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<p>From a Native Police uniform badge to a shard of space junk and a mysterious tin shed dedicated to electrical healing, Oscillations takes artists and listeners deep into the Powerhouse's collection of half a million objects to unearth stories about the vibrations, fluctuations, and movements woven through our world – and beyond it.</p> <p>Presented by Jon Tjhia and theme by Erin Hyde (Sig Nu Gris).</p> <p> </p> <p>Image Zan Wimberley, still from the beginning, the middle, the end, 2021, video, single channel, 15 mins and 1 second.</p>
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November 24, 2022
JINGHUA QIAN – HARD READ
<p>Object No. 97/92/14-5 </p> <p>What does it cost to be visible? Chinese and trans people shift in and out of focus in Australia’s historical records – appearing and disappearing, code-switching, oscillating. Through the lens of turn-of-the-century portrait photography, Jinghua Qian looks at the privilege and burden of representation and the luminous power of inscrutability. </p> <p>The piece was recorded and produced in Melbourne on the land of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong People of the Kulin Nations, with additional recordings from Gadigal land, Lenape homelands (New York City) and Tio'tia:ke (Montreal). <br> <br>Jinghua Qian is a writer interested in race, resistance, art, desire, queerness and the Chinese diaspora. Eir work has appeared in Overland, Peril, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper and on television in ABC’s China Tonight. Ey lives in Melbourne’s west on the land of the Kulin Nations. <br> <br>Thanks to Jon Tjhia, Atong Atem, Oliver Reeson, Kate Bagnall, Tim Sherratt, the Powerhouse team, and my perilous, unparalleled chorus: Alice Tang, Eric Jiang, Jackie Tang, Jessica Jiamei Levine, Jon Tjhia, Joyce Cheng, Lee Lai, Lian Low, Lilian Shen, Margaret Mayhew, Raina Peterson and Vicky Yuan. </p> <p>Oscillations is presented by Jon Tjhia and sound design is by Erin Hyde (<a href="https://signugris.bandcamp.com/">Sig Nu Gris</a>). </p>
November 21, 2022
SALLY OLDS – MUTUAL OBLIGATION
<p>Object No. <a href="https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/365487">2007/56/104</a> </p> <p>In Mutual Obligation Sally Olds looks into unemployment activism in 1970s Australia, when Malcolm Fraser was Prime Minister and Milton Friedman toured the continent. The piece tracks the links between unemployed worker unions, the origin of the ‘dole bludger’, and the rise of the unemployment policies we live under and struggle against today. </p> <p>Sally Olds is a writer whose work has been published by Sydney Review of Books, un Magazine, the Institute of Modern Art, and AQNB, among other publications. In September 2022 she released her first book, <a href="https://upswellpublishing.com/product/people-who-lunch">People who Lunch: Essays on Work, Leisure, and Loose Living</a> (Upswell). Keep up with Sally via her <a href="http://www.sallyolds.com/">website.</a> </p> <p>This work was made on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong Peoples of the Kulin Nation. Sally pays her respects to their Elders past and present. </p> <p>With thanks to Jon Tjhia for his support with editing, recording, and producing this work, Ayeesha Ash and Cara Stewart for their curatorial support, Alex Griffin for information about Australia’s economic history, and Owen Bennett for his interview. Thank you to all who shared stories about their experiences of Centrelink. </p> <p>Oscillations is presented by Jon Tjhia and sound design is by Erin Hyde (<a href="https://signugris.bandcamp.com/">Sig Nu Gris</a>).</p>
November 17, 2022
OMAR MUSA – RADIESTHESIA
<p>Object No. <a href="https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/71301">87/1192</a> </p> <p>Omar Musa responds to the Radiesthesia pendulum in a piece about divination and love. ‘I was drawn to this object because it seemed evocative of the type of spirit that poets (and yearning lovers) often invoke, a summoning or divination process, where the lines between art and pseudoscience blur.’ </p> <p>Omar Musa is a Bornean-Australian author, visual artist and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He has released four poetry books (including <a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/killernova-9781761044632">Killernova</a>) and four hip-hop records. His one-man play, Since Ali Died, won Best Cabaret Show at the Sydney Theatre Awards in 2018. His debut novel, <a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/here-come-the-dogs-9780670077090">Here Come the Dogs</a>, was long listed for the Miles Franklin Award and he was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Young Novelists of the Year in 2015. You can learn more about Omar and his work by heading to his <a href="http://www.instagram.com/omarbinmusa">Instagram</a> or his <a href="http://www.omarmusa.com.au/">website</a>. </p> <p>Omar would like to thank Cara Stewart and Jon Tjhia for the attentive feedback and care. </p> <p>Oscillations is presented by Jon Tjhia and sound design is by Erin Hyde (<a href="https://signugris.bandcamp.com/">Sig Nu Gris</a>). </p>
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<p>From a Native Police uniform badge to a shard of space junk and a mysterious tin shed dedicated to electrical healing, Oscillations takes artists and listeners deep into the Powerhouse's collection of half a million objects to unearth stories about the vibrations, fluctuations, and movements woven through our world – and beyond it.</p> <p>Presented by Jon Tjhia and theme by Erin Hyde (Sig Nu Gris).</p> <p> </p> <p>Image Zan Wimberley, still from the beginning, the middle, the end, 2021, video, single channel, 15 mins and 1 second.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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