VICTORIA PHAM
Victoria Pham is an Australian installation artist, composer, and evolutionary biologist. She currently is a PhD Candidate in Biological Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. As a composer she has studied with Carl Vine, Richard Gill, Liza Lim and Thierry Escaich. She is represented by the Australian Music Centre as an Associate Artist. Pham has been commissioned by a number of institutions such as TATE Britain, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Samstag Museum of Art, and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She has featured in several festivals from VIVID to BLEED. Pham is currently the Artistic Director of FABLE ARTS and is the host for the podcast, DECLASSIFY. As a scientist, her specialisation is in archaeo-acoustic technology and the evolution of music. Her artistic and musical work is driven by explorations into the sonic connections between second-hand memory, examining modes of decolonisation, communal story-telling, intertwining electronic sound with acoustic instrumentation, and ecological expressions of construction.
FLORA WONG
Flora Wong (黃芷蕾) is a musician, educator, producer and researcher who is drawn to contemporary, exploratory and multi-disciplinary arts. She is a member of Meanjin/Brisbane-based ensembles Nonsemble, Voltfruit, Tango Enigmático and Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra, and Co-Director of Dots+Loops. As a violinist, she is equally at home improvising with the sounds of her surroundings in open-air settings, producing music for violin and electronics, performing contemporary compositions, and collaborating with artists of all disciplines, styles and backgrounds. Her debut EP Geburtstag was released through Corella Recordings in 2022 and features works that she commissioned by Connor D’Netto, MJ O’Neill, Chris Perren and Kezia Yap.
CHLOE CHUNG
Chloe Chung is a celebrated cross-cultural flutist, optimal movement educator and Artistic Director of the Dreambox Collective. Whether it is playing flute, dizi (Chinese bamboo flute), or through collaborating with others working across various mediums, she is passionate about creating unique musical forms that bridge cultures and communities to form meaningful connections within the local and global community. As a passionate educator, she currently lectures at the Australian Institute of Music, and teaches dizi (Chinese bamboo flutes) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
NICHOLAS NG
Dr Nicholas Ng is a composer, performer and Research Fellow at the Institute for Australian and Chinese Arts and Culture (Western Sydney University). A former Lecturer (Australian National University) and Research Fellow (Queensland Conservatorium), he has been teaching erhu (2-stringed Chinese fiddle) and theory at Sydney Conservatorium since 2016. Nicholas' upbringing in Old Rite church music combined with his world music interests has led to a unique style in his compositions for The Song Company, The Australian Voices, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and other ensembles. He collaborates with William Yang and is currently touring with Benjamin Law in Annette Shun Wah's Double Delicious (2020-), produced by Contemporary Asian Australian Performance. On the erhu, Nicholas has toured to festivals around Australia, New Zealand, North America, Canada and Europe. These include KunstenFESTIVALdesarts (Brussels), Sydney Festival and Auckland Arts Festival. He established the ANU Chinese Classical Music Ensemble (2003). Nicholas has curated a number of events including ENCOUNTERS: China (2010), Music in the Gardens (2012), BrisAsia Festival (2012-2013) and Shanghai Club at The Famous Spiegeltent (2013). Published by Orpheus Music, Nicholas has produced a book and various articles on Australia-China exchange. His artistic career has been documented on SBS Mandarin Radio, ABC Music Show, and in the Compass program Divine Rhythms (ABC TV and iView).
GLORIA DEMILLO
Gloria Demillo (they/them) is a poet and multidisciplinary creative. Their most notable contributions include the Harana Poetry Tour for the Art Gallery of New South Wales; published works with the Australian Poetry Journal, Peril Magazine, Cordite Poetry Review, Red Room Poetry; and performances at the Biennale of Sydney, the National Young Writers Festival, Wollongong Writers Festival, Australian Poetry Slam, and the Bankstown Poetry Slam Olympics.
JAMES NGUYEN
James Nguyen currently makes art in Melbourne. His videos, installations and actions open up new ways to talk endlessly about art. Ranging from the diasporic absurd to institutional loneliness, everything is up for grabs and anything is possible. James also has a PhD in broken languages, an MFA in the cinematic body, a Bachelor of Pharmacy and was a collaborative fellow at UnionDocs (Centre for Documentary Arts). He has exhibited many successful and lacklustre projects both nationally and internationally.