Ben Graetz -RAIIN Residency

In 2019 Ben Graetz undertook a residency devising his new work, RAIIN, a cabaret about his experience as a Gay Aboriginal man, and the experiences of other Queer Aboriginal Men in Australia. Ben was joined by 6 collaborating artists from across Australia, Guy Simon, Joel Bray, Kaine Sultan-Babij, Dale Woodbridge-Brown, and Scott Campbell, with Musical Director Michael Tan. These artists spent a week exploring the themes of the work and generating ideas, songs, monologues and dances to inform future creative developments. The residency culminated in a showing of the work in progress to invited members of the LGBTQIA+ and Aboriginal communities.

Larrakia Elder Gary Lang supported this project with a welcome to country and as a cultural consultant to Ben, and Crystal Love supported the project as Community Cultural Consultant.