Being Biracial

Vijay is an audio-visual and laser artist of Sri Lankan Tamil and Cornish descent, born in Naarm. His practice fuses analogue sound synthesis with cutting-edge creative technologies. Vijay is known for creating immersive environments under the moniker Xenosine. We chat about: A Glastonbury love storyFamily attempts to break up his parentsA Hell’s Angel member ends racis

Ayman Kaake is a photo-media visual artist and performance creator whose work explores the complexities of isolation that come from starting a new life away from Lebanon.MzRizk is a Lebanese Australian DJ, radio presenter, live performer and event curator. Ezz Monem is a photo-based artist, who repurposes and transforms images, drawing on his experience growing up in Egypt and

Bexx Djentuh-Davis is a Māori and Ghanaian filmmaker, producer, event curator and queer youth worker.Gabriela Gonzalez is a Chilean visual artist, sound producer, photographer and broadcaster. We interviewed Bexx and Gabriela at the Arts Centre Melbourne, as part of Art Souk.We chat about:Bexx on her Nana’s boxes of letters and photosGabriela talks bad break up one linersCo

Scotty So is a Melbourne/Narrm-based artist who works across media, including ceramic, painting, photography, sculptures videos, and drag performance.Joel Bray is Wiradjuri artist, dancer, choreographer, actor and writer. We interviewed Scotty and Joel at MPavilion, as part of their season 11 Homeground series.We chat about:Kimono collectionsPlaying with perspectiveDouble entendreI

Welcome to the final episode of season 2 of Being Biracial! Today we are chatting to each other about: Our reflections on this season How age impacts our conversations about being mixed-race Processing identity through the creation of art Maria’s experience at the Matariki wānanga Threads at the Immigration Museum The difficulty of creating work about deeply personal things Fa

Steph Tisdell is Aboriginal (Yindiji) and white Australian. She is an actor, tv writer, former comedian and author of the YA novel The Skin I’m In.We chat about: Her white Dad’s surprising DNA results Hearts mown into lawns The responsibility we feel in our family units Diversity within diversity Well intended white teachers Bringing The Skin I’m In to life How the character

Faustina Agolley (Fuzzy) is Ghanaian and Chinese Malaysian. She hosted Video Hits, was a DJ for Oprah and is a writer, producer and presenter. We chat about: A london love story ft The Temptations Growing up in a multi-generational Chinese household Having too much on her plate to study Chinese Learning about her dad through his music Going to Ghana Blackness being a celebration

Olana Janfa is an Ethiopian-Norwegian, Naarm-based artist. We interviewed Olana at The Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre in Dandenong where his exhibition Too Much Drama is showing till September 2024.We chat about: How Olana began creating The works in his current exhibit Too Much Drama Olana’s iconic font and art style What home means to him Being black in Australia and No

Kitiya Palaskas is a Greek/Thai multi-disciplinary designer living in Naarm.We chat about: Discovering her mix through DNA testing Her art sabbatical in Thailand Turning 40 and entering a new phase of life Having an identity crisis Can you appropriate your own culture? Feeling seen in colours, plants and precarious piles Growing up moving around the world Your bedroom as home Bein

Milo Hartill is Botswana/Australian, and a model, performer & fat queer content creator living in Naarm.We chat about: Musical theatre school Growing up in Perth Always being the only black person in the room “I’m not racist but…” Capitalism catching on to race Triple bi - bisexual, biracial, between fat and skinny Being asked to be ‘sassy’ in auditions Their show