Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Friday 18 March
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Join us to celebrate the official opening of the 2022 Blak & Bright Literary Festival! Witness Solace, the commissioned performance by Bryan Andy, James Henry and Steven Rhall, exploring men’s mental health. A special guest will then talk to the theme, ‘What’s Changed? What’s Stayed the Same?’, with a spotlight on writers Jazz Money, Alexis Wright, Crystal McKinnon (with Glenn Shea).
Presented in partnership with Blak & Bright and RMIT Culture.
View the full Blak & Bright program of events at blakandbright.com.au
Featuring
Alexis Wright
Prof. Alexis Wright is a member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. She is the author of the prize-winning novels Carpentaria, The Swan Book, and, most recently, Praiseworthy. Her works ...
James Henry
James Henry is a singer/songwriter, musician and recording engineer, and the grandson of Jimmy Little. His music spans country rock, reggae and hip hop and addresses issues such as Aboriginal identity and society’s rules and expectations. Henry is also a much-sought after photographer.
Steven Rhall
Steven Rhall (he/him) is a post-conceptual artist operating from a First Nation, white-passing, cis male positionality, geographically located on neighbouring Woiwurrung and Wathaurung lands. Rhall’s cultural background consists of ...
Jazz Money
Jazz Money is a Wiradjuri poet and artist whose practice is centred around poetics to produce works that encompass installation, performance, film and print. Their writing has been widely published nationally and internationally ...
Crystal McKinnon
Crystal McKinnon is a Yamatji woman and is currently working at RMIT as a Vice Chancellor's Indigenous Research Fellow, where she sits within the Social Change Enabling Capability Platform (ECP) and an Australian Research Council Discovery Indigenous Project ...
Bryan Andy
Bryan Andy (he/him) is a Yorta Yorta man from Cummeragunja, NSW. Bryan is a freelance writer, radio broadcaster and theatremaker. He has been published by Lonely Planet, NITV, ABC Online, IndigenousX, the Guardian, Witness Performance and Meanjin. Bryan is the host of ACMI's First Nations Film Club. He identifies as gay.