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Nicky Minus, Les Thomas and Toby Halligan share how politics informs their artistic work and how their convictions drive them to create for change. Together, they’ll examine the role of art in political protest and solidarity, and its ability to draw wide attention to social, cultural and political issues. They’ll tackle how artists can stand against censorship, so we can learn how to make our voices louder than ever. Moderated by Janet McLeod.
Lineup
Nicky Minus
Nicky is a graphic designer, artist and trade unionist working primarily on unceded Wurundjeri Country.
Toby Halligan
Toby Halligan is a Melbourne-based artist, writer and advocate whose work sits where creative practice meets political life. His latest solo exhibition, Fag Boy Kelly, draws on his experience as a gay man in Australia; across painting, print and sculpture he makes vivid, textured abstracts that try to distil the emotional static of modern life. Activism runs through everything he does. He campaigned for marriage equality, has worked in federal politics and the union movement, and is now Justice Advocacy Lead at Jesuit Social Services, pushing for reform of how Australia treats people in its justice and corrections systems. After his cousin, Jade Young, was killed in the Bondi Junction attack, he has worked alongside his aunt, Elizabeth Young, to advocate for mental health reform. He was a founding member of Political Asylum, Australia’s premier political comedy room, performed six solo shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and has written for Mad as Hell, The Weekly and Hard Quiz. He holds an Arts/Law degree from the ANU and was admitted as a lawyer, trained in criminal and defamation law.
Les Thomas
Winner of the Troubadour Foundation’s Keeping the Flame Alive Award, Les Thomas is a Melbourne singer-songwriter whose songs find the human stories in history, working lives and everyday relationships.
Janet McLeod
Janet has been working in the comedy industry for over 30 years as a performer/producer/broadcaster/talent co-ordinator/behind-the-scenes-whiz-kid. She regularly hosts trivia nights across Melbourne and also runs Local Laughs –the longest running weekly standup comedy room in Melbourne (23 years). She co-hosts Cinema Fiasco, a cult-favourite live comedy/movie mashup show in which she and her friend Geoff Wallis screen terrible B-grade films in cinemas and provide a live running commentary as they play (yes, it is as much fun as it sounds).
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