The Transmissions

It's an 8km swim from Güzelçamli, Turkey to the Greek Island of Samos. That's 160 lengths of an Olympic sized swimming pool.Swim is a new creation in-development by Jivesh Parasram and Tom Arthur Davis that imagines the effects of migration on the self. Originally conceived as a performance event with a live endurance swimming audience component, Swim is being reimagined as a walking meditation/audio play for the SummerWorks Lab---------------This SummerWorks Lab workshop presentation of Swim was produced by Pandemic Theatre in collaboration with Theatre Conspiracy. It was presented by Why Not Theatre, with development support from Crow's Theatre. Swim was written and created by Jivesh Parasram & Tom Arthur Davis, in collaboration with Tim Carlson, Gavan Cheema, and David Mesiha. Our readers were Tsholo Khalema, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, and Sally Zori. Swim was recorded and edited on the territory of the Erie, Neutral, Wendat, Haudenosaunee, Mississaugas and Anisnabek Peoples, as well as on the Unceded territory of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sto:lo people. Special thanks to Rumble Theatre for podcast hosting support. This was project was made possible by the Government of Canada and the Canada for the Arts. To learn more about Swim, and to give feedback on the presentation, visit www.pandemictheatre.ca. Or give feedback directly:   hereFor further inquiries, contact Jivesh Parasram at jiv@pandemictheatre.ca. 

Welcome to Episode 2! In this episode we pick up on one of the thought transmissions from episode 1 from Howard Dai. We talk about inspiration, discipline, self worth, false bravado - and the myth of writers block.Jiv "speaks moistly" with Playwright (Situational Anarchy, White Heat) and Journalist (VICE, CBC, REAL Punk News, GQ) Graham Isador. (twitter: @presgang) For news on Howard's new project in development, "The Rex Project", check out: www.tinyurl.com/therexprojectIf you want to submit a question/thought or are interested in responding to one you've just heard, contact us at digital@rumble.org. -------Now Playing at Rumble: Good Things To Do by the Good Things Collective | www.goodthingstodo.ca  Check out the whole 2020 Digital Season: at www.rumble.org (official launch date Tuesday April 21st 2020 - ....fingers crossed!)

Welcome to Episode 1! This is our launch...ish episode. Transmissions to the definition. This is a sampling of what's on people's minds during COVID-19 isolation. In future episodes we'll keep this format going and also start discussing these questions/thoughts. If you want to submit a question/thought or are interested in responding to one you've just heard, contact us at digital@rumble.org. -------Now Playing at Rumble: Good Things To Do by the Good Things Collective | www.goodthingstodo.ca  Check out the whole 2020 Digital Season: at www.rumble.org (official launch date Tuesday April 21st 2020 - ....fingers crossed!)