IRAQUEER
Founded March 2015
Feelings of a lesbian woman in Iraq 2017–18
single-channel digital video, colour, sound
2:00 mins
Courtesy IraQueer Organization; LGBT+ Iraqis, between myths, violence, and personal struggle
THE COLLI CREW
Formed 2010
Live and work in Collarenebri, New South Wales
Legends 2012
3:19 mins
Courtesy the artists
IRAQUEER
Founded March 2015
Is homosexuality a disease? 2017–18
single-channel digital video, colour, sound
1:36 mins
Courtesy IraQueer Organization; LGBT+ Iraqis, between myths, violence, and personal struggle
THE COLLI CREW
Formed 2010
Live and work in Collarenebri, New South Wales
Change the game 2011
single-channel digital video, colour, sound
4:18 mins
Courtesy the artists
VET MOURNG
Born 1997 in in Ratanakiri, Cambodia
Lives and works in Ratanakiri
Ulcer in mind 2019
single-channel digital video, colour, sound
13:03 mins
Courtesy the artist and Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center, Phnom Penh
15 Screens Reel 4
15 Screens was initiated as a platform to exhibit artists in juxtaposition to interconnected themes. Broken into separate reels for the purposes of NIRIN NAARM’s online delivery, the series hosts a variety of moving image material, from artistic video work, documentary and archival footage, to infomercials, music video clips and short film. Though varied in style, these stand-alone works are united in their expression of critical issues, humour, beauty, calls to action, and at times marginalised histories that demand our attention.
The diverse range of artists, creatives and filmmakers participating in 15 Screens present us with unique and compelling stories. IraQueer’s work is part of an animated series, produced in local dialects, to educate about misconceptions and prejudices effecting LGBT+ people in Iraq, labelling them as mentally ill, sinners, and outsiders. The Colli Crew, a group of school kids from Collarenebri Central School in remote New South Wales, have produced and performed in music videos, commenting on the struggle for rights and equality, and reflecting on social, political and economic opportunities for First Nation Australians. As they say, ‘Change comes from you, from me, from us, and that’s fact.’ Finally, Vet Mourng’s work Ulcer in mind 2019, commissioned and acquired by the Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center in Cambodia offers fresh perspectives of humanity, perseverance and family from which to relate our own lives.