“I’m a big believer in life imitating art. What happens in real life is so much funnier than anything I can make up.”

“My way of making art really comes from a DIY methodology, possibly traced back to my parents. Even though they're not artists, I believe their history of survival as refugees means that they've always been able to make something out of nothing.”

“I’ve always believed in building relationships with people before collaboration…”

“If there’s no true or authentic memory of an event, only that which we story in speech or written language, then the more we story them, the more alive they’ll feel.”

“I like to write back against established beliefs or generalisations depicted in existing fiction or historical texts, such as that of the ‘sinister Oriental’ or the ‘wanton’ Asian woman.”

“There’s a porous wall that encourages osmosis. I’m a better critic because I am a poet and vice versa. “

‘We need to broaden not only the perspective of the creator, but also of the critic. What’s the point of people of colour creating art if its merit and its meaning are interpreted and judged exclusively through a white gaze?’

‘Put up with labels only when they serve you.’

‘There’s also not much separation between my art practice and spiritual practice.’

“After Cage anything is possible. Experimentalists like myself are the children of Cage. We have cleared the path for the next generation to find its own way.”

An ingenious new satire from Patrick White Award-winning playwright Kim Ho, The Great Australian Play is a psychedelic ro­­­mp through the myths of our glorious nation’s past, present and imagined future.

We spoke to Hirzi Zulkiflie, a leading personality in the Singaporean LGBTQI community.

Catch him in his debut Australian appearance at Spice Night, as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

5 Questions with the producer and actor Vivian Nguyen of What Every Girl Should Know.

Join Nicholette C as she takes you through her journey growing up Asian in Australia, currently playing as part of Perth’s Fringe World.

We talked to Mallika Sarabhai, a storyteller, activist, and one of the most vital figures in Indian dance today.