HYPER-VISIBILITY AND UNDER-REPRESENTATION: “DIVERSITY” IN MELBOURNE MUSIC SCENES.

Presented by Isobel D’Cruz Barnes

Hosted by Bus Projects
1/07/2021
Talk #113

Image: Photo courtesy of Kevin McCarty from photo series 'The Chameleon Club' featured in Stages: Queers, Punks and the Utopian Performative by Jose Esteban Muñoz

SOBEL D’CRUZ BARNES presents Hyper-Visibility and Under-Representation: "Diversity" in Melbourne Music Scenes

In partnership with Bus Projects.

This talk discusses race in the Australian alternative and punk music scene, with an emphasis on the perspectives of People of Colour (PoC). Referencing ethnographic research conducted in 2020, Isobel hopes to offer insight into what meaningful 'diversity' looks like in Melbourne music.

Isobel D’Cruz Barnes is a Malaysian-Australian musician and music researcher based in Naarm/Melbourne. Both her writing and music address themes of identity and colonialism, with a focus on Australia. She plays bass in post-punk band Hexdebt.