First Person Voice, All Events – Story Week 2023

FIRST PERSON VOICE – ALL EVENTS
Story Week: Be Heard – Be Seen

Stay for the afternoon or drop-in to individual sessions.
Free for First Nations people

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THE LAND IS A LEDGER
12pm-1pm

Spoken, sung, danced, etched into trees, stone, sand and print, stories have been recorded here for thousands of generations. Join these artists as they discuss activism, aesthetics, love, rage, coloniality and continuity on this land. 

HOST: Luke Patterson
PERFORMING WRITERS: Bebe Backhouse-Oliver, JM Field and Nicole Smede

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TEXTURES OF RESISTANCE
1.15pm-2.15pm

Hear these performing artists yarn about the role of metaphor, meaning, language, land, and sovereignty in their (anti-)disciplinary practice.

HOST: Anne-Marie Te Whiu
PERFORMING WRITERS: Lulu Houdini, Lucy Norton and Luke Patterson

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FIRST PERSON VOICE PERFORMANCE
2.30pm-3.30pm

You’ve listened to the yarns and now enjoy the poetry with this lineup of First Nations writers and performing artists as they make some noise in Woolloomooloo. Laugh, cry, share the responsibility of shaping this land's memory and future.

HOST: Luke Patterson
PERFORMING WRITER: Bebe Backhouse-Oliver, Lulu Houdini, Brooke Scobie, Nicole Smede and Anne-Marie Te Whiu

See the full Story Week 2023 program at Word Travels. 

This project is assisted and supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body; City of Sydney; Copyright Agency; and NSW Government through Create NSW. 

Before booking your tickets, please read the information on our website regarding our current COVID-19 safety measures.

Story Week/First Person Voice 2023 artwork – concepts: Miles Merrill, original photos: Nicola Bailey, design: Rachel Stone Art & Design