Banksia

On this episode on Banksia, we hear from Tom Mosby, CEO of Koorie Heritage Trust and oganiser of the Koorie Artshow, and Cienan Muir, founder and organiser of INDIGINERD, a community of First Nations gamers, streamesr, comic fans, and all things Indigenous & nerdy.

Tom Mosby talks about the 11th Annual Koorie Artshow, held at the Birrarung Building, and the importance and history of the event.

Cienan Muir talks about the importance of having space for First Nations people in the world of gaming, streamers, gamer groups, Indigenous Comic Con, as well as the upcoming events for INDIGINERD.

Hosted by Kiwat Kennell

Kiwat Kennell speaks with Brad Brown from Songlines all about Share the Spirit Festival, a free annual festival held on January 26 at the Sidney Myer Bowl with an incredible line-up of 23 Indigenous artists.

Later on in the show, Kiwat talks to Gavin Somers from Jarrah about the band's new and old music, the struggle of living between two worlds, and the joy of having family share in your music.

Kiwat Kennell speaks with Clay Holland and Fjorn Bastos about Blak Pearl Studio, a creative drop-in space for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and about their upcoming end-of-year exhibition running from the 7th to the 22nd of December, 2023.

Later on in the show, Kiwat speaks to Troy Benjamin from Deadly Events about their Blak Stage Summer Series, a weekly First Nations open-mic night platforming new and established artists.

In this week's episode, Vanessa Morris talks with Arrernte/Garrwa boy Dujuan Hoosan and his grandmother, Carol Turner, discussing their new co-authored book, In My Blood It Runs. Vanessa also has a chat with Kamarra Bell-Wykes about Whose Gonna Love 'Em? — a post-traumatic performance thesis wrote and directed by Kamarra. Catch the performance at Malthouse from November 22nd to December 3rd 2023.

Vanessa Morris speaks to Noongar Wongi rapper Flewnt about his new single ‘Souwess’, a love song to the west, along with the power of hip-hop as an art form.

Yorta Yorta / Wamba Wamba / Mutti Mutti / Boonwurrung artist Maree Clarke talks about her appearance in upcoming documentary Dig Deeper (2023) along with three other First Nations artists, and her future projects.

Vanessa Morris speaks with Nina Fitzgerald, founder of Laundry Gallery in the Northern Territories, on the House of Darwin x Laundry Gallery pop-up in Fitzroy, and how Laundry Gallery works to represent modern iterations of Aboriginal art and culture.

Vanessa also speaks with Leila Gurruwiwi about Uplands, a new platform from Agency Projects, which has partnered with remote Indigenous art centres across Australia to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to create and share unique art with the world.

Vanessa Morris speaks with Myles Russell-Cook, Senior Curator of Australian and First Nations Art at the National Gallery of Victoria, on NGV Australia's new exhibition space Wurrdha Marra, and the importance of a permanent space for First Nations art to be displayed and recontextualised.

Vanessa Morris speaks with Yhonnie Scarce on her installation In Absence, made in collaboration with architecture studio Editio Office, that invites audiences to confront the fallacy of Terra nullius.

She also speaks with Amelia Jean O'Leary on STAUNCH ASF, a new contemporary dance work that explores her experience of growing up in the suburbs as a Gamilaroi Yinarr woman, that will be taking place at Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Vanessa Morris speaks with Kerry Kennell about Kennell&Co's Artist Assist, a business development program that will support 40 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander female, transgender and non-binary people within Australia's music industry. For more information, visit Kennell&Co's website.

Vanessa also speaks with Joel Bray about Brolga: A Queer Koori Wonderland, a dance party inspired by Aboriginal stories of the dancing Brolga and is part of Deadly Fringe - the Melbourne Fringe Festival's First Nations program. They also talk about Joel's upcoming Homo Pentecostus, an exploration of his experience growing up in the Pentecostal church as a queer person in the 1990s.

Victoria Morris speaks to Tahnee Edwards, a proud Yorta Yorta and Taungurung woman, designer and community worker, about her clothing brand Gammin Threads, how Tahnee connects with community through her designs, and the rise of First Nation fashion designers.

If you're interested in learning mnore about Gammin, head to their website or visit their Preston store at 130 High Street.