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Pearson Aguilar: ‘Now that I’m older, I’ve learnt to appreciate that past’
Pearson Aguilar’s first commission was intimate – a devoted video work for ‘Embodied Archiving: Migrant Hostel’ led by Dr Tania Cañas as part of the New Ground 2023 Bunjil Place Commission.
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WOT X CAS AIR interview: Izaak Lubin
Izaak is not your traditional artist, in fact, he barely identifies as one. In conversation with CAS, he talks about identity, his budding practice, and how completing the residency helped him gain confidence.
CONVERSATIONS
COMMUNITY
COMMENTARY
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WOT X CAS AIR interview: Nimisha Nimkar
Inspired by the palaces, geometries and patterns of India, Nimisha Nimkar molds three distinct bodies of work during her residency: Bodhi, Layers and Tilaka.
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WOT x CAS AIR interview: Jessica Tanto
Combining psychology with art, Jessica’s residency project Sleepy Scent looks inward at their own sleeping habits and the personal experiences of others in relation to sleep.
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Nicholas Tsekouras goes their own way
Unorthodox in the truest sense, the queer, multi-disciplinary artist doesn’t need you to understand them.
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What makes a community arts space?
Against the backdrop of Australia’s shockingly white creative industry, non-profit community arts organisations like CAS are a beacon of hope for people of colour.
MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS
nyarath
CONTRIBUTOR/WRITER
Nyarath is a South Sudanese (Nuer) spoken word poet, writer and facilitator balancing the conflicts of their creativity on the unceded land of the Boonwurrong and Wurendjeri people in Melbourne’s Southeast. With loud passion, she hopes to bring together life’s quiet moments to unite audiences. Through her practice, she hopes to inspire others to create, make, and most importantly, connect.
fathiah
CONTRIBUTOR/WRITER
Fathiah is a henna artist and emerging multi-disciplinary raised in the south-eastern suburbs of Naarm (Melbourne). Inspired by cyclical natures, ephemerality and intimacy as ritual, her works are created with the intention to be transformed and re-transformed for many years to come.
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