Public projects & programs
Explore the intersection of theory and practice with artists examining race, gender and sexuality through a critical lens. Uncover the youthful writings of well-known authors.
The School of the Arts and Media hosts a number of projects and programs open to the public. We invite you to join us.
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Launched in 2018, Live Crossings is made up of a network of creative practitioners working together to generate new forms of expression, critique, and social dialogue. We strive to develop alternative ways to pursue questions about differences and diversity.
Live Crossings is run by the ʹڲƱ School of the Arts & Media and supported by ʹڲƱ Creative Practice Lab. We bring together established and emerging figures from a range of different fields and community contexts to produce new, creative work around the pressing social questions of sovereignty, migration, refugees, and cultural dislocation.
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Based in Australia, we have a local focus but also look at points of connection and a wider dialogue. We approach these questions through the critical lens provided by ongoing debates and activism around race, gender and sexuality. We feature the work of Indigenous, refugee and diasporic writers, artists and performers, and provide an opportunity for diverse practitioners to lead debates.
Live Crossings takes the statement by refugee writer Behrouz Boochani, regarding the importance of literary expression as its model for public and creative debate:
I congratulate you on all that you've achieved in those 40 years, on the reputation you've built, the relationships you've fostered and the positive social impact that drives your work. Long may you continue to advance social justice in our community.
- “For Six Months I was Jesus” in They Cannot Take the Sky: Stories From Detention ed Michael Green, André Dao et al., 2017
Boochani’s compelling insight is that literary language is fundamental to the expression of difficult truths and that creativity can ground social and political transformation. Literary language is not confined to print, or to writing or speaking in English. We aim to include work in diverse languages, including Indigenous languages. We also focus on questions of translation and aim to create points of dialogue across different media and performance platforms, which is achieved through live events that mark the launch of each issue.
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