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Our Featured Writer
Carielyn Bermudez Tunion-Lam
Carielyn Bermudez Tunion-Lam (or ALIENCRY) is a multimedia artist currently living on unceded Darkinjung land, working predominantly in the genre of ‘videopoetry’.
Carielyn draws on her love of writing and a background in screen & media production to make short videos which combine textual, moving image, and audio elements. She uses these videos to explore personal experiences and issues around alienation, historical racism & intergenerational trauma from a decolonial lens.
George's town pt. 2
'George's town pt. 2' explores distance, diaspora, and the hidden truths of familial betrayal and the taste of disappointment.
You can view more of Carielyn Bermudez Tunion-Lam's videopoetry at Verity La and at https://www.aliencry.com
Dream with eyes wide open & hearts tilted up to the sky.
I occupy space as a woman of colour in the matrix of coloniality. I'm an immigrant and a settler on unceded indigenous land. I miss my home and my country but I don't have the resources to go back. I don't really know what I'm doing, other than I feel compelled to use my voice to speak truth to my experiences. I don't presume this will make a difference to others but it might. I'm a drop in the ocean that will break the bedrock of colonial injustices. This is the hope.
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The Vault
Little Key (Judy Johnson)It could be almost anywhere in the Middle East. The result of war or famine or ... Read More
Serpent (Anna Jacobson)By the time I see you, seventy-one angels have descended from heaven, chopped off your hands and feet, split your tongue. You crawl along your belly. Vanish. By the time ... Read More
1,000 (Robin Gow)I’ve done the math. 884 is the number of masses I attended between when I was born & when I was 17. If you think about holy days that’s at ... Read More