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The Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts AustraliaS6 Ep 5 - Mayu Kanamori - Pacesetters ConversationsThe Pacesetters conversations is a project of Diversity Arts Australia documenting and recording trailblazing artists’ work from culturally diverse backgrounds
Mayu Kanamori has about 30 years of practice under her belt, establishing herself as a multi-disciplinary artist and heritage interpreter working on site-specific projects across the country. In this interview, she explores her early days as a photographer, her move into multimedia artistic practice, questions of history and collaborative projects with First Nations communities.
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Unfolding Nikkei Australian stories: A conversation with Mayu Kanamori | Sydney Review of...
2023-08-0431 minThe Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts AustraliaS6 Ep 4 - Tony Ayres - Pacesetters Conversations
The Pacesetters conversations are a project of Diversity Arts Australia documenting and recording trailblazing artists’ work from culturally diverse backgrounds.
The interview with Tony Ayers examines how his childhood, cultural identity and family tragedy have shaped his signature approach to storytelling today. Now entering his sixth decade of life, Tony reflects on how he went from orphan to orator of some of our most compelling and original stories on screen.
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Making Clickbait – a conversation with series creators Tony Ayres and Christ...
2023-08-0436 minThe Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts AustraliaS6 Ep 3 - Khaled Sabsabi - Pacesetters ConversationsThe Pacesetters conversations is a project of Diversity Arts Australia documenting and recording trailblazing artists’ work from culturally diverse backgrounds.
When Abdul Abdullah approached Khaled Sabsabi for an interview, Abdul mentioned that there was already a lot of writing by smarter people than himself about Khaled's practice. Abdul wanted to unpack the ideas that Khaled explores in his work-- especially how he got to where he is, and to show readers his natural warmth. Abdul believes a lot of young people would relate to Khaled's experience as an outsider, and how this formed his unique approach to a...
2023-08-0433 minThe Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts AustraliaS6 Ep 2 - MC Trey - Pacesetters ConversationsThe Pacesetters conversations is a project of Diversity Arts Australia documenting and recording trailblazing artists’ work from culturally diverse backgrounds.
The interview with MC Trey is an overview of her life—from an idyllic childhood in Fiji, rougher teenage years in Western Sydney, becoming a pioneering and successful female rapper in Australia, and her present role as an integral community advocate for Pacific members of the Western Sydney community.
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2023-08-0432 minThe Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts AustraliaS6 Ep 1 - Kamahl - Pacesetters ConversationsThe Pacesetters conversations is a project of Diversity Arts Australia documenting and recording trailblazing artists’ work from culturally diverse backgrounds.
The interview with Kamahl looks at the challenges and triumphs he’s experienced from the racist treatment he received on Hey Hey It’s Saturday to reaching the pinnacle of his career at the Invictus Games. It chronicles some of his many achievements and the many incredible people he’s met — from Don Bradman to Prince Harry. And he reflects on his life’s story and the wisdom he’s gained.
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2023-08-0430 min
The Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts AustraliaS4 Ep4 - Ask the other question: unpacking intersectionalityFirst aired: 16 March 2022
This episode we’re unpacking intersectionality. What is it? Why is it important, and what does it mean to live an intersectional life?
In London, freelancer, editor and novelist Sharmilla Beezmohun (Co-founder of independent literature organisation Speaking Volumes) unpacks the question with Sydney filmmaker Pearl Tan, a lecturer in directing at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, who is studying for a PhD looking at the intersectional experience of diversity workers in the screen industry. Later on in the show, UK based independent producer and curator Melanie Abrahams chats to poet an...
2022-08-1144 min
The Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts AustraliaS4 Ep3 - This is Who We Are: things they never told meFirst aired: 16 March 2022
In this episode, we’re peering a little into our personal lives today with some quick vox pops from artists and creatives. Our question: What is something we learnt about later in life, that we wish somebody in our lives had told us about? It could have come from our mothers, fathers, extended family, or people we came across growing up.
UK performance artist Aleasha Chaunte considers becoming a parent and what she learned from her mother and family; and Sharmilla Beezmohun talks about how she wishes she knew that the older we...
2022-08-1117 min
The Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts AustraliaS4 Ep2 - Women, Hip Hop and Resilience: MC Trey (AUS), DJ Sarah Love (UK) and Maya Jupiter (USA)First aired: 16 March 2022
In this episode we’re speaking to three award-winning women of the Hip Hop world across three continents. These pioneers discuss working across regions, why community is integral to Hip Hop, and what resilience means to them.
In Australia is MC Trey, a pacesetter in the world of hip hop whose legacy spans 20 years of music about everyday life, love and her Pacific community. In London is one of the busiest award-nominated aficionados of hip hop, DJ Sarah Love who’s also a broadcaster, TV presenter and journalist. In California is Maya Jupit...
2022-08-1137 min
The Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts AustraliaS4 Ep1 - This is Who We Are: Deborah Cheetham & Chi-chi Nwanoku on transforming classical musicFirst aired: 16 March 2022
This episode brings together Professor Deborah Cheetham AO, First Nations Creative Chair of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and producer of Australia’s first Indigenous opera, and Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE, founder of the first professional orchestra in Europe to be made up of a majority of Black, Asian and ethnically diverse musicians. These two trailblazing women talk about their decades-long careers, decolonising systems and breaking down doors in Australian and UK classical music.
Both speak to Melanie Abrahams who is our partner on this project, creative director and curator with Renaissance One in th...
2022-08-1140 min
Sydney and other storiesMarrickville: A place of connectionWhat makes Marrickville one of the most sought after addresses these days? With its cafes, cultural diversity, street art, music and theatre venues, there’s much to love about it. And In addition to a thriving indigenous community, just over 44% of the population was born overseas. The Australian Bureau of Statistics lists Vietnam, Greece and the UK as the top three countries of birth for Marrickvillians in 2016.
But this cultural richness hasn't been without growing pains. The 70s and 80s saw a great deal of activism around multiculturalism and anti racism, driven by the area's culturally diverse commu...
2021-02-0410 minSydney and other storiesYeah Hair Baby Pt 2: Looking out for the environment and animals, and what about that mullet?Part two of a lively discussion with Yeah Hair Baby's owner, Teri Richards.
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Music : " We are one" by Scott Holmes Music courtesy of the Free Music Archive under a Creative Commons license, 2018
2020-12-2210 minSydney and other storiesYeah Hair Baby Pt 1: A passion for hair and surviving a pandemicWhen you walk into Yeah Hair Baby , a hairdressing salon in Sydney's Inner West, one of the first things you'll notice is the relaxed and friendly atmosphere. The walls are brightly coloured , and the conversations between the hairdressers and their clients are animated.
But the warm atmosphere doesn't end there: the staff will offer you coffee, and the business has been one of those rare places for many years, that let you take your dog in with you.
The award winning business has been owned by the dynamic Teri Richards for 18 years. She's been in hair...
2020-12-2209 minSydney and other storiesMusic, Multiculturalism and Western SydneyIt was Bon Jovi who gave co-director of the Cultural Arts Collective, Richard Petkovic, the inspiration to follow through with his passion for music. The then teenager thought this was a way to beat the system--to do what he loved, instead of following the traditional path his family had set out for him.
Fast forward to 2020, and Richard has taken his passion for music to many audiences interested in the sacred, and in cross cultural musical collaborations through projects such the Sydney Sacred Music Festival, and Worlds Collide among others. The music fuses cultural and religious traditions to...
2020-12-1313 minSydney and other storiesHelping families in stressIn the gentrified area of Marrickville, the pandemic has hit some families hard. Families in unacceptable poverty with few resources, and in deep isolation. So much so that some dare not leave their homes for fear of Covid 19.
it's a startling fact about an area where there is much wealth. Though that's the complicated story of the demise of working class neighbourhoods across the inner west.
This isolation and disadvantage is what Vivienne Martin sees everyday in her role as local facilitator of Connect Marrickville--a community centre she co runs with Lindy Alwis, They're based at local...
2020-12-0313 min
Sydney and other storiesThe US election and my neighboursShort feature
What were you doing the day of the US election? Were you glued to the news and the drama unfolding in the world's most powerful democracy? The US election has stirred some soul searching in America with some suggesting it was a referendum on race; others simply exhausted from four years of chaotic government.
In Australia, some of us were drawn into the drama; others bravely resisted. Here's what a few of my neighbours had to say.
2020-11-2214 minSydney and other storiesA day in the life of a brickie- a short interviewMeet my neighbour Chris who works around Sydney on building sites. I've always been curious about what it's like to do such demanding physical work each and every day. So Chris obliged me and let me record this conversation with him. I so enjoyed talking with him and found his enthusiasm infectious. I'm sure you will too.
2020-11-0507 minSydney and other storiesCan we live without our devices?VOX POPS
These conversations were recorded with my neighbours pre Covid. Their thoughtful and candid reflections make for compelling listening, and an insight into a world we seem to have lost . I hope you find it interesting too.
2020-11-0108 min