Speaker series: Art for Liberation

Creating meaningful art in any medium requires courage, creativity, and imagination - so does resisting oppression. Join Aïsha Trambas in conversation with Narrm-based artists, Dr Paola Balla, Ruth Nyaruot Ruach and Kal angam-Kal to explore the connections between art-making and organising for justice in this free 90-min online discussion.
Our panel includes:
- Dr Paola Balla (Wemba-Wemba and Gunditjmara) is an artist, curator, writer, teacher & researcher who focuses on Aboriginal women’s stories, resistance, voices & activism.
- Ruth Nyaruot Ruach, a South-Sudanese multidisciplinary artist, cultural curator, and community arts worker.
- Kal angam-Kal is a youth-led West Papuan Storytelling Project based in Narrm which first started in 2021, as a project to document Elder stories for the 60th anniversary of the first raising of West Papua’s symbol of independence, the Morning Star Flag on December 1st.
Guiding the conversation is Aïsha Trambas, an afro-greek poet, facilitator and arts worker.