Detailed bio

“Sense of Place” Weave Movement Theatre. Sound design. Sylvia Staehli Theatre, Dancehouse, Melbourne, 16-19 August 2023.

“The Memory Go Round” sensory experience installation exploring memories of five disabled artists. Sound design. Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, 1-3 December 2022.

“Disrupting sighted ableism through the art of access in theatre and dance (a.k.a DSA)” sensory storytelling development. Sound design. Arts House, Melbourne, October 2022.

“Sense of Place” Weave Movement Theatre. First development. Sound design, operation. Dancehouse, Melbourne, June 2022

“WOVEN”. Sound design. Gasworks Arts Park, 2 March 2019.

“WOW: Women, Art & Politics” performance. Sound design and documentation film sound (Marcus Salvagno). Footscray Community Arts Centre, March 2017.

“To Advance Australia Fair” track with poet Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, for the “Reverb on Verse” compilation 2016/17, The Milo Mix, All Our Stories, PBSFM Melbourne.

March 2016 Sound documentation of Footscray Community Arts Centre's “EXQUISITE” 2016 cumulative assembly - collaborative visual arts and performance exhibition featuring artists from Australia, Indonesia, East Timor and Tibet.

“Water For Spirits” track for The Women of the Great River - Radio Continental Drift (Zimbabwe/Berlin) and CIRCE: The Black Cut (Greece) released on 7MNS Records.

Collaboration with poet Farkhonda Akbar on the track “Nailing Remembrance” for 'Visible' compilation 2015, Multicultural Arts Victoria.

Remix of Andrew Galan poem “Turn Termination Shock” for QPF 2014.

9 October 2018 - 3 February 2019: “||Reflections|| Ritual”, spatial sound installation for MPavilion, Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne.

30 November 2018: “Sonority I: magyar - Dancing on Blades” premiere, 4DSOUND spatial sound installation in collaboration with Hungarian storytellers and video artist Anita Amorós López, Spatial Sound Institute, Art Quarter Budapest, Hungary. Part of the Central European Society for Soundscape Ecology (CESSE) Conference and 4DSOUND ‘Inaudible Realities’ event.

9 - 13 June 2018: "Nailing Remembrance" poetry film screens at S Y N | Cymatic Environment© by Anna Stereopoulou w/ 20Y female:pressure Anniversary Event @ Beton 7 - Arts, Athens.

19 + 20 January 2018: "The Night Garden" poetry film in the official selection for the 6th International Video Poetry Festival held in Embros Theatre in Athens. Hosted by the Institute for Experimental Arts.

24/25 March 2017: Sound installation at Women of the World Festival Melbourne, “Women, Art & Politics” international residency at Footscray Community Arts Centre.

18 February 2017: “The Seadragon's Lair” film, video projection and sound installation for White Night Melbourne, in the La Trobe Reading Room of the State Library of Victoria. Collaboration with filmmaker Sheree Marris and animator John Powers.

18 February 2017: “The Night Garden” large scale projection and sound installation on the facade of the State Library of Victoria, for White Night Melbourne. Collaboration with projection and animation artists Nick Azidis and Rose Staff.

20 February 2016: IDEATION video projection & sound installation for White Night Melbourne, at the La Trobe Reading Room, State Library of Victoria. Collaboration with Nick Azidis, Adem Jaffers and Bentley Dean.

7 February 2016: Restroom installation, cut-up of Bowie's voice / music made for “Fuck You, Cancer - A David Bowie Tribute” at the Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne.

19 - 22 December 2015: “circe :the black cut”. Athens, Greece. Electronic music, field recordings, remix of VOX album installed in exhibition sites.

March 2015: “FCACheartsJogja: Exquisite Corpstallation” spoken word, sound, music mix in response to installations created over a week in the Footscray Community Arts Centre exhibition space. REVEAL: 5 March, 6:30pm – 9pm (live DJ set) EXHIBITION: 6 March – 8 March.

15 - 21 December 2014: “circe :the black cut”: exhibitions, concerts and events in Athens, Greece. LAPKAT remix ofVuelo Libre album played in the following sites: » Taxi moving in the Greater Region of Attica [driver: Mr. Alexandros Linardos]; «The Place» [exhibition main space] «Gallery of the South» [art gallery].

March 2024: Winter arts residency, Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland

July - December 2018: 4DSOUND residency, Spatial Sound Institute, Budapest

24/25 March 2017: Women of the World Festival Melbourne, “Women, Art & Politics” international residency at Footscray Community Arts Centre. Collaborating with artists from Indonesia, Timor Leste, Bangladesh, India, Australia. WOW Festival 2017

See La Danza Poetica pages for Groovalizacion radio show

20 January 2020 framework:afield: Women in the Field produced by Jilliene Sellner. A short meditation by the Yarra … part of a project exploring experience of females who practice field recording.

25–29 August 2017 The Night Garden / Romance of the Rose broadcast on Datscha Radio "a garden in the air", Berlin, Germany

17 July 2016 Under the Sun, Triple R FM Melbourne

26 June 2016 Under the Sun, Triple R FM Melbourne

August 2015 La Danza Poetica Εμπιστοσύνη [Trust] show re-broadcast Doctore Xyramat – FSK/Hamburg

21 June 2015 Under The Sun Triple R FM Melbourne

13 February 2015 «circe Vuelo Libre mix» broadcast Doctore Xyramat – FSK/Hamburg

6 February 2015 «circe – Vuelo Libre mix» broadcast on Greece (Athens) web radio station Chimeres

9 March 2014 / 12 January 2014 / 22 & 29 December / 22 & 29 September / 10 & 17 March 2013 Triple R FM Melbourne, Under the Sun fills

12 April 2013 SBS Chill Resident DJ set

October 2012 - present La Danza Poetica on Groovalizacion.org and Chimeres Greece and podcast (see La Danza Poetica)

2010 - 2012 Dialectic Radio Uber Lingua's global bass program on Australian community radio satellite network. With 555 (Brendan Palmer)

2005 - 2009 Guest presenter of three series’ of the Indiefeed Performance Poetry podcast (USA)

2003 - 2005 Spoken word radio productions and specials made for Sydney community radio 2SER and 2FBi, including Australia’s first live radio poetry slam, (co-presented with Miles Merrill); and a weekly poetry/music mix program Alphabeat Soup for early internet radio station K-Grind Live (with Trevor Brown).

1999 - 2001 Australian Broadcasting Corporation Sydney. Trained as specialist audio arts engineer and producer across radio, TV and online. Producer for Local Radio; engineer for Classic FM, Radio National, Audio Arts and Radio Drama; special documentary / soundscape production series’ made for Triple J, including the Y2J millennium series.

1996 - 1999: Triple R FM Melbourne. Presenter of weekly spoken word, poetry, radio drama and music program SubText, which took over the time slot and developed the concept of Stephen Walker’s Ghost in the Machine.

1994 - 1997: Co-producer, writer, performer, of the poetry, spoken word soundscape series Howlings In The Head broadcast five times a week on Triple R FM Melbourne, also broadcast on radio in the UK, Canada and USA. Highly Commended at the CBAA Awards 1996. HITH produced 4-6 minute works featuring the stories of Australian and international poets and oral storytellers. Recorded in the Triple R studios and produced by (with music and soundscapes also composed by) Lisa Greenaway and David Macken, along with Jim and Kate Buck and Jim Shnookal. The HITH body of recordings forms a major archive of the spoken word underground of Melbourne in the 1990s.

3 February 2019: “Space and Sometimes Movement” spatial sound live performance, MPavilion, Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne

26 October 2018: DJ LAPKAT, live DJ set, electronic music/soundscape performance and video art @ Chimeres Space, Athens, Greece

5 September 2018: DJ LAPKAT at SSTR6, Vienna, Austria, with (Stormtrap) Asifeh

25 October 2017: DJ LAPKAT, Kaddish: A Tribute to the late Allen Ginsberg. Hares & Hyenas, Fitzroy, Melbourne

25 May 2017: DJ LAPKAT, Slamalamadingdong Grand Slam poetry slam final. The Melba Spiegeltent, Collingwood, Melbourne

23 October 2016: DJ LAPKAT, Melbourne Spoken Word presents Tanya Evanson live at Howler, Melbourne

9 October 2016: DJ LAPKAT, Rockin' for West Papua, part of a global series of gigs raising money for Rize of the Morning Star and United Liberation Movement For West Papua. Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne

14 August 2016: DJ LAPKAT, Candy Royalle and the Freed Radicals at the Toff in Town, Melbourne

26 November 2015: State of Culture, Multicultural Arts Victoria Showcase, live performance with Farkhonda Akbar

18 October 2015: Melbourne Festival Hub, Multicultural Arts Victoria Visible Sessions, live performance with Farkhonda Akbar

September 2015: Global Safari, DJ LAPKAT at Belleville, Melbourne

15 July 2015: DJ LAPKAT, Chilli Rooms, Ibiza, Spain

4 July 2015: DJ LAPKAT, Kreuzberg Urban Culture Bar, Athens, Greece

20 June 2015: DJ LAPKAT, Emerge Festival Closing Party, Workers Club, Melbourne

16 May 2015: DJ LAPKAT, Belleville, Melbourne + Mondo Loco

11-14 April 2015: Melbourne International Comedy Festival, DJ LAPKAT residency, Peter Cook Bar, Melbourne Town Hall

18 October 2014: Poetry and Authentic Food #3 feat. DJ LAPKAT + Sista Zai, Horse Bazaar, Melbourne

22 October 2014: DJ LAPKAT, A House Safe For Tigers, Sean M Whelan + guests, Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne

7th September 2014: More Poets than Politicians, Howler, Melbourne. Luka Lesson + live band, Amal Kassir (USA), Jahra Rager (NZ) L-FRESH AKA The LION, EXΩFRENIKOS (Greece), DJ LAPKAT.

30 August 2014: Queensland Poetry Festival. Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane. DJ LAPKAT, plus live collaboration with poet Andrew Galan.

20 August 2014: DJ LAPKAT, A House Safe For Tigers spoken word/music event, Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne

23 August 2014: One Night Stanza II 6.30pm @ Footscray Community Arts Centre. Feat. Anis Mojgani (USA), Buddy Wakefield (USA), Amal Kassir (USA), Miles Merril (Sydney), Helen Kassir (Melbourne) Jessie Giles (Melbourne) + DJ LAPKAT.

February - June 2014: Ferdydurke Residency: Tuesday nights, 'Jazz in the Attic'. Live jazz @ 8pm, DJ LAPKAT @ 10pm-1am. Every 2nd Tuesday, 'Voices in the Attic' live spoken word. Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

31 May 2014: Candy Royalle + Sloppy Joe present Frida People + DJ LAPKAT, Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne

5 April 2014: DJ LAPKAT, The Highly Recommended Experience screening of Hélio Ribeiro's short film @ Testing Ground, Melbourne

Saturday 22 March 2014: DJ LAPKAT, These Machines Cut Razor Wire Fourth Annual Music Fundraiser for Refugee Justice Bella Union Bar, Trades Hall, Melbourne

8 December 2013: DJ LAPKAT, Renaissance Festival, Yarra Junction, Australia

July 2013 - DJ LAPKAT, Ibiza: Restaurante es Boldado, Chilli Rooms Ibiza residency

26 May 2013: DJ LAPKAT, One Night Stanza with Anis Mojgani, Footscray Community Arts Centre, VIC Australia

23 March 2013: DJ LAPKAT, Fete la Frog, Northcote, VIC Australia

29 December - 1 January 2013: DJ LAPKAT, Peats Ridge Festival, Glenworth Valley, NSW Australia

30 November - 2 December 2012: DJ LAPKAT, Renaissance Festival, Yarra Junction, Australia

22 September 2012 DJ LAPKAT, Brussels: 'Warrior Poets' after-party at Café Bota, Koningsstraat 236, 1210 Brussels, Belgium (Elles Tournent/Dames Draaien festival)

21 September 2012 DJ LAPKAT, Brussels: International Day of Peace Groovalización after-party at Bouillon Kube, rue Vlogaertstraat 4, 1060 St.-Gille

17 September 2012 DJ LAPKAT, Paris: Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud 75011

5 September 2012 DJ LAPKAT, Berlin: The Poetic Groove at the KingKongKlub, Brunnenstrasse 173.

6 September 2012 DJ LAPKAT, Berlin: A Headful of Bees label showcase at Lovelite, Simplonstr. 38-40, Berlin Music Week.

July 2012: DJ LAPKAT, Nostalgia For An Age To Come Furdydurke, Melbourne

July 2012: DJ LAPKAT, La Mama Poetica, La Mama Carlton, Melbourne

June 2012: DJ LAPKAT, Launch of Kerry Loughrey's 'You Shot My Dog' at Mission for Seafarers, Melbourne

April 2012: DJ LAPKAT, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Festival Club

April 2012: DJ LAPKAT, Easter Renaissance Festival, Yarra Junction, Melbourne

8 March 2012: DJ LAPKAT, CHERCHEZ LA FEMME CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, Grace Darling Hotel, Melbourne

November 2011: Señor BBQ presents Los De La Calle, + DJ LAPKAT, Wednesdays at Pure Pop Records, St Kilda, Melbourne.

Resident DJ for the 2011 Overload Poetry Festival, Opening Night 9 September, Fitzroy Town Hall; Closing Night 17 September, Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne

7 August 2011: Overload Poetry Festival Fundraiser, + Sean M Whelan and the Interim Lovers, Luka Lesson, Haralampou, Jessica Alice, DJ LAPKAT. The Newtown Workers Club, Melbourne

22 July 2011: DJ LAPKAT, Pop-Up Pirate Radio Tower launch and broadcasts, VCA Courtyard, Melbourne (State of Design Festival)

23 June 2011: Lowkey @ Bender Bar, Melbourne. DJ LAPKAT + Rolex Bifta, Warpa!nt, Shuttersound & Psyphertunes

February - March 2011: Dialectic Live @ Horse Bazaar, Melbourne city. Weekly Wednesday nite residency with 555 (Uber Lingua) + guest DJs