Artemis Projects

Conversation with dancer and choreographer JASMIN SHEPPARD about PREPARING GROUND – a new dance work that invites us to join First Peoples' care of Land as an urgent act for our shared future. PREPARING GROUND is a First Nations-led dance work co-directed by pioneering indigenous artist Marilyn Miller, alongside Jasmin Sheppard and Katina Olsen. It dances of the future Future—a world where care for Country and community continues generationally. It reminds us that our survival depends on an enduring relationship with the land, and that the path forward is one we must walk together. More about this work: https://www.blakdance.org.au/articles/preparing-ground Also featured on the show, a music from SOUND THE ALARM, a 16-piece ensemble led by double bassist Clayton Thomas, in response to the genocide in Palestine. The track was recorded during their live performance at Johnston Street Jazz (June 2024). The music is a composed improvisation, described by Clayton as “a sonic allegory and a simple way to collect human energy in the right place for the right reasons.” All the proceeds from the album go towards humanitarian aid in Gaza: https://claytonthomas.bandcamp.com Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 12 May 2025. The track featured at the very beginning is by Samuel Pankhurst who is a sound designer on PREPARING GROUND. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with artist THOMAS THORBY-LISTER about his solo exhibition SITE ACTIONS showing at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf from 9th of April. to 11 May 2025 SITE ACTIONS is an exhibition of site-responsive paintings that engage with the natural environment that surrounds Woollahra Gallery. The landscape acts as an active participant in the creative process, with elements such as rain, wind, sun and water leaving marks on the sheets of linen, which are eventually rendered in subtle monochromatic tones to reflect the natural hues of the environment. Allowing the natural forces to shape and imprint their textures onto the fabric, Thomas Thorby-Lister relinquishes a part of his agency to give a greater voice to nature and engage in the collaborative process of ‘making with' more-than-human. More about Emma's work: https://www.thomasthorbylister.com Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 31 March 2025. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with choreographer and dancer EMMA HARRISON about HIGH OCTANE, her latest choreographic work premiering at Campbeltown Arts Centre on 27 March 2025. HIGH OCTANE is a super-charged dance work that reflects on the forces that drive us. This electrifying performance challenges us to rethink our relationship with success, power, and the relentless pursuit of more. In a world fuelled by competition, HIGH OCTANE takes us on a high-speed ride through ambition, self-identity, and the price of making it to the top. More about Emma's work: https://emmaharrison.info Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 17 March 2025. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with artist Carolyn Craig about their most recent solo exhibition – ALGEIC INTENT – on at Firsdraft gallery (Sydney) until 15 March 2025. ALGAEIC INTENT investigates the ways in which Algae thrive in the wreckage of capitalism. The work intermingles breathe, sound, image and desire through diffractive echo, to leak affect and challenge conventional narratives around social responsibility that isolate bodies as discrete entities that sustain the meritocracy myths of capitalism. Carolyn's practice operates through conceptual ideas of how power is embedded within material exchanges – between bodies, objects and at a quantum level. They see material practices as a relational act connected to political spaces and the broader arts ecology, and have founded artist run space SCHMICK Contemporary in Haymarket with this ethos in mind. Carolyn is a lecturer at the National Art School, and a member of research group Intermedial Composition Network at the University of New South Wales. More about Carolyn's work: http://www.carolyncraig.com Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 17 February 2025. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with performance artist Alan Schacher who works across the terrain of dance and installation, with an interest in architectural experiences and the performativity of public space. His performances “attempt to eke out the essence of site, materials and objects in relation to and with the performer's body, the situation, and memory of place.” From Friday 27th to Sunday 29th of December, Alan will take a performative drawing residency at Drawspace gallery in Enmore. The project is titled CHASING SHADOWS and in this residency, Alan will capture the outlines of shadows and reflections as they fall onto and into the DRAW space. More about Alan's work: https://alanschacher.net Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 23 December 2024. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with walking-artist and curator MELINDA HUNT talking about the group exhibition WALK WITH ME, taking place at Drawspace in Sydney from 28 November to 22 December 2024. WALK WITH ME gathers nine local and international artists-researchers who utilise walking as part of their practice, encountering and mapping the walking sites and terrains through the medium of drawing. These drawings are not only reflective of the sites seen, but also the sites felt or experienced through the multisensory phenomena and the biodynamics of the walking body. Some of the projects included in the exhibition also foreground responses to habitat loss and species extinction, connection with urban ecologies, and the colonial project. More about Belinda's work: drawspace.org Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 25 November 2024. FEATURED TRACKS 1) Nicolas Jaar, Etre 2) Tune-Yards, Es-So Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with artist Belinda Yee about her coming solo exhibition INCREMENT at the Wentworth Galleries (Pitt St, Sydney) 7 to 10 November 2024. An exhibition of large-scale drawings, plus a live movement-based performance, INCREMENT explores the notion of temporality as reflected through the cold stone media – such as marble, graphite, sandstone – and soft tissues of the human body. Belinda's work stands as an embodiment of time passing, with fugitive materials that reflect the fragility and impermanence of existence itself. More about Belinda's work: http://belindayee.com/index.htm Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 28 October 2024. FEATURED TRACKS 1) Roj Osa, Tu Si Di Si (album Azbetsni Krovovi) https://kopatonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/azbestni-krovovi 2) Truth ≠ Tribe, Bi ne Bi (album LIVE AT VINYL FACTORY) https://truthtribe.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-vinyl-factory Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with performance artist BRIAN FUATA about STORY SENT – a live and mediated performance he is presenting as part of CEMENT FONDU's exhibition – TOO MUCH INFORMATION – throughout June and July 2024. https://cementfondu.org/tmi-too-much-information/ Partly an email performance, partly a live improvisation, STORY SENT explores repetition, references Authentic Movement, and finishes on a 20-minute timer. Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 8 July 2024. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with visual artist and curator BEATA GEYER about the CHAIR exhibition, showing at Articulate Project Space until 28 July 2024. This group exhibition includes 25 artists who look at the CHAIR not only as an object but also as an image and a text. https://www.articulateprojectspace.org/project/24-07-DU Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 22 July 2024. Interviewer: Ira Ferris This program airs from the Gadigal Land of the Eora nation.

Conversation with artist and writer Ju Bavyka about their latest work – REST YOUR IDENTITY – currently on at TILES gallery in Lewisham, Sydney (till 20 April 2024). REST YOUR IDENTITY is a part of Ju Bavyka's long-term project ‘On Rest'. This most recent iteration involves a performative facilitation practice that leans on meditation, where you are invited to identify parts of your identity that require a little rest, revision, and kind re-integration on better terms. More about Ju's work: https://www.instagram.com/ju_bavyka/ Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 15 April 2024. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with the Artistic Director of The Living Room Theatre, Michelle St Anne, about their latest work THE SEEPING WOMAN. The LIVING ROOM THEATRE has been in existence for more than 20 years and is known for giving voice to the unspoken and unseen. They create works that are non-linear and composed through movement, light, sound, and atmosphere – rather than the rigidity of the given language. In making the Living Room Theatre works, Michelle St Anne often reaches out to collaborators who come from diverse art disciplines. This time – for The Seeping Woman – she is collaborating with digital artist LINDA DEMENT, dancer ANCA FRANKENHAEUSER, and musicians MARY RAPP & NIKI JOHNSON. The Seeping Woman is described as a site-specific work that focuses on gestures both human and digital held within the seepage of fluids, fabric and observations. For more about The Living Room Theatre works see: https://livingroomtheatre.org This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 1 April 2024.

Conversation with choreographer and dancer Emma Harrison about her solo dance work Wolverine, showing as part of 2024 Sydney Festival. Transformation, eruption, and melting of rage and joy - Wolverine sits between dance, cabaret, and performance art to explore and subvert feminine archetypes, mythology, wolves, pop culture, and self-defence. We talk about many layers of the work - from its cinematic influences, to the relationship to the moon and deep blue, skin and fur. More about Emma's work: https://emmaharrison.info Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 8 January 2024. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with dancer, performer, choreographer, educator, and a ball of positive energy Azzam Mohamed. We talk about his move from Sudan to Australia, from street dance to contemporary choreographic works, his dance video 'Katamat' and the program 'Sculptured Riddims' he has put together for the 2024 Sydney Festival. Check him out here: https://www.instagram.com/shazam_jr/ Sculptured Riddims: https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/sculptured-riddims Watch Katamat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZoKO86P84 Originally aired: 25 Dec 2023 on Eastside Radio Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects) FEATURED TRACK: Jill Scott, Golden St Germain, How Dare You Lady Alma & The Rainmakers, Let It Fall (Harlum Mix) Heavy-K & Ami Faku, Andikayeki

Conversation and reading with poet Renay Pepita. Renay is reading a selection of poems from their 2022 book 'Untitled [Notes for Blue]' as well as the more recent poems that will be published in 2024 as 'Untitled [The Un-forgetting of Air]'. In between the readings we are unpacking the process behind writing each as well as Renay Pepita's overall working methodologies. Originally broadcast: 28 August 2023 Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects) GUEST: https://www.renaypepita.com

Conversation with artist Renay Pepita about their Airspace gallery exhibition: 'Untitled (This Too is Beautiful)'. Originally aired: 11 Dec 2023 on Eastside Radio

Conversation with sound artist and musician ALEXANDRA SPENCE and installation and visual artist ELIA BOSSHARD. We talk about their recent collaboration on an audio-visual performance EDGE OF A CLOUD presented at the Phoenix Central Park, Sydney in Nov 2023. EDGE OF A CLOUD explores the dynamic and ephemeral aspects of light and sound to offer breath, movement, and sentience to non-human forms and objects. Originally broadcast: 23 October 2023 Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects) GUESTS: Alexandra Spence: https://www.instagram.com/alxandraspence/ Elia Bosshard: https://www.instagram.com/elia.bosshard/ FEATURED TRACK: Intro: Alexandra Spence, Suddenly Silent Final track: https://alexandraspence.bandcamp.com/track/blue-waves

EP11: Alexandra Spence by Artemis Projects

Conversation with curator, writer, and researcher ANABELLE LACROIX about the project RADIO INSOMNIA, an all-night broadcast for night communities which is interested in the political and poetic forces of waking at night and asks: What is the potential of listening at night when wakefulness is embraced rather than endured? More info: https://insomnia.radio.fm We talk about the unsettling in the body and mind that keeps us awake; whether artists are especially prone to insomnia, the history of sleeping and sleep regimes, porosity between dreaming and wakefulness, the revolutionary prospect of the night time, and the specific type of listening that is available to us at these eerie hours. Originally broadcast: 9 October 2023 Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects) FEATURED TRACKS: Into your Dreams - Hector Zazou & Laurie Anderson Three of a Mind - Pauline Oliveros, Timothy Hill & David Rothenberg Pasties and a G-String (At the Two O'Clock Club) - Tom Waits

Conversation with painter and performance artist KATYA PETETSKAYA whose solo exhibition 'Am I Nature' is showing at Blue Mountains Cultural Centre in Katoomba until 8 October 2023. Katya Petetskaya's works are made through gestural language and expressive mark making. The experiences that are stored in the body are translated into the large-scale abstract paintings that are left to feel alive, vibrating with energy. Her process-driven practice is led by the choice and use of materials, which she treats as collaborators who propose their own ideas and limitations to which she responds. Katya's current solo exhibition – Am I Nature – investigates the complex relationship between humans and nature, which we on the one hand feel a part of and equal to whilst also trying to overcome and master. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with Eora-based poet LUCIA MOON. Lucia is an Italo-Australian writer living on Gadigal land. She is a regular reader at venues around Sydney and, in the written form, her works can be found in Riverstone, Sydney Review of Books, and LOR Journal. Lucia's writing is playful, ecological, and queer. She holds a Master of Research in poetics, and works for an environmental NGO. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with Naarm-based artist TANIA LOU SMITH who works in performance, video, and photography to explore feminist and autobiographical themes. Her latest work MOVING FREELY is showing at DrawSpace gallery (Sydney) to expend the notion of what drawing is and consider how movement could be considered a form of drawing. More information: https://drawspace.org/exhibitions-and-events/tania-lou-smith Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with artist AMY PRCEVICH about a video-installation 'WORKAROUND: Claiming Time and Space for Artmaking'. Emerging from the ongoing ‘problem' of needing to maintain paid employment alongside an artistic practice, Workaround offers different strategies artists can employ to safeguard their art practice from diminishing under the weight and time constraints imposed by paid work. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with artist FRANCE BARRETT whose sound installation ‘Cry' is showing at Carriageworks as part of The National and who is also curating a night focused on the voice through poetry, improvised performance, and song. The title of this program is MOUTH and it will take place at Carriageworks 25 May 2023. More about Frances Barrett: https://francesbarrett.com Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with artists and co-faunders of DrawSpace, a new gallery on Enmore Road, Newtown dedicated to contemporary drawing that works with a broad definition of what drawing is and encourages continued research and exploration of what it can be. For more about DrawSpace: https://www.instagram.com/drawspacesydney/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with visual and installation artist ELIA BOSSHARD about her project ‘ROOM STUDIES' showing at Kronenberg Mais Wright gallery (Sydney) from 19 May to 10 June 2023. The work explores various configurations of doorways within a rectangular space, and how their placement and quantity inform our movements through the space. Bringing attention to the constructed relationship between our bodies and spaces, these works consider potential for grater agency within the predesigned environments. For more about Elia's practice see: https://www.eliabosshard.com Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with choreographer Sara Black about the contemporary dance work VALUE FOR MONEY showing in May 2023 at Riverside Theatres Paramatta, presented by FORM Dance Projects. This work is Sara Black's collaboration with a First Nations choreographer JASMINE SHEPPARD and it looks at the rift between the economic value of human life and the more intangible emotional and physical value of a person – bringing to attention the many ways these values are shaped by different cultures and contexts. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with choreographer Mara Glass about the new contemporary dance work 'Let Them Be Messy' showing at The Phoenix Theatre in Wollongong as part of 2023 March Dance festival. Inspired by the women of Greek mythology, Let Them Be Messy envisions matriarchal society where women are afforded the same freedoms as men, including those pertaining to the emotions we tend to label as ‘not feminine'. More about Mara Glass: https://www.maraglass.org/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with choreographer/dancer Laura Osweiler about her project 'Falling into Wighted Time' developed during the 2023 March Dance festival. The work looks at the experience of living with living with cataplexy(a neurological sleep disorder)and the new movement languages offered by that. More about Laura Osweiler: https://amaradances.com/falling-into-weighted-time/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with performer and choreographer Bonnie Curtis about the development of a multidisciplinary work - Girls Gone Wild - as part of the 2023 March Dance festival. The work looks at social expectations and gender roles, and reclaims female right to emotions of anger and rage. More about Bonnie Curtis: https://www.instagram.com/bonniecurtisprojects/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with performance-maker Aslam Abdus-samad about his latest multi-disciplinary and multi-media work 'I Can't Sleep' showing as part of 2023 March Dance festival at the East Sydney Community and Arts Centre 17 and 18 March. Conceived through tired eyes, I Can't Sleep is an interdisciplinary solo performance entwining autobiographical stories and folklore to examine sleeplessness. More about Aslam: https://www.instagram.com/aslamaland/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

What Is Your Natural Sleeping Rhythm? (28 answers compiled) by Artemis Projects

Conversation with dancer/choreographer Tra Mi Dinh about her latest work (UP)HOLDING which looks at the ways we deal with the burden and the chaos of feeling overloaded. How we individually and collectively navigate the relentless marathon of life (and dance). How we relay (or don't) on sharing of the load with others. More about Tra Mi Dinh: https://www.tramidinh.com Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Eastside Radio conversation with choreographer Sophia Ndaba about her work 'The Vail of Separation' showing at Carriageworks as part of Sydney Dance Company's New Breed program. This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio on 5 December 2022. For more about Sophia Ndaba, see: https://www.instagram.com/sophiandaba/ New Breed program is available here: https://www.sydneydancecompany.com/performance/new-breed-2022 Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects) MUSIC (excerpts from): 'The Vail of Separation' soundtrack, composed by Blue Pools IMAGE: @pedrogreig

Eastside Radio conversation with Lian Loke, one of the curators of the SHErobots exhibition that asks fundamental questions about the nature and processes of contemporary robotics through the lens of female perspectives. This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio on 7 November 2022. More about SHErobots exhibition can be accessed here: https://www.sydney.edu.au/architecture/about/tin-sheds-gallery/she-robots-tool-toy-companion.html Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects) MUSIC (excerpts from): Power by Ziva IMAGE: Pathetic Fallacy, 2014 by Elena Knox (still by Elena Knox / ANOMALY)

Eastside Radio conversation with Georgie Zuzak (Groovescooter), curator of ArtGroupie exhibition. In it's fourth iteration, ArtGroupie takes place at Darlinghurst Road Gallery (Sydney) and features an all-women line-up. The exhibition shows visual art by musicians/DJs/producers. This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio on 7 November 2022. Georgie Zuzak is Australian musician, vocalist, DJ, radio host and visual artist, co-founder of Groovescooter record label : https://www.groovescooter.com Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects) MUSIC (excerpts from): Do-Ré-Mi: Man Overboard Haiku Hands: Mechanical Animal

Conversation with artists Virginia Barratt and Jessie Boylan about the transmedia installation/performance RUPTURE showing as part of 2022 Liveworks festival: https://performancespace.com.au/program/rupture-all-the-stars-unshining/ We speak: slow emergencies, shimmer body, affective text, panic as a progressive force, and more. This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio on 24 October 2022. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with performance maker and Artistic Director of Living Room Theatre, Michelle St Anne. We talk about her unique approach to theatre making, touching upon two latests productions: - Enter Sally Stage Right (showing as part of the 2022 Liveworks Festival, in the program stream Tidal): https://performancespace.com.au/program/live-dreams-tidal/ - The Reckoning (showing at the BrandX in December 2022): https://www.brandx.org.au/event/the-reckoning This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio on 10 October 2022. For more about Michelle St Anne and the Living Room Theatre see: https://livingroomtheatre.org Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with choreographer Eliza Cooper about the making of the Bat Lake, a 50 minute dance work that celebrates the dark and theatrical world of bats. We speak about: the ways these creatures' behaviour and anatomy has been translated into movement; how the music joined the piece; how the costumes were made; and how David Lynch's Twin Peaks sipped into the work... The work is premiering at the Riverside Theatres in Parramatta on 13 October 2022 as part of Form Dance Projects: https://riversideparramatta.com.au/show/bat-lake/ This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio on 26 September 2022. For more about Eliza Cooper see: https://www.instagram.com/elizakcooper Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with Alex Wisser, a co-curator of 'so hot right now now now' exhibition at Firstdraft. ‘so hot right now now now' exhibition emerged from the Arts Out West Regional Artist Mentoring Program, a two-year creative and professional development initiative that brought together eight artists from the regional NSW in exchange with one another, industry mentors, and the program facilitators Amala Groom, Kris Townsend, and Alex Wisser. ALEX WISSER is a socially engaged artist, curator, and creative producer who lives and works on Wiradjuri Country in Kandos, NSW. He is a co-founder and Creative Director of Cementa Contemporary Arts Festival. This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 12 September 2022. For more about the exhibition see: https://firstdraft.org.au/program/so-hot-right-now-now-now Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects) Image: a section of the artwork by David Doyle, presented as part of 'so hot right now now now' at Firstdraft (9 Sep - 16 Oct 2022)

Conversation with art duo Joe Wilson and Chanelle Collier about the work they are showing at the National Art School (Sydney) as part of the Artspace's Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship. This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 29 August 2022. For more about their work see: https://joewilson.space/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with artist Elia Bosshard about 'Assembly of Arenas', a work that looks at how we construct spaces of social gatherings and what this arrangements (i.e. arrangements of chairs) tell about the nature of our gatherings and how they effect the way we interact and perceive. The project is showing at Sydenham International in Sydney, Australia from 7-11 September 2022. This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 29 August 2022. For more about Elia's work see: https://www.eliabosshard.com/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with artist Kit Bylett, about immersive installation 'Second Guest Wellness' made in collaboration with Monica Rani Rudhar and Rachel Levine, for the Cement Fondu project space. 'Second Health Wellness' is a clinic that is also a shop. It speaks about commodification of traditional wellness practices and how those things that were once passed on through families have now become market goods. Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 24 August 2022. For more about Kit's work see: https://kitbylett.com/ For 'Second Guest Wellness' see: https://cementfondu.org/project-space-monica-rani-rudhar-kit-bylett-rachel-levine-second-guest-wellness/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with Diane Busuttil, a dancer/choreographer and the founder/facilitator of Creative Caring organisation that brings dance to elderly, and people with dementia, Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, and Parkinson's. We speak about dance as a caring modality, and about the new series of workshops 'Spring for Seniors' held at the Sydney Opera House and designed for those 55+. Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 24 August 2022. For more about Diane's work: https://www.creativecaring.com.au/about-us For Spring for Seniors, and to book see: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/events/whats-on/workshops/2022/spring-for-seniors-monthly-dance-theatre-class.html Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with Sydney-based dancer and choreographer Ryuichi Fujimura about his HER NOW trilogy; a series of three auto-biographical dance solos that address ageing and body memory; stage fright and the addiction to the audience-connection; professional set-backs and humour as a tool for recovery... The conversation was recorded on 27 July 2022 via a zoom call from Zagreb to Sydney, and it aired on Sydney's Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 1 August 2022. For more about Ryuichi Fujimura: https://www.ryuichifujimura.com/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with visual artist Thomas Thorby-Lister about the 'paintings' he is creating in collaboration with nature, for the Orange Regional Gallery, and through the CORRIDOR project residency. The conversation was recorded on 13 May 2022 at the Corridor project (Cowra NSW) on Wiradjuri Country, while Thorby-Lister was in the process of creating a site-responsive works for the Orange Regional Gallery exhibition which takes place from 30 July – 25 September2022: https://www.orange.nsw.gov.au/gallery/exhibitions/ We spoke about the idea of shared agency (between him and the surrounding environment); intuition, honesty, immersive scale, monochrome expression, hapticity of linen, and why his works are not easily categorised as 'paintings'. Image Credit: Tom Malek For more about Thomas Thorby-Lister: https://www.instagram.com/thomasthorbylister/ This conversation was originally aired on Eastside Radio on 18 July 2022, as part of Arts Monday: Sympoiesis. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects) MUSIC: #1 Philip Samartzis + Eugene Ughetti, Medium Frequency Spaced Array Radars (Array, 2021) #2 Cipkice, O tha'n tombaca daor (https://cipkice.bandcamp.com/releases) #3 The Comet is Coming, Do the Milky Way (Prophecy, 2015) #4 Mimika Orchestra, Fondo (single, 2022)

Conversation with Lucija Ivšić aka Živa, Croatia-born Melbourne-based musician and Sensilab (Monash University) researcher. You can find her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_xziva/ This conversation was aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 4 July 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects) MUSIC: #1 Apex Twin, Alberto Balsalm (excerpt) #2 Puncke, Chk Chk #3 ŽIVA, Power #4 ŽIVA, Dualism #5 Apex Twin, Alberto Balsalm (excerpt)

Conversation with Lleah Smith about the project FUTURE SCHOOL developed with Year 3-6 students at the Kandos Public School as a creative re-imaging of the traditional classroom, followed by the experiences of 'home-schooling' during the Covid-19 lockdowns. FUTURE SCHOOL is a framework on how to work with young people so their voices and opinions are heard, valued, and incorporated into the decision making processes. It is a project that builds and develops young people's confidence, questions the hierarchies of knowledge and the function of the school within the community. FUTURE SCHOOL was presented as part of the 2022 Cementa Festival in Kandos NSW, on the Wiradjuri country where my conversation with Lleah was recorded. Cementa Festival: cementa.com.au/ Lleah Smith: http://lleahsmith.com/ This conversation was aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 23 May 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects) MUSIC: #1 (intro): The Four Distressed Waves Of Sleep, from the album 'Message' by Svntax Error https://svntaxerror.bandcamp.com/album/message #2 (short intermission between the interview): Passage 4: Daniel Von Jenatsch, from the album Relating to the Immediate Surroundings of Something by Megan Alice Clune

Conversation with filipino-Australian poet Kaya Ortiz. We talk about language and identity, relevance of a place, ancestry, nostalgia, connection between ecology and community, and more. Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 22 November 2021, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Find Kaya on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayak.ortiz/ Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Conversation with artist Tina Stefanou about her vocal participatory action, ‘THE LONGEST HUM', part of the 2022 Cementa Festival in Kandos NSW. Cementa Festival: https://cementa.com.au/ The Longest Hum: https://www.instagram.com/_the_longest_hum/ Tina Stefanou: http://www.tinastefanou.com/ This conversation was aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 9 May 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects) MUSIC: #1: Huun Huur Tu - Konguroi (Sixty Horses in my Herd) #2: Pauline Oliveros, David Rothenberg & Timothy Hill - Three of a Mind #3: Tinariwen - Sastanàqqàm

Conversation with choreographer Sara Black about 'Double Beat', a performance for three dancers that explores the aural and physical responses the heart and pulse present in reaction to the tempo of our changing natural world. Double Beat is premiering at the Riverside Theatres Parramatta (Sydney) on 5th May 2022: https://riversideparramatta.com.au/show/doublebeat/ This conversation was aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 25 April 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris

Conversation with artist and curator Consuelo Cavaniglia about the new artist run gallery Sydenham International: https://www.instagram.com/sydenham_international/ Aired on Eastside Radio on 11 April 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show