South Australia is home to some incredibly diverse and talented artists, and we wanted to take the chance to share some of their stories in their own voices. In 2018 we worked with poet and producer Manal Younus to support a range of culturally diverse poetry artists to create videos that present them online.

 
Introducing Artist Voices -- a project we've been working on over the last couple of months. South Australia is home to some incredibly diverse and talented artists, and we wanted to take the chance to share some of their stories in their own voices! The second artist is Elyas Alavi.

Where Is The Homeland - Elyas

Elyas Alavi is an emerging artist based in Adelaide. Working in the form of painting, installation and performance art, Elyas is also an internationally renowned poet.

 
Introducing Artist Voices -- a project we've been working on over the last couple of months. South Australia is home to some incredibly diverse and talented artists, and we wanted to take the chance to share some of their stories in their own voices! The first artist is Disha, a 14-year-old writer.

Searching for Me - Disha

Introducing Disha, a 14-year-old writer. Her piece is about her move from Kenya to Australia.

 
Introducing Artist Voices -- a project we've been working on over the last couple of months. South Australia is home to some incredibly diverse and talented artists, and we wanted to take the chance to share some of their stories in their own voices! The third artist is Manuela Akot.

A poem For My Funeral - Manuela

The third artist is Manuela Akot. Manuela was a finalist in the South Australian 2018 Spoken Word Competition.

 
In the most political piece of our Artist Voice video series, we introduce Sunny. Presenting this incredible poem about the ongoing effects of the Cambodian Genocide - we hope you think it's as powerful, important, devastating, and moving as we do. Check out this to find out more about the meaning behind this piece: COMING SOON.

loyalty - Sunny

Sunny presents this incredible poem about the ongoing effects of the Cambodian Genocide.

 
In the final of our Artist Voices, we go back to Manal Younus. In it, she reminds us of the beauty there is in campaigning and the fight for the world we want to live in. Watch them all here: https://bit.ly/2Z64yaD Artist Voices was filmed and edited by Blackbox Films and produced by ActNow's Associate Artist Manal Younus.

Can We - Manal

In the final of our Artist Voices, we go back to Manal Younus. In it, she reminds us of the beauty there is in campaigning and the fight for the world we want to live in.

 
Two years ago, on the 27th of May 2017, we presented the poem Breathe by Manal Younus. Manal, accompanied by Alexis West, performed Breathe for Reconciliation SA's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum for a live audience of two thousand people.

bREATHE

Featuring Manal Younus and Alexis West, ‘Breathe’ is a poem we presented for Reconciliation South Australia in 2017.

Breathe was recorded by Adelaide Convention Centre and edited by Gilbert Kemp Attrill. Performance directed by Yasmin Gurreeboo with sound design by Sascha Budimski.

 

Artist Voices was filmed and edited by Blackbox Films and produced by ActNow's Associate Artist Manal Younus. This project is funded by Arts South Australia and the Department of Human Services.

 
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