An evening of music and dance to celebrate dyke culture, featuring a performance from Sydney-based hip-hop/R&B artist and beatboxer BVT, and a set from Afro-Caribbean crip DJ Aquenta. Aquenta is the founder of CRIP RAVE THEORY, a club night that draws on disabled knowledge to create more intersectionally-accessible rave spaces. With a beautiful welcome to country from Donna Ingram, proud Wiradjuri woman and Aboriginal Cultural Consultant for over 35 years.
BVT is a Sydney based Hip Hop/R&B Artist, Beatboxer, Producer, Actor and Voice Over Artist. As a Queer Person of Colour, BVT’s mission is to bridge the gap between the LGBTQI+ community and mainstream hip hop, whilst decolonising and reclaiming space, and bearing the culture as a future ancestor. In 2021, BVT toured with electro-dance pop group “Haiku Hands”, and was the winner of the APRA AMCOS x MARDI GRAS competition for Emerging Queer Artists. As a result, they performed at the 2022 “Sissyball” held in Town hall. BVT performed at World Pride 2023 amongst Peach PRC, G- Flip and Muna. Be sure to keep an eye out for their debut mixtape, “LALAKI's Mixtape” .
Aquenta is an Afro-Caribbean crip DJ living and playing on the unceded lands of the Eora Nation. She always draws on her roots when crafting her sets, and then spices things up by adding her other favourite flavours. Expect dancehall, grime, global club, ballroom, amapiano and everything in between. As well as being a DJ, Aquenta is an interdisciplinary artist, solicitor and curator/community organiser. She is the founder of CRIP RAVE THEORY; a club night which draws on disabled knowledge to create more intersectionally-accessible rave spaces. For Aquenta, DJing is both playful and political: space-making through occupation and sonic curation, aimed at expanding community and club culture.
Donna Ingram is a proud Wiradjuri woman and Aboriginal Cultural Consultant, born and raised on Gadigal land. She has worked in Aboriginal affairs, government and community organizations in Sydney for the past 35 years (mostly in education). She was elected to represent her community as a Councillor on the former Sydney Regional Council of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) and holds a diploma in Aboriginal Community Development. A graduate of the Indigenous Women’s Leadership Development Program, she is especially active with consultation in regards to women’s issues and NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) week in the Redfern/inner city area of Sydney, Australia.