CVSelected text
2017 "Living Heritages" in The Lifted Brow, (36), 66-68, (edited by Ellen van Neerven) 2017 Review of Maxine Beneba Clarke's Carrying the World with Timmah Ball in Cordite Poetry Review 2016 "The Famous Five in Kuala Lumpur", Kill Your Darlings Issue 26 (edited by Hop Dac) 2016 "A unique community put under pressure by development", Right Now 2015, Oct 25, Melbourne Writers Festival’s 2nd Asia-Pacific Writers Forum, Peril 2014 Oct 5, Melbourne Writers Festival inaugural Asia-Pacific Writers Forum: Part 1-3, Peril 2014 “And Yet We Are Still Excluded”: Reclaiming Multicultural Queer Histories and Engaging with Contemporary Multicultural Queer Realities” co-written with Dr Maria Pallota-Chiarolli in Fethi Mansouri (ed) Cultural, Religious and Political Contestations: The Multicultural Challenge (2014, Springer) 2014, October "Questions of belonging, how to love this ancient sunburnt country?", Kill Your Darlings No. 19 (edited by Hop Dac) 2012, Mar 9 “A car park that became a karaoke stage for Footscray By Night”, Peril 2011, Jan 5 “Fear of a Brown Planet: fight the power with laughter”, Peril 2009 Nov 27 "Watch out for LOCA - they can incite a riot!", Peril 2008. “My first kiss”, in Pung, A (ed). Growing up Asian in Australia, Black Inc, Collingwood, VIC: pp. 216-19. 2006, July 26 “The Legacy of Lisa Bellear”, ArtsHub Australia, 2006, Dec 6 “The West Welcomes Refugees”, ArtsHub Australia 2005. “’Constant Cravings’ in high school”, in Pallotta-Chiarolli, M. (ed). When Our Children Come Out: how to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender young people, Finch Publishing, Sydney, NSW, pp 120-22. Selected spoken wordOzAsia
2023 OzAsia's In Other Words Poetry Showcase featuring Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, Thuy On, Adolfo Aranjuez, Lian Low, Amani Mahmoud and Grace Yee BLAK DOT Gallery 2014, April 17 "The Australia I want to call home", 18C exhibition opening, in response to the proposed amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 2015 “Conversations from both sides of the street" https://www.facebook.com/events/101585266849102/’ panel to accompany “Both Sides of the Street” exhibition, curated by Kimba Thompson and assistant curated by Eugenia Flynn. 2016 "Fifty shades of Blak" - highlights the voices of 50 visual & performing female artists, addressing issues of stereotyping, colour coding, racism, identity & societal perception of First Nations women & women of colour. QUEERSTORIES: A national LGBTIQ+ storytelling project curated by Maeve Marsden 2014 - 'The City' (podcast) MELAKA ART AND PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL 2015 - Artist residency and performer, Melaka Art and Performance Festival 2014 - “Pontianak” ensemble, Melaka Art and Performance Festival, Melaka 2013 - “Cerita Pendek” solo, Melaka Art and Performance Festival, Melaka, Malaysia DANCE MASSIVE, Malthouse Theatre 2015, Mar 17-21 Do you speak Chinese? Dance Massive, Malthouse Theatre (Text) MIDSUMMA FESTIVAL events produced by Lisa-Skye 2017, Jan 18, "I hate myself for loving you", MIDSUMMA, Hares and Hyenas 2016, Jan 28 "The Invisibles 2", MIDSUMMA , City Library 2015, Jan 29, "How's your friend and other niceties?", MIDSUMMA, Bar Nancy, Northcote 2014, Jan 23, "Monster", MIDSUMMA, Bar Nancy 2013 Jan 31 "The Invisibles", MIDSUMMA, Bar Nancy 2012, Feb 9, "Queer Nerd", MIDSUMMA, Bar Nancy Selected panel engagement 2023 OzAsia's In Other Words Program (Nov 3-5): Telling Queer Asian Stories panel featuring Shelley Parker-Chan, Dr Quah Ee Ling and Adolfo Aranjuez 2016 Jan Australian LGBTIQ Multicultural Council present – Chilli & Spice, Curry or Rice at Hares & Hyenas 2015 WrICE - in conversation with Jhoanna Cruz & Suchen Christine Lim 2014 "WrICE: Postcard from Singapore", Digital Writers Festival, Host 2014 "Shaping the debate", Emerging Writers Festival 2014 Oct 5, Forum participation - Melbourne Writers Festival inaugural Asia-Pacific Writers Forum: Part 1-3, Peril 2013 Panel co-presentation with Dr. Maria Pallota-Chiarolli for "Reclaiming multiculturalism: global citizenship and ethical engagement with diversity", Deakin University |
Awards and mentorships
2018 The Wheeler Centre's Next Chapter 2016 Art of Storytelling, memoir writing workshops with Lee Kofman, reading at the Melbourne Writers Festival 2015 Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship and Next Big Thing (September) City of Literature Travel Fund to Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (participant) and Melaka Art and Performance Festival (artist) 2013 CALD Mentorship (Writers Victoria) with Maria Tumarkin (My reflection on Peril) 1996 Hyperreality, short play, Under-25 winner of the inaugural Irene Mitchell short play competition. Play-reading at George Fairfax studio, Victorian Arts Centre. Professional Development
2015 - Lotus Asian Australian Playwriting Melbourne salon selected artist (Mentors: Damien Millar and Jane Bodie) 2014 - Kultour Artist Gathering (Kultour - national organisation committed to advancing cultural diversity in the arts in Australia) "Lian Low was a selected artist for Kultour’s artists gathering in Melbourne and has contributed significantly to the organisation’s program development as a member of its National Reference Group – particularly with respect to online information sharing services, critical writing and contemporary cultural discourse" - Kultour Programs Manager, Marcus Hughes Reflections included in Kultour Gathering KG2014 interim report, October 2014 |