Ishack Sonlay is a Writer and Community Development Practitioner from East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. He did his Master in Development Studies from the University of Melbourne (2019). As a writer, his works are mostly poetries, essays and short stories. He participated in Masyarakat Indonesia Cipta Residency (2011), Bumi Pemuda Rahayu Residency (2013), Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (2014), Liwuto Pasi Art Expedition (2014) and Salihara International Festival (2015).
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Ishack Sonlay
Appearing In
Thursday 15 June, 11am
Digital Ecologies
Join these writers for an invigorating discussion about their visions for a world where the technological and the natural are simultaneously embraced.
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Wednesday 21 June, 9pm
Distraction & it’s (Dis)contents
In an attention economy where textual engagement is constantly subject to the news cycle, the fragment, virality and the scroll, what is it to be distracted, and what makes it compelling?
Thursday 22 June, 8:30am
Morning Pages: Personal Archives
Allow Sharlene Allsopp to guide you through some early morning writing prompts and techniques to breathe new life into nostalgia- soaked memories, either inherited or lived.
Thursday 22 June, 11am AEST
AI: T/truth
In this pre-recorded panel, three trans/queer writers discuss the complex connections between Truth, genre, and identity within their own work. Combining theory, genre-bending experimentation, and the mundane absurdity of their everyday lives, these writers consider the intersections of form and content along lines of race and gender, and talk about how these relationships effect their […]
Wednesday 14 June – Saturday 24 June
Floodlight
Take a walk around Melbourne in the company of four storytellers using refrains of infrastructure, history, and memory to guide their routes.
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