12 August 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic saw a surge of Anti-Asian racism. In response, Diversity Arts Australia launched I Am Not A Virus, an artist-led project that provides powerful counter-narratives to xenophobia and racism. This episode spotlights interviews from Asian artists, partners and curators from the I Am Not A Virus project, along with two spoken word pieces that were commissioned as part of the project. Featuring: Erin Wen Ai Chew (founder of Asian Australian Alliance and Being Asian Australian), artists Jacqueline Pon, Sean Stephen Ryan, Jayanto Tan, Andrea Srisurapon, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art curator Reina Takeuchi, and works by Kelly Huynh and Jasper Lee-Lindsay.

Read Asian Australian Alliance’s “COVID-19 Racism Incident Report Survey Comprehensive Report 2021” HERE.

I Am Not A Virus received support from the Australia Council, Create NSW, Creative Victoria, City of Sydney, City of Parramatta and Inner West Council. Thank you to 4A Centre for Contemporary Art, our project partners and curators of the Acute Actions exhibition and partners Being Asian Australian, the Asian Australian Alliance and Democracy in Colour.