The podcast all about navigating the world as a mixed-race person.Hosted by Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
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Live at MAV’s Block Partee with Leah Manaema Avene, Theresa Angela and Lauren Mullings
Leah Manaema Avene is a Tuvaluan-Irish mother, researcher, musician, therapist, broadcaster and artist.
Theresa ‘Tea’ Angela is a Filipino-Australian artist, storyteller and wellbeing facilitator and the communications manager at MAV.
Lauren Mullings is an Afro-Caribbean artist, writer and the CEO of MAV.
We interviewed Leah, Tea and Lauren, as part of Multicultural Arts Victoria’s Block Partee.
We chat about:
Everything being relationships
Cultural safety
How productivity can destroy the creative process
The arts ecology
Stretching and settling time
Retracing the history of MAV
Land-based practice
Unpacking the violence of assimilation
Closing your voice
The larger than life characters that make up our lives
Art threading all of life together
Having the space to speak our truths
Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
Guests: Leah Manaema Avene, Theresa Angela and Lauren Mullings
Music by: The Green Twins
Edited by: Kate Robinson
Special thanks: Multicultural Arts Victoria, City of Darebin, Creative Victoria, Creative Australia, Melbourne Polytechnic, Victoria Government and VicHealth’s Future Reset Program.
This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations.
You can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com
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17 Apr 2025
Live at MAV’s Block Partee with Matisse, Banda and Nickila
Matisse Laida is an artist whose practice is based around community and food. They are the founder of We Eatin’ Good, a platform for queer people of colour to come together.
Anthony 'Banda' Bandalan is a producer who cares deeply about community cultivation and uplifting his creative counterparts.
Nickila De Silva is an artist who creates across video, music and writing. Her work explores collaboration and how it can exist alongside hierarchy and power.
We interviewed Matisse, Banda and Nickila, as part of Multicultural Arts Victoria’s Block Partee.
We chat about:
Hierarchy and power in the arts
Networking being a white concept
Performative leadership
When gatekeeping is good
Queer people becoming removed from our cultures
Connecting people through food
Art is archival and friendship
Code switching your practice
Reflections on creating art together and apart
How sharehouses shape us
The challenges of working within institutions
Food that makes us feel the most
Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
Guests: Matisse Laida, Anthony Bandalan and Nickila De Silva
Music by: The Green Twins
Edited by: Kate Robinson
Special thanks: Multicultural Arts Victoria, City of Darebin, Creative Victoria, Creative Australia, Melbourne Polytechnic, Victoria Government and VicHealth’s Future Reset Program.
This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations.
You can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com
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27 Feb 2025
Oblation with Vijay Thillaimuthu
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 story
Family attempts to break up his parents
A Hell’s Angel member ends racism
Leaning into music as an identity
Exploration and play in creative practice
The Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (https://mess.foundation/)
Bringing Oblation (https://thesubstation.org.au/program/oblation) to life
Working with Pirashanna Thevarajah & Hari Sivanesan
Dislocation and taking up space
Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
Guest: Vijay Thillaimuthu
Music by: the Green Twins
Edited by: Maria Birch-Morunga
Special thanks: The Substation
This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations.
You can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
4 ratings
Spotify
4.7 / 5
46 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 25 / 100
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Social presence
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YouTube
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Engagement
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