Pari Radio features podcasts and sound-based works by Pari, a collectively-run art gallery in Parramatta, Western Sydney, on Dharug Country. Listen to our first season ‘Parra Matters’, exploring the people, stories and histories of Parramatta from the perspective of artists and creatives who live and work in the area.
Bonus Ep: Pari Futures with Emma Cao, Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb, Naomi Segal and Bec Gallo
In this bonus episode, former co-director Bec Gallo chats to current Pari co-directors Emma Cao, Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb and Naomi Segal. Together they discuss what’s brewing behind the scenes, what care looks like and what spaces like Pari can offer for the future.
This episode was recorded from a set of live panel discussions during Pari Turns 5, in which founding and current co-directors interviewed each other.
Access the show transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aTrszPsbN4reyC8jF-6yFZ0xH2VPrb7WJ98gfTgvgEg/edit?usp=sharing
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Produced by Emma Pham & Tian Zhang. Live panel recording by Joel Hernandez. Editing by Tian Zhang. Mixing by Subash Thebe Limbu. ‘Pari Radio’ intro music composed by Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb, edited by Emma Pham, with sound recording by Hayley Sophia Coghlan and Emma Pham. Pari Radio graphic by Rainer Ciar. Pari Radio is dedicated to Sab D'Souza. This project has been supported through a City of Parramatta Council Community Grant.
2 Feb 2025
Bonus Ep: Pari Beginnings with Bec Gallo, Alexander Tanazefti, Justine Youssef, Tian Zhang and Levent Can Kaya
In this bonus episode, former co-director Bec Gallo chats to current Pari co-directors Emma Cao, Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb and Naomi Segal. They discuss what’s brewing behind the scenes, what care looks like and what can spaces like Pari offer for the future.
This episode was recorded from a set of live panel discussions during Pari Turns 5, in which founding and current co-directors interviewed each other.
Access the show transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-KT1CkWKvICyHmAoilgar6kpa6NnlPK8gyymyJupHYQ/edit?usp=sharing
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Produced by Emma Pham & Tian Zhang. Live panel recording by Joel Hernandez. Editing by Tian Zhang. Mixing by Subash Thebe Limbu. ‘Pari Radio’ intro music composed by Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb, edited by Emma Pham, with sound recording by Hayley Sophia Coghlan and Emma Pham. Pari Radio graphic by Rainer Ciar. Pari Radio is dedicated to Sab D'Souza. This project has been supported through a City of Parramatta Council Community Grant.
20 Nov 2024
Parra Matters #5: Parramatta Punk Hopes & Histories with Peter Curnovic of Beatdisc Records and Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb
Join Parramatta’s own Beatdisc Records owner Peter Curnovic in conversation with Pari Co-Director, curator and noise artist Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb. Carmen and Pete talk Parramatta’s punk past, present, and future as well as the changing face of the city and its potential. A call to action for all to create the scene they want to see, a look back at countercultural milestones and their influence on DIY communities, Pete and Carmen lovingly look to the past to imagine the scene’s future.
Access the show transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QYL6UIJ1xd4-bW4nN4o9npoaLuk2AmsgKPUqgZ24vD0/edit?usp=sharing (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QYL6UIJ1xd4-bW4nN4o9npoaLuk2AmsgKPUqgZ24vD0/edit?usp=sharing)
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Parra Matters is the first season of Pari Radio, made for Pari Turns 5, Pari's 5th birthday. Produced by Emma Pham & Tian Zhang. Editing by Emma Pham. Mixing by Subash Thebe Limbu. ‘Pari Radio’ intro music composed by Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb, edited by Emma Pham, with sound recording by Hayley Sophia Coghlan and Emma Pham. Pari Radio graphic by Rainer Ciar. Pari Radio is dedicated to Sab D'Souza. This project has been supported through a City of Parramatta Council Community Grant.
20 Nov 2024
Parra Matters #4: Emerging Stars with Bonnie Huang, Sehej Kaur Sehmbi and Emma Pham
Pari Co-Director Emma Pham spotlights two fellow local early-career artists, Bonnie Huang and Sehej Kaur Sehmbi. Across two interviews, the episode delves into each of Bonnie and Sehej’s art practices, as well as their connections to Parramatta, community and memory. These emerging stars arise from a growing constellation of up and coming Western Sydney artists, reflecting the glowing potential of Parramatta’s local arts scene.
Access the show transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jl1D4T2bdT2pVuaBPtBijjuIaq4C67rHqDATggWko4E/edit?usp=sharing
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Parra Matters is the first season of Pari Radio, made for Pari Turns 5, Pari's 5th birthday. Produced by Emma Pham & Tian Zhang. Editing by Emma Pham. Mixing by Subash Thebe Limbu. ‘Pari Radio’ intro music composed by Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb, edited by Emma Pham, with sound recording by Hayley Sophia Coghlan and Emma Pham. Pari Radio graphic by Rainer Ciar. Pari Radio is dedicated to Sab D'Souza. This project has been supported through a City of Parramatta Council Community Grant.
20 Nov 2024
Parra Matters #3: Spinning, knitting, sowing yarns with Chris Tobin and Jeyne Wade
Join Dharug Knowledge Holder and artist Chris Tobin in unravelling some yarns with First Nations Pari Co-Director Jeyne Wade. Chris and Jeyne hop, skip and jump from sharing stories about Chris' time raised in Burramatta, the paintbrush and pen as tools of resistance, Dharug histories and teachings, the incoming Western Sydney Airport and the current Dharug context. This episode sows seeds of conversatios that we encourage listeners to water and sustain.
Access the show transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OWigQN2xtY_fwZsFlfJx-qoOWw7lDanGUe8K4p7bsNg/edit?usp=sharing
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Parra Matters is the first season of Pari Radio, made for Pari Turns 5, Pari's 5th birthday. Produced by Emma Pham & Tian Zhang. Editing by Emma Pham. Mixing by Subash Thebe Limbu. ‘Pari Radio’ intro music composed by Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb, edited by Emma Pham, with sound recording by Hayley Sophia Coghlan and Emma Pham. Pari Radio graphic by Rainer Ciar. Pari Radio is dedicated to Sab D'Souza. This project has been supported through a City of Parramatta Council Community Grant.
20 Nov 2024
Parra Matters #2: Art and Activism with Alissar Chidiac and Tian Zhang
Artist, activist, community arts worker and long-time Burramatta local Alissar Chidiac opens up a living archive of memory with Pari Co-Director, curator and writer Tian Zhang. In this inspiring episode, Alissar reflects on projects and personal stories from the Burramatta area, and the big and small shifts she’s seen over the decades. A must-listen for community arts workers and activists new and old, Alissar and Tian discuss some key moments in local movement-building and offer insights into sustaining a lifetime of meaningful practice.
Access the show transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Yw7pm1H-EAgYTLx7yhspEGsm2xqIM8rM4ImFb9Ivio/edit?tab=t.0
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Parra Matters is the first season of Pari Radio, made for Pari Turns 5, Pari's 5th birthday. Produced by Emma Pham & Tian Zhang. Editing by Emma Pham. Mixing by Subash Thebe Limbu. ‘Pari Radio’ intro music composed by Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb, edited by Emma Pham, with sound recording by Hayley Sophia Coghlan and Emma Pham. Pari Radio graphic by Rainer Ciar. Pari Radio is dedicated to Sab D'Souza. This project has been supported through a City of Parramatta Council Community Grant.
20 Nov 2024
Parra Matters #1: Pari Lore with Bec Gallo, Tian Zhang and Naomi Segal
In Pari Radio’s debut episode, Pari Co-Director Naomi Segal interviews Pari’s founding Co-Directors, Bec Gallo and Tian Zhang, about the origins, history and collective practices of Pari. Hear about the early relationships, stories and memories that have shaped Pari into the unique artist-run space it is today.
Access the show transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_XSYS4mVJyjBmvToiXJfna1gk2CV2njmllABHKkLIgc/edit?usp=sharing (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_XSYS4mVJyjBmvToiXJfna1gk2CV2njmllABHKkLIgc/edit?usp=sharing)
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Parra Matters is the first season of Pari Radio, made for Pari Turns 5, Pari's 5th birthday. Produced by Emma Pham & Tian Zhang. Editing by Emma Pham. Mixing by Subash Thebe Limbu. ‘Pari Radio’ intro music composed by Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb, edited by Emma Pham, with sound recording by Hayley Sophia Coghlan and Emma Pham. Pari Radio graphic by Rainer Ciar. Pari Radio is dedicated to Sab D'Souza. This project has been supported through a City of Parramatta Council Community Grant.
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