Race Matters FBi Radio

A spirit of protest and deep sensitivity echoes in this episode with two staunch First Nations activists and artists Jazz Money & Thea Anamara Perkins. Honored to have FBi broadcaster, writer and curator Levent Can Kaya take over Race Matters with an incisive and luminous chat. Hear Lev, Thea and Jazz on personal archives and joyous collective imagination as antidotes to colonial violence; and the politics of art-making as institutions try to stifle our resistance. 

Image: from Atherreyurre, by Thea Anamara Perkins
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Alicia Zhao and Joannie Lee are joined by artist, Dharma practitioner and co-founder of the Inner Fields collective - Elaine Su-Hui. Together they share a reflective chat on their relationships with Buddhism, what it is to come to a politicised reclamation of spirituality, decolonise Western appropriations of faith, and turn towards a practice that doesn't bypass injustice - but faces it with courage and loving action.  
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This week the Race Matters team settle in to have a deep chat about love. What is the role of love when we are witnessing the horrors, violence and apathy of the genocide of Palestinian people and the rise of facism? Join Alicia Zhao, Toobs Anwar and Samantha Haran unpack the politics of love and what it means to practice radical and political love in our everyday life.

Featuring excerpts from Saul Williams & James Baldwin. 
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how can we gather in non-hierarchical ways, form solidarities, resist shallow representation and form cultures of genuine reciprocity? ⁠


Upending the colonial building of artshouse during Dalit History Month, ಒಡಲಾಳ Odalala (‘from the depths of one’s being’) brings together local and international artists to examine histories of caste, migration, gender and sexuality through contemporary expression. Envisioned by Dalit curator-artist Vishal Kumaraswamy morphing conventional expectations through an anti-caste politics of curation. Hear Vishal in dialogue with artists Elyas Alavi & Jagath Dheerasekara making these ideas come to life. 


This episode was produced by Shareeka Helaluddin, and came together through the dedicated collaborative efforts of Vishal Kumaraswamy, Louana Sainsbury, Varsha Ramesh & Nithya Nagarajan. 
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MIGRANT SEX WORKER OF COLOUR DIARIES: WE SPEAK CLEARLY


〰️ this episode is in loving memory of dear friend and colleague, Venus ⁠〰️

A special episode this week as we delve into the second offering of our Migrant Sex Worker of Colour Diaries produced by Jasmine Raat-Ki-Raani. An intimate, extended dialogue with Natasha tracing her life from Brazil to so-called a̶u̶s̶t̶r̶a̶l̶i̶a̶. Hear stories of navigating the workforce as an immigrant, joining the s^x industry and learning the value of labour, refusal, connection and perseverance. 

Listen back to the first episode of the series to learn more, and consider making a solidarity donation via BSB: 013040 & Account: 464120537


Series concept, produced and edited - Jasmine Raat Ki Raani | Series artwork - Katy Cao | Final mixing & sound design - Shareeka Helaluddin 

This series was made possible by the Community Broadcasting Foundation. 
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A stunning and expansive world conjured by Aaqila aka halalbutch

Aaqila is a writer, artist, DJ and community organiser based on Whadjuk land and sometimes Gadigal land. Their habitude operates towards providing tools for collective liberation beyond the tools of the institution; which manifests in different ways from the dinner table to the gallery. Their threads of research are drawn from Malay-Anglo subjectivities and move slowly through contemporary and ancestral understandings of gender, collective healing and embodied ritual. They have written for numerous publications across so-called Australia including Disclaimer Journal, un Magazine, Granville Centre Art Gallery, sweet pea and several more. They recently participated in the Muslim Poetry Project with Sweatshop Literacy Movement and the Asia Pacific Exchange Program with Perth Institute of Contemporary Art and Grey Projects in Singapore. They also perform and DJ semi-regularly under varying pseudonyms.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭Leon Bridges - Brown Skin GirlJack and Jill - FIERCE TALK I WORK IT (Morning Mix)SOPHIE - PretendingAriel Zetina - Have You Ever (feat Cae Monãe)Ch4ins4w - Future BorgChris Cobilis - This Is YouChris Cobilis - Opening SequenceJack and Jill - FIERCE TALK II WORK IT (Afternoon Mix)Jack and Jill - FIERCE TALK III WORK IT (Evening Mix)Fauxe - Go FigureErozia - Sentimental FlexAaqila - MirageCharlotte Adigery and Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer [intermission on a finished vinyl record]Pupa - WavelessAaqila - God is in my mouthUncle Woozee - Accidental ThereminAaqila - Each member of my family is cacklingUncle Woozee - Black Ring TransmissionAaqila - Same nameRita Revell - X-12Aaqila - Time will bring us back

࿐ ࿔ ⁠𝑳𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 a queer, experimental radio project that traces eight unique sonic worlds from different creators across this continent and beyond. ⁠

theme sound design - wytchingsseries artwork - tyberius larkingdesign & art direction - tim wortonseries concept & gatherer - shareeka helaluddin, title inspired by the work of Ruby Sircar⁠⁠𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆.

𝑳𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏⁠, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝑩𝒊 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒂