Virginia Helzainka is a Co-Founder of Unspoken – Bali Poetry Slam, an initiative that conducts workshops and poetry slams every couple of months throughout the year. This endeavor collaborates closely with Bali’s local art, theater, and youth communities. In 2017, she authored the poetry book entitled Cocktail, Waves & Archer published under Mahima Institute Indonesia. An active participant in the queer movement, Virginia is also associated with the Queer Language Club. Notably, she presented Speak The Unspoken – a Queer Poetry Reading during the ASEAN Sogie Caucus in 2021.
Artist
Virginia Helzainka
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Thursday 5 September – Sunday 15 September
Wall of Echo
Four artists from UWRF and EWF appear in this transcontinental literary sound board. Investigating UWRF’s “powers within humans” (live, speak, think), these writers are called upon to artistically represent their connection to such powers.
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Thursday 12 September
Nocturnal: Earthshattering
Words and sounds are the mediums we turn to, to channel these transformative events. Join us Melbourne Museum to hear stories and tributes to experiences that rooted these artists to the earth or led them to transcend it.
Saturday 14 September, 7PM
Body Curious
Join these body-curious artists for a night of performances, devoted to sensorial writing and self-discovery and expression through the body.
Thursday 5 September – Sunday 15 September
UWRF & EWF: In-Conversation
Join a cross-continental in-conversation reflecting on the evolving role of storytelling in a global context. Witness this exchange of ideas and dreams, as each writer enquires into the other’s diverse creative practice.
Sunday 15 September, 11AM
Pitch-It! sessions
Publishers are always on the lookout for new and exciting voices, so here’s your chance to show them yours. Use your 5-minute pitch as a professional development exercise that has the potential to be much, much more.
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