Crossings: The EWF Podcast

The Electric Sea by Elizabeth Bourke by Emerging Writers' Festival

Judgement Day by Katy Chan by Emerging Writers' Festival

Declamation

The writing of an elegy

The passing of a world within the mind.

What could the new world mean to you?

infinite, inexhaustible, strange, untamed.

It struggles against daily the constraints of what is already declared real.

It struggles against daily the tepid enoughness.

It speaks diminishing languages in an enchanted way,

the languages of play, the languages of imagination, pleasure and dedication growing its power within a new rhythm.

Its enemy is sameness. Boredom, disillusionment. Alienation.

Its enemy is sterility, it wants what is waved away and

declared as nothing: no art without work, no work without employment, no employment without a pledge of loyalty. Loyalty to being hardworking,

loyalty to your society, which tells you there is

no education without usefulness. no usefulness without productivity.

no productivity without guilt. no day goes by

without the guilt of wanting to do more. there’s always self improvement, you can always be better, because what you bring to life itself is not enough, or so they say.

you need more than 3 years for an entry level role. you need to work three times as hard as the next person

who is trying to monetise three of their hobbies.

But this new world calls to me too, and tells me something I feel is true:

time that needs to be invested is robbed of its timely quality.

and leisurely respite is just a break from the beating.

That old world has a range of plastic medals -

One for career, one for family, and one for influence and mastery

these resemble premade products from a factory.

I hear that new world as the elegy draws to a close.

I hear that a person’s spirit can be the source of a revolution.

A desire, an adventure, an openness and fluidity. Suggestion, intoxication, whimsy:

Surrealism, the mind turning to reveal its other side:

the influence of intoxicating dreams

inspiring me to declaim that what is possible is wider than what is real.

And what is real is

The writing of this declamation

That rouses the world within the mind.

This world begins through enchantment,

dark sea in the making,

swelling and flooding and flooding.

Four artists from UWRF and EWF appear in this transcontinental literary sound board. Investigating UWRF’s “powers within humans” (live, speak, think), these writers are called upon to artistically represent their connection to such powers.

Four artists from UWRF and EWF appear in this transcontinental literary sound board. Investigating UWRF’s “powers within humans” (live, speak, think), these writers are called upon to artistically represent their connection to such powers.

Four artists from UWRF and EWF appear in this transcontinental literary sound board. Investigating UWRF’s “powers within humans” (live, speak, think), these writers are called upon to artistically represent their connection to such powers.

Four artists from UWRF and EWF appear in this transcontinental literary sound board. Investigating UWRF’s “powers within humans” (live, speak, think), these writers are called upon to artistically represent their connection to such powers.

Episode 5: The (Im)Permanence of Punk. Kurt Eckardt & daniel ward.

EWF are thrilled to share this final conversation of Crossings, between Kurt Eckardt and daniel ward.

Kurt Eckardt works as Marketing and Events Manager at PBS in Naarm, and has recently worked in freelance music publicity, social media management and strategy, event booking and production, and as host of local music radio show Homebrew. Kurt also manages and performs in bands Hearts and Rockets and Astral Skulls, and runs DIY music and zine label and event collective, Psychic Hysteria.

daniel ward is a poet and musician. they are the editor and founder of ‘no more poetry’, an independent publisher of poetry books and art magazines. their second and most recent collection is titled ‘eternal delight paralysis’. daniel is currently writing their third book titled ‘lavender poems’, a series of poems generated through automatic writing techniques guided by sensory explorations, meditation and mantra. their work often explores relationships between transgenderism and pantheism and is interested in the poem as both a problem and a prayer. they are a member of experimental sound collective ‘bodies of divine infinite and eternal spirit’ and are the drummer and sometimes guitarist for Wet Kiss.

daniel and Kurt came together in October in Coburg North. They spoke about DIY culture, the local music & poetry scene, live performance & running their own label & publishing house. daniel & Kurt's thoughtfulness & enthusiasm towards the local arts scene was a perfect conversation to bring this season of Crossings to a close

Credits:

Producer: Jess Zanoni (@jesszanoni)

Co-Producer & Audio Engineer: Sam Pannifex (@otalgiaaudio)

Intro Music: Georgia Farry @bby__g__)

Artwork: Tinieka Page (@tinieka)

With thanks to Henry Farnan, EWF's Marketing & Publicity Coordinator.

With support from the Queen Victoria Women's Centre (@qvwc_melbourne), Creative Australia, Creative Victoria, City of Melbourne. Proud to showcase the works of creatives of @melcityoflit.

EPISODE 4: BEING ALONE & TALKING TO PEOPLE. Rebecca Kelly & Misbah Wolf.

Today EWF are stoked to share a conversation between poets Rebecca Kelly and Misbah Wolf.

Rebecca Kelly is a poet from the waters of Darkinjung Country, currently situated on Wurundjeri Country. Presently, her work is fuelled by questions of class, being, identity and psyche.

Misbah Wolf is a Naarm based poet, who is a hybrid artist, combining music, poetry, performance and art. Their current obsession is exploring the intersections of monotheism and alternative spiritualities through cut-ups, music, research and channelling and are currently writing what they have called an ‘auto-mythological’ fiction funded by Creative Victoria. They have published work through Peril Magazine, Australian Poetry Journal, Cordite, Slow Canoe, Solid Air: Australian and New Zealand Spoken Word, Mascara Literary Journal, Overland, Red Room Poetry and La Mama Poetica.. Their first book was Rooftops in Karachi. Her new book ‘Carapace’ was published by Vagabond Press in 2022.

Misbah and Rebecca met for the first time for this conversation. They spoke about the spiritual, musical and thematic influences within their poetry, and the idiosyncratic patterns and processes of their practices. This is a tender-hearted, down-to-earth conversation. We hope you enjoy.

Credits:

Producer: Jess Zanoni (@jesszanoni)

Co-Producer & Audio Engineer: Sam Pannifex (@otalgiaaudio)

Intro Music: Georgia Farry @bby__g__)

Artwork: Tinieka Page (@tinieka)

With thanks to Henry Farnan, EWF's Marketing & Publicity Coordinator.

With support from the Queen Victoria Women's Centre (@qvwc_melbourne), Creative Australia, Creative Victoria, City of Melbourne. Proud to showcase the works of creatives of @melcityoflit.

Today EWF are delighted to share a conversation between Peggy Frew and Mark Hewitt.

Peggy Frew’s work has been shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award, longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, and the winner of the Barbara Jefferis Award. Peggy is a member of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Melbourne band Art of Fighting. Wildflowers is her fourth novel.

Mark Hewitt is a writer from Melbourne. His debut fiction, the short story Doorknocker, was published in Empty Mind Plaza in 2022. Westie is his first novel.

Peggy and Mark met in September for this conversation, having been acquainted in the past. They spoke about the ethics of writing fiction, their individual writing processes, making a living as an artist and more broadly the public and private identity of being a writer. There's great wisdom and food for thought in this conversation. We hope you enjoy listening.

Credits:

Producer: Jess Zanoni (@jesszanoni)

Co-Producer & Audio Engineer: Sam Pannifex (@otalgiaaudio)

Intro Music: Georgia Farry @bby__g__)

Artwork: Tinieka Page (@tinieka)

With thanks to Henry Farnan, EWF's Marketing & Publicity Coordinator.

With support from the Queen Victoria Women's Centre (@qvwc_melbourne), Creative Australia, Creative Victoria, City of Melbourne. Proud to showcase the works of creatives of @melcityoflit.