Jodee Mundy first discovered that all her family was deaf when she got lost in Kmart.

She didn’t see ‘disability’, only the love and protection of those closest to her.

Presented in Australian Sign Language, English and creative captions, Personal conveys Jodee’s experience as a CODA (child of Deaf adults) through this captivating blend of performance, multimedia and animation.

This smart, touching and intimate performance explores the joys and contradictions of inhabiting two worlds: living in a Deaf family, where using sign language is natural; and living in a society that sees only the family’s disability.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Jodee Mundy OAM is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural leader working across the independent, small to medium arts sectors, as well as, for festivals and in major art organisations. A creative director, performer, writer, activist, creative producer, executive producer, commissioner, interpreter, film and festival maker, Jodee is a coda (child of Deaf adults) and is the only person who hears as everyone in her immediate family are Deaf. Her mother tongue is Australian Sign Language while English is her second language.

A proud coda member of the Australian Deaf community, in 2019, Jodee was diagnosed with an incurable life-threatening illness. She lives with gratitude for each day and has an acquired disability. As a disabled mother to two young girls, she lives and works on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples in Naarm (Melbourne).

Personal has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.