FIRST PERSON VOICE – ALL EVENTS
WHERE: JUANITA NIELSEN COMMUNITY CENTRE
COST: $10-$15 for the day, stay for the afternoon or drop-in to individual sessions. Free for First Nations people
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THE LAND IS A LEDGER
12pm-1pm
Spoken, sung, danced, etched into trees, stone, sand and print, stories have been recorded here for thousands of generations. Join these artists as they discuss activism, aesthetics, love, rage, coloniality and continuity on this land.
HOST: Luke Patterson
PERFORMING WRITERS: Bebe Backhouse-Oliver, JM Field and Nicole Smede
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TEXTURES OF RESISTANCE
1.15pm-2.15pm
Hear these performing artists yarn about the role of metaphor, meaning, language, land, and sovereignty in their (anti-)disciplinary practice.
HOST: Anne-Marie Te Whiu
PERFORMING WRITERS: Lulu Houdini, Lucy Norton and Luke Patterson
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FIRST PERSON VOICE PERFORMANCE
2.30pm-3.30pm
You’ve listened to the yarns and now enjoy the poetry with this lineup of First Nations writers and performing artists as they make some noise in Woolloomooloo. Laugh, cry, share the responsibility of shaping this land's memory and future.
HOST: Luke Patterson
PERFORMING WRITER: Bebe Backhouse-Oliver, Lulu Houdini, Brooke Scobie, Nicole Smede and Anne-Marie Te Whiu
Story Week/First Person Voice 2023 artwork – concepts: Miles Merrill, original photos: Nicola Bailey, design: Rachel Stone Art & Design