about intimacy

INTIMACY is a three-day digital and live art programme made to elicit connectivity, induce interaction and provoke debate between cutting edge artists, performers, leading scholars, respected researchers, creative thinkers and local community. A culturally urgent series of events, Intimacy is designed to address a diverse set of responses to the notion of ‘being intimate’ in contemporary performance and as such, in life.  Framed as a forum for artists, scholars, community workers, performers, cultural practitioners, researchers and creative thinkers, Intimacy will feature workshops, seminars, performances, and a 1-day symposium at Goldsmiths College, Laban, and the Albany during December 7th-9th, 2007.

Featuring performances, workshops, seminars and a symposium, Intimacy invites scholars, researchers, artists and audiences to enable the interrogation and creative exploration of formal, aesthetic and affective modes of performing intimacy now.

Intimacy is co-directed and co-produced by:

Maria Chatzichristodoulou [aka maria x] PhD Researcher Goldsmiths Digital Studios, University of London; Sessional Lecturer Birkbeck FLL drp01mc@gold.ac.uk

Rachel Zerihan PhD Researcher School of Arts, Roehampton University; Sessional Lecturer Brunel University.

INTIMACY Board:

  • Prof. Johannes Birringer Chair in Drama and Performance Technologies, School of Arts, Brunel University of West London; Choreographer.
  • Hazel Gardiner Senior Project Manager AHRC ICT Methods Network.
  • Prof. Adrian Heathfield School of Arts, Roehampton University; Writer; Curator.
  • Prof. Janis Jefferies Artistic Director Goldsmiths Digital Studios, University of London; Director Constance Howard Centre in Textiles; Artist; Curator.
  • Gerald Lidstone Head of Drama Department, Goldsmiths University of London.

INTIMACY is supported by:

  • AHRC ICT Methods Network
  • Goldsmiths University of London
  • Knowledge East
  • Trinity Laban
  • The Albany


We hope to see you at performances, workshops, seminars and symposium exploring Intimacy 7-9 December, in and around Goldsmiths, Laban, The Albany and Second Life.