The Colour Cycle

The Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts Australia

Arts EN ↓ 55 episodes

A podcast that aims to disrupt cultural whitewashing and asks do our Arts and Screens look like Australia? The latest Census statistics paint a picture of Australia that many of us already see on our streets - almost half of Australia’s population are first or second-generation migrants. But we don’t see this diversity when we go to the theatre, or visit an art gallery, or even when we watch TV at home. We’ll ask this question of some of Australia’s leading culturally diverse artists and arts workers and explore ways to increase diversity so our arts and screens look like the real Australia.

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S1 Ep4 - Making art in exile 11.08.2022 38:37

First aired: 8 Feb 2018 We know that people are moving around the world and fleeing persecution, fleeing environmental disasters at a rate that has never before happened in history. In this episode, we talk to an artist who was unable to practice his craft in his home country for fear of persecution. We talk to Damon Amb about his journey as a refugee and how he is now working to rebuild his life...

S1 Ep3 - Art and Identity: What is the Australian voice? 11.08.2022 20:42

First aired: 1 Feb 2018 As our next guest tells The Colour Cycle, the great Australian author David Malouf is never referred to as the Great-Lebanese-Gay-Australian author. So do non-Anglo artists always have to represent the cultural identity of their parents or their birthplace? Why aren't they simply referred to as Australian artists? How does the colour of your skin or the language you speak a...

S1 Ep2 - Making spaces for refugee artists 11.08.2022 36:34

First aired: 25 Jan 2018  We talk a lot about the challenges for artists of colour to break into the arts sector and the pervasive stereotypes they face based on cultural backgrounds. But what if, on top of all that, you’re also trying to manage the added difficulties of language barriers, work and trauma as a recently arrived refugee to Australia? In this episode, we meet an extraordinary wo...

S1 Ep1 - Creating new reflections 11.08.2022 31:41

First aired: 18 Jan 2018 What does it feel like to grow up without seeing yourself reflected on TV? Screenwriter Benjamin Law describes this exclusion as 'quietly dehumanising' and a form of 'structural racism'. He joins Lena Nahlous on the Colour Cycle to talk about his comedy series that is changing the face of our TV screens. Benjamin Law talks about casting the predominantly Asian-Australian c...

Introducing The Colour Cycle 09.08.2022 1:37

First aired: 9 Jan 2018 Australia's recent census data shows that half of the population were born overseas or have a parent born overseas. But do we see this reflected on stage, on screen and in our arts sector? Launching in January 2018, The Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts Australia aims to disrupt cultural whitewashing. Each week Lena Nahlous talks to an Australian cultural leader, artis...