{"id":38,"date":"2023-04-25T10:37:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T09:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/theothersideofme\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:37:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/theothersideofme\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Other Side of Me (TOSOM) is a multidisciplinary practice-based research project led by Northumbria University Assistant Professors Dr Laura Fish and Liz Pavey. It explores ways to translate the life of a young Aboriginal man, whose story is inseparable from the Australian Government\u2019s policy to wrongfully remove Aboriginal children from their parents \u2013 the Stolen Generations, into a narrative that expresses experiences of indigeneity in the contemporary world. His life poses questions about relationships between country of origin, identity, adoption, displacement, space and place, and confinement. <\/p>\n

At the project\u2019s core is a collection of approximately 30 letters written by him to Fish between 1990\u20131994. These offer insights into the conflicts of an individual as he re-evaluates his life and tries to come to terms with his Indigenous Australian origins.<\/p>\n

Adapting his story into dance offers one way to negotiate the challenges of cultural appropriation. This iterative process of adaptation creates space for multiple voices and bodies to retell and reinterpret a story of personal trauma that sits at the limits of linguistic expression.<\/p>\n

The primary output of the research is a new dance theatre production \u2013 a duet combining contemporary and First Nations dance, literature and physical theatre.\u202f\u202f<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Transforming Perceptions of Indigeneity<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The research, development and performances of The Other Side of Me aims to contribute to the wider public\u2019s social awareness of Australia\u2019s Indigenous and cultural heritage.<\/p>

In addressing issues of \u2018race\u2019 and empire, The Other Side of Me speaks to the global BLM movement and ensuing conversations within Australia and the UK about \u2018race\u2019 and identity, both in society at large and in writing, publishing and the arts.<\/p>

The story is based, in part, upon actual events. However, names, and in certain cases incidents and timelines, have been changed for dramatic purposes, and some characters are composites, or entirely fictitious. Any similarity of those fictitious characters, composites, incidents to the name, attributes, or actual background of an actual person, living or dead, or to any actual event, is entirely coincidental and unintentional.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A key aim of the project is to engage with vulnerable and disadvantaged young people within the criminal justice system.\u00a0<\/p>

We have delivered short intensive cross-artform sessions at Aycliffe Secure Children\u2019s Home, a residential youth detention centre in the UK for young people aged 10 – 18 (2018, 2020, 2023).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Other Side of Me: Moving Words into Motion<\/a> reflects on how the project’s iterative process of adaptation creates space for multiple voices and bodies to retell and reinterpret a story of personal trauma that sits at the limits of linguistic expression.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Fish, Laura & Pavey, Liz; The Other Side of Me: Moving Words into Motion, Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance, Volume 14, Number 1, 1 March 2021, pp. 109-123(15) Publisher: Intellect, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1386\/jafp_00045_1<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In 2020 Goodworthy<\/a> created a s<\/span>hort film<\/span> abo<\/span>ut early stages of the creative process and how we were exploring questions and issues central to the pr<\/span>oject.\u00a0 The film reflects our vision for and perspective on the work at that point in the creative process.\u00a0 Ideas have since evolved.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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The Other Side of Me has benefitted from international exposure and profile raising through inclusion in the British Council and Australian Government\u2019s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade\u2019s UK\/Australia Season.<\/p>

The story is based on actual events. However, names, incidents and timelines have been changed for dramatic purposes. All characters depicted in the production are composites or fictitious. Any similarity to the original story, or of fictitious characters to an actual person, living or dead, is coincidental and unintentional.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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About The Other Side of Me About the Project The Other Side of Me (TOSOM) is a multidisciplinary practice-based research project led by Northumbria University Assistant Professors Dr Laura Fish and Liz Pavey. It explores ways to translate the life of a young Aboriginal man, whose story is inseparable from the Australian Government\u2019s policy to wrongfully remove Aboriginal children from their parents \u2013 the Stolen Generations, into a narrative that expresses experiences of indigeneity in the contemporary world. His life poses questions about relationships between country of origin, identity, adoption, displacement, space and place, and confinement.  At the project\u2019s core is a collection of approximately 30 letters written by him to Fish between 1990\u20131994. These offer insights into the conflicts of an individual as he re-evaluates his life and tries to come to terms with his Indigenous Australian origins. Adapting his story into dance offers one way to negotiate the challenges of cultural appropriation. This iterative process of adaptation creates space for multiple voices and bodies to retell and reinterpret a story of personal trauma that sits at the limits of linguistic expression. The primary output of the research is a new dance theatre production \u2013 a duet combining contemporary and First Nations dance, literature and physical theatre.\u202f\u202f Transforming Perceptions of Indigeneity The research, development and performances of The Other Side of Me aims to contribute to the wider public\u2019s social awareness of Australia\u2019s Indigenous and cultural heritage. In addressing issues of \u2018race\u2019 and empire, The Other Side of Me speaks to the global BLM movement and ensuing conversations within Australia and the UK about \u2018race\u2019 and identity, both in society at large and in writing, publishing and the arts. The story is based, in part, upon actual events. However, names, and in certain cases incidents and timelines, have been changed for dramatic purposes, and some characters are composites, or entirely fictitious. Any similarity of those fictitious characters, composites, incidents to the name, attributes, or actual background of an actual person, living or dead, or to any actual event, is entirely coincidental and unintentional. Enhancing Young Disadvantaged People’s Lives A key aim of the project is to engage with vulnerable and disadvantaged young people within the criminal justice system.\u00a0 We have delivered short intensive cross-artform sessions at Aycliffe Secure Children\u2019s Home, a residential youth detention centre in the UK for young people aged 10 – 18 (2018, 2020, 2023). The Other Side of Me: Moving Words into Motion The Other Side of Me: Moving Words into Motion reflects on how the project’s iterative process of adaptation creates space for multiple voices and bodies to retell and reinterpret a story of personal trauma that sits at the limits of linguistic expression. Fish, Laura & Pavey, Liz; The Other Side of Me: Moving Words into Motion, Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance, Volume 14, Number 1, 1 March 2021, pp. 109-123(15) Publisher: Intellect, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1386\/jafp_00045_1 Film In 2020 Goodworthy created a short film about early stages of the creative process and how we were exploring questions and issues central to the project.\u00a0 The film reflects our vision for and perspective on the work at that point in the creative process.\u00a0 Ideas have since evolved.\u00a0 Click here to view The Other Side of Me has benefitted from international exposure and profile raising through inclusion in the British Council and Australian Government\u2019s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade\u2019s UK\/Australia Season. The story is based on actual events. However, names, incidents and timelines have been changed for dramatic purposes. All characters depicted in the production are composites or fictitious. 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