Tilda Swinton urges next-gen Australian creatives to just go for it
In a galvanising encounter organised by the luxury house Chanel, the actor tells students of film, theatre, art and design they need neither money nor powerful connections to create works of true worth.
Tilda Swinton in Sydney in her role as ambassador for Chanel. Darren McDonald
Tilda Swinton was on her way from Fiji, where she’d been filming with a six-person crew on a remote island, to the Marrakech International Film Festival to present a movie made with her childhood friend Joanna Hogg, when she made a pitstop in Sydney for an unusual engagement.
“I nearly didn’t make it here,” she told the theatre-full of people she’d come to connect with. She’d been making the film in a Fijian village with no Wi-Fi, no running water and no electricity, a 12-hour ride by container ship away, she explained. “We were told, ‘Yeah, I think [the ship’s] going to come and pick you up on Friday. And if it doesn’t come, it will be another month.’
Charis PerkinsLife & Leisure editorCharis Perkins edits The Australian Financial Review's weekly lifestyle liftout, covering the arts, fashion, design, travel, wine, fine dining, sports, motoring and more. Life & Leisure is published online and in the Friday and weekend editions. Email Charis at cperkins@afr.com
