NIRIN Podcast Series: Recent Episodes
Biennale of Sydney
The NIRIN Podcast Series is a series of four podcasts developed as key Learning Resources for the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, titled NIRIN.
Each episode is themed and narrated by intriguing guests, artists and experts; providing conversational, educational and aural insights.
The podcasts within this series are:
- Aboriginal Land Management with Clarence Slockee
- Starvinghurst Gaol with Deborah Beck
- Revisiting the Past and Rewriting the Future with Bonney Djuric
- Uneven Paths with Sarah Houbolt
This project is produced in conjunction with the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.
Transcripts are available for each episode.
This podcast was made in collaboration with the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.
Studio and field recordings: AFTRS
Outro Song: 'Bumping Into You' by Natalie Te Paa
Sound engineering: Barnie Duncan
Sarah Houbolt is a Sydney 2000 Paralympian, international accessibility consultant and multi award-winning artist. She trained at Vulcana Women’s Circus before moving to New Zealand to work with circus theatre, children’s theatre and integrated dance companies, as well as on independent productions, film and TV. Sarah’s film highlights include featuring in Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Worlds Away’ and female lead in ‘Reflections in the Dust’. She was awarded the national Artistic Achievement Award by Arts Access Aotearoa in 2012, and organised the 2014 InterAct Disability Arts Festival. In 2015 she moved back to Australia and began creating her Green Room Award winning solo touring show Koo Koo the Bird Girl. In 2016 she spoke at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas and organised the national arts and disability conference, Arts Activated. In 2017 Sarah spoke at TEDxSydney and in 2018 she spoke at the UN, NYC. Sarah is a CreateNSW fellowship recipient and a renowned Natural Born Freak. She spends the American summers working in the world famous Coney Island freak show and the clubs in New York, and has also worked with UK theatre companies Extant, Graeae and Extraordinary Bodies, and cabarets in London. Sarah was a Scent of Sydney artist for Sydney Festival and is thrilled to be a part of the Biennale of Sydney.
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A conversation with Bonney Djuric about the effects of institutionalisation and the importance of revisiting the past in order to change the future.
This audio work contains material that is sometimes confronting and disturbing.
The lived experience being told here may cause distress and bring up traumatic memories.
It's important to reach out and seek support. To talk to someone immediately, call Lifeline on 13 11 14. http://www.parragirls.org.au/
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The harsh history of life in Darlinghurst Gaol and its transformation into a working art school with National Art School Archivist, Deborah Beck.
Note: The title "Starvinghurst Gaol" is Henry Lawson's description of Darlinghurst Gaol in his poem One Hundred and Three 1908.
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In this episode Grant Mailing chats with cultural and environmental educator, Clarence Slockee to learn more about our unique flora and fauna.
The NIRIN Podcast Series was created in collaboration with AFTRS.
More resources:
Andrew Rewald: https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/andrew-rewald/
Kylie Kwong: https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/kylie-kwong/
Indigiearth: https://indigiearth.com.au/ Yerrabingin: https://www.yerrabingin.com.au/
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