We had a great catch up on a Sunday afternoon for working bee
and some creative decision making.
Firstly you're all invited to our exhibition!
Where: Tenth and Gibson
When: 28-30 October (middle weekend of Feast)
What:
Exhibition Opening and Awards Night 5-8pm on Friday 28th
Meet the Artists: 10-6pm Saturday 29th
Artists' Panel: 3-5pm on Sunday 30th
Please bring along your friends, family and colleagues. Pick up a Zine while you're there.
NOW... THE 'TO DO' JOBS
All thumbnails and bios are now due (details below)
All titles and descriptions of each piece are due on Friday 16 Sep
We need all images as .png or .tiff files capable of being printed at 300 dpi
If you have a preference for the size or framing for your piece,
or where it fits in the exhibition we need to know NOW!
If you're confused about anything get in touch!
E:mail [email protected]
At the end of the zine and last stage of the exhibition we propose a ‘contributors’ section that will be a thumbnail ’self-representation’
composed of 9-12 separate photos of ‘bits of you’.
Then write 50-100 words about your self-representation. Even if you haven’t submitted anything else for the exhibition or zine, we can include these ‘mini-profiles’ at the end of the catalogue and, in the last panel in the exhibition.
If you have submitted something for the exhibition and zine you may like to give each piece a title and offer a few sentences of description. In terms of curating the exhibition we’ve workshopped a kind of ‘journey through stories beyond gender’.
Section 1: Journey begins: a brief description of our social media storytelling journey. Some early experiments.
Section 2: Transition and Fluidity: self-realisation, exploration, the best things about being trans and gender diverse, short video about IDaHoT
Section 3: Conflict, Hurdles, Haters: some of the sad/angry stories, short video on inappropriate questions…
Section 4: Allies and Affirmations: works expressing empathy, gratitude
Section 5: We are: exhibitor’s thumbnails and bio/artist’s statements
Revised deadlines:
Finals due NOW
Consolidation of text contributions/bios/titles for printing: 2-16 Sep
Final layout and planning of zine and exhibition: 16-30 Sept
Printing: 30-7 Oct
Mounting/Framing - 7-21 Oct
Hanging: 28 Oct
Son (on behalf of SBG storytellers)
and some creative decision making.
Firstly you're all invited to our exhibition!
Where: Tenth and Gibson
When: 28-30 October (middle weekend of Feast)
What:
Exhibition Opening and Awards Night 5-8pm on Friday 28th
Meet the Artists: 10-6pm Saturday 29th
Artists' Panel: 3-5pm on Sunday 30th
Please bring along your friends, family and colleagues. Pick up a Zine while you're there.
NOW... THE 'TO DO' JOBS
All thumbnails and bios are now due (details below)
All titles and descriptions of each piece are due on Friday 16 Sep
We need all images as .png or .tiff files capable of being printed at 300 dpi
If you have a preference for the size or framing for your piece,
or where it fits in the exhibition we need to know NOW!
If you're confused about anything get in touch!
E:mail [email protected]
At the end of the zine and last stage of the exhibition we propose a ‘contributors’ section that will be a thumbnail ’self-representation’
composed of 9-12 separate photos of ‘bits of you’.
Then write 50-100 words about your self-representation. Even if you haven’t submitted anything else for the exhibition or zine, we can include these ‘mini-profiles’ at the end of the catalogue and, in the last panel in the exhibition.
If you have submitted something for the exhibition and zine you may like to give each piece a title and offer a few sentences of description. In terms of curating the exhibition we’ve workshopped a kind of ‘journey through stories beyond gender’.
Section 1: Journey begins: a brief description of our social media storytelling journey. Some early experiments.
Section 2: Transition and Fluidity: self-realisation, exploration, the best things about being trans and gender diverse, short video about IDaHoT
Section 3: Conflict, Hurdles, Haters: some of the sad/angry stories, short video on inappropriate questions…
Section 4: Allies and Affirmations: works expressing empathy, gratitude
Section 5: We are: exhibitor’s thumbnails and bio/artist’s statements
Revised deadlines:
Finals due NOW
Consolidation of text contributions/bios/titles for printing: 2-16 Sep
Final layout and planning of zine and exhibition: 16-30 Sept
Printing: 30-7 Oct
Mounting/Framing - 7-21 Oct
Hanging: 28 Oct
Son (on behalf of SBG storytellers)
I've been super-busy so haven't set the next date yet - however you'll see a fancy new poll on your right - vote on your preferred option!
Meanwhile I've been reorganising the site a little - with help from Naomi and Stephanie - so as to make it a little 'tidier' and easier to find things. On the subject of search, it's really important that you add 'categories' or 'captions' to your non-text posts to make them searchable.
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I'm hoping to organise a 'show and tell' at one of the forthcoming Feast Queer and Gender-diverse Youth Drop Ins that take place fortnightly on a Thursday night. Details for that to follow...
Naomi's starting to edit the videos Squidge shot at the last session... and has also asked if anyone is interested in collaborating on a song.
Jesse has also called for submissions and graphic design skills to help us pull together some of our creations in hard copy so get in touch if you can help or would like your work to be included. We're hoping to print a hundred or so booklets for distribution to service providers, cafes, offices and schools...
Sean's been involved in some everyday activism writing to MMM to protest their representation of trans youth - impressive and articulate letter writing!
Also - did you see Tobyis' and his family on Insight - beautiful (and tear jerking) awareness raising! Great work and congratulations all! There are some great additional trans news and forums on SBS site here.
Finally, we hope you've all considered the opportunity to join 'TransGuidance' for an excellent opportunity to be trained as a peer-support worker!
Let us know - or come along to the next workshop - if you have a story to share!
Meanwhile I've been reorganising the site a little - with help from Naomi and Stephanie - so as to make it a little 'tidier' and easier to find things. On the subject of search, it's really important that you add 'categories' or 'captions' to your non-text posts to make them searchable.
You can also subscribe to this update page (or any blog page) via RSS (instructions below) or subscribe to newsletter via email.
I'm hoping to organise a 'show and tell' at one of the forthcoming Feast Queer and Gender-diverse Youth Drop Ins that take place fortnightly on a Thursday night. Details for that to follow...
Naomi's starting to edit the videos Squidge shot at the last session... and has also asked if anyone is interested in collaborating on a song.
Jesse has also called for submissions and graphic design skills to help us pull together some of our creations in hard copy so get in touch if you can help or would like your work to be included. We're hoping to print a hundred or so booklets for distribution to service providers, cafes, offices and schools...
Sean's been involved in some everyday activism writing to MMM to protest their representation of trans youth - impressive and articulate letter writing!
Also - did you see Tobyis' and his family on Insight - beautiful (and tear jerking) awareness raising! Great work and congratulations all! There are some great additional trans news and forums on SBS site here.
Finally, we hope you've all considered the opportunity to join 'TransGuidance' for an excellent opportunity to be trained as a peer-support worker!
Let us know - or come along to the next workshop - if you have a story to share!
2016 Stories to TellCan you help let others know about this weekend's workshop - via direct e:mail, phone call, f2f or via your social media networks?
I'm thinking we should move along in workshopping the following: - themes (currently health, employment, education, safety) - dramatic form (currently an A4 booklet or book, several short films, possibly some posters) - scripts or plans for each 'project' - teams who are committed to working together - logistics (eg key roles, schedule, budget) - SBG group engagement with other groups (eg interstate, regional, northern/southern suburbs) And of course more than happy to add any additional points to the agenda! Suggestions please... 
Trans-World CafeA Trans-World Cafe will be held on Sunday 15th November 1-4pm
at Venue 63 in Adelaide, during the opening weekend of the FEAST Festival. World Cafés are facilitated community events that create safe and hospitable space for a diverse group of people to exchange ideas. Food, drinks and music are provided and a facilitator explains proceedings to the entire gathering. They also introduce three carefully considered framing questions. At each table a ‘table host’ introduces the group to one another and coordinates discussion of question 1 for approximately 20 minutes. All participants have opportunity to speak and note down their thoughts on a large sheet of paper. Participants then move to other tables to discuss questions 2 and 3. Finally findings are ‘harvested’ through discussion with the larger groups and utilising visual representations and annotations made at each table. Because only a finite period of time is spent at each table and the focus is on respectful listening and finding affinity, the potential for extended conflict is minimised. The process is also a great premise for establishing fruitful ongoing discussions across different perspectives among divergent participants. In the context of ‘Sharing Stories Beyond Gender’ our cafe event will bring together diverse trans* participants and a wider community of health care providers, educators and policy makers. Key questions for discussion will focus on the divergent needs of the community (contextualized as ‘home’, ‘safety’ and ‘wellbeing’). |
Adelaide workshopThe next Adelaide workshop is scheduled for Saturday 7th November, 2-5pm at Uniting Communities, 10 Pitt Street, City (near the Central Markets).
At this session we'll be finalising our creative work and website content for display at the Trans* World Cafe on the 15th Nov (following weekend). Bfriend, a service provided by Uniting Communities, is the proud host of our ongoing workshops. 
Port Lincoln workshopThis month we ran two workshops in Port Lincoln. The first was for community members who wished to share their stories.
The second was tailored for service providers and teachers as a kind of 'train the trainer'. What do you need to do to offer support to gender-questioning storytellers? How should we use social media safely AND with courage? Both workshops established genuine meaningful connections between participants and we hope we'll see conversations continuing online... check out our forum page here. |