle Shona (Monde)
Amy Louise Wilson (Emilia)
Buhle Ngaba (Busi)
Rosa-Karoo Louw (Michaela)
Amy Louise Wilson (Emilia)
Buhle Ngaba (Busi)
Rosa-Karoo Louw (Michaela)
and Goa as Clement Greenburg
Directed by Francis Chouler and Nico Athene and the Creative Collective
Cinematography and editing by Gabe Gabriel
Additional Camera
Elliot Naude
Francois Knoetze
Elliot Naude
Francois Knoetze