APHIDS LISTENS

This episode is hosted by Amaara Raheem, in conversation with David Young, the founding Artistic Director of APHIDS from 1994-2009. David is a meditator, Alexander Technique practitioner, and he composes. Together they speak about memorable projects, the origin of APHIDS' name, perception, and composing. APHIDS LISTENS is an online archive where an artist shares a work they love and a work they've made.

This episode is hosted by Amaara Raheem, in conversation with Thea Baumann, Artistic Director and CEO of 4A, founder of world first hologram brand Metaverse Makeovers in Melbourne, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and a previous Executive Producer of APHIDS. Together they speak about Metaverse Makeovers, Signe Pierce, the KLF and the ethics of turning ashes into sculptures.  APHIDS LISTENS is an online archive where an artist shares a work they love and a work they've made.

This episode is hosted by Amaara Raheem, in conversation with Anna Kennedy-Borissow, whose research investigates how arts engagement stimulates recovery and resilience in disaster-affected communities. Together they speak about site-specific art, the Strathewen bushfire memorial and community engagement. APHIDS LISTENS is an online archive where an artist shares a work they love and a work they've made.

This episode is hosted by Amaraa Raheem who speaks with artist and curator Priya Namana about concerts, borders, dewdrops and autonomy. Priya's practice is led by felt senses and lived experience. APHIDS LISTENS is an online archive where an artist shares a work they've made and a work they love.

This episode is hosted by Amaara Raheem who chats with Naarm based artist Jamie Lewis about food as practice, migration and intergenerational exchange. Jamie is a Singaporean-Australian artist, curator, dramaturg and facilitator making site-responsive, autobiographical and participatory work. APHIDS LISTENS is an online archive where artists share a work they've made and a work they love.

In this conversation, Anna Nalpantidis talks to dance artist Tra Mi Dinh about rebelling against the black box, competitive dancing and “immersive empathy design”. Tra Mi reflects on her award-winning Keir Choreographic piece, The __ and Olafur Eliasson’s work, Beauty. They also speak about sensorial engagement and how art can be a tool for eliciting visceral bodily experiences. APHIDS LISTENS is an alternative archive where artists share a work they’ve made, and a work they’ve loved. Original APHIDS LISTENS theme and music by Becky Sui Zhen, audio engineering by Nina Buchanan.

In this episode of Aphids Listens Lara Thoms talks to Tasmanian artist Lucy Bleach about homing pigeons, donation bins and flying a Mulholland Drive star to perform in her work Homing. They also speak about Bokei, a collaboration between artist Rei Naito and architect Ryue Nishizawa held on one of the rural Japanese islands that make up the famous Benesse Art Site Naoshima. 

In this episode of APHIDS LISTENS Mish Grigor speaks with artist Frances Barrett, who lives and works on Kaurna land, Adelaide. We dive deep into how Fran thinks of thresholds: between inside and outside the body, between artist and curator, between making sound and receiving it. She talks to us about her upcoming project Meatus which opens at ACCA Melbourne in April and shares her thoughts on a work that has stayed with her long after she left the gallery - Megan Cope's (Untitled) Death Song. APHIDS LISTENS is an alternative archive where artists share a work they’ve made, and a work they’ve loved. Original APHIDS LISTENS theme and music by Becky Sui Zhen, audio engineering by Nina Buchanan.

In this episode, Lara Thoms speaks with artist  Sammaneh Poursh about multidisciplinary practice, performance art, art crushes, phenomenological experiences and sex magic. Sammaneh is a Queer genderfluid Muslim who arrived in Australia as a refugee after the Iranian Revolution. Her work plays with identity, ritual, the Body, diaspora, Middle Eastern and Western histories, and comedy as a way to address trauma.

In this episode, Eugenia Lim speaks with sculptor and experimental foodie Nabilah Nordin about art as a site for spontaneity, conviviality and 'unlearning', and the ongoing influence of Monster Chetwynd's riotous works.