speaker-0: Welcome to Decolonial Futures, a new podcast about the artists, writers and researchers challenging colonial power structures. I'm Anna Eclair and I'm joined by my co-host Kate McGregor.

speaker-1: We are the co-directors of the History, Memory and Decolonial Futures Research Collective at the University of Melbourne.

speaker-2: in Egypt.

speaker-0: In episode, a new guest will share how their creative practice confronts the lingering effects of colonialism around the world.

speaker-1: With researcher and theatre practitioner Professor Taiwo Offalabi.

speaker-3: What would future look like if you reimagine the present? That's the power of art.

speaker-1: Indonesian artist and filmmaker Timeteas Angawan Kusto.

speaker-2: this, I think I need to ask questions. The question the way things or even the way we silence.

speaker-4: We'd sit there.

speaker-1: Amsterdam based poet and performer Robin Block

speaker-4: In poetry it's easier to put your finger on the sore spot and to point out the the contradictions.

speaker-1: Swiss Haitian artist Sasha Hubert.

speaker-5: I don't want to use this way of working just for aesthetical reason because it looks good. It's always political, it's never decorative.

speaker-1: Jakarta based curator and historian Sadia Boonstra.

speaker-5: Once we know how colonia works, it's important to find ways out of it.

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speaker-1: And many other guests.

speaker-0: Please remember to subscribe to the series in your favorite podcast app, so you never miss an episode about the creative practitioners working towards decolonial futures.