Relation/Expectation (PBS FM, Melbourne)

By Jess Fairfax

"To those I have loved, I know there were many times that we
suffered, suffocated, felt the stabs of unnecessary pain and pinned
self-loaded expectations onto each other. We fell apart, and this
piece was made in an attempt to understand why.

To the listeners, you will hear fragments of conversations seeped
in emotion, stories, ponderings and thought bubbles. You will be
privy to moments of pure intimacy and hear honesty and
self-reflection in its most vulnerable form. I hope that you find a
moment that resonates, that makes its way into your home and heart,
that you find a way to live a little lighter in love.

To my friends, you are the most wonderful, deep thinking, full of
feeling human beings, whose words and wisdom will carry into the
ears and roll like waves into the lives of many.

Let me introduce you to them:

Damian Spears: Sparky by day, verse writer by night. Hip Hop is his
passion and his lyrics ooze with deeply thought out observations of
the everyday world around him.
Louisa Scarmozzino: Primary school teacher, cheerleader and
lover.
Ebony Moncrief: Born in the Deep South of Alabama, Ebony is a
teacher in training, published poet, workshop facilitator and
spoken word slam champion who delves into the realm of
vulnerability and self-strength through her works.
Wallace Calvalho: Brazilian born beatmaker and producer, sound
engineer in training and beats/electonica event curator.
Katherine Gailer: Colombian born visual artist and musician.
Oscar Jimenez: Colombian born musician and producer, front-man of
ARIA nominated band Watussi..
Zakia Baig: Hazara writer, educator and activist. Zakia set up the
Australia Hazara Women’s Friendship Network to aid with settlement
issues for Hazara women living in Dandenong.
Quinn: Quinn is an emerging writer working in queer theory,
fictocriticism, and post-structuralist and feminist theories of the
body, subjectivity, and self. She writes short fiction, poetry, and
fictocriticism, and is currently writing her PhD titled ‘this body,
written’ at La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Yoseph H. Bekele: Ethiopian bass player, multi-instrumentalist,
composer and producer.
Vicki Fairfax: writer, meditater, nature lover, mother…. Of
Jess.
Finally, I would love to keep the conversation going and the pens
flowing. The poems you hear throughout the piece were written in
response to a soundscape I created and fed to my friends as a sonic
stimulus. I’d love for you to head to my Soundcloud page, stream
this soundscape, write your own piece, record it and post it in the
group."

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