2025 - Diary of a City Blak by Luke Currie-Richardson - Yellamundie Festival
Diary of a City Blak
Diary of a City Blak is a multidisciplinary performance that weaves together dance, poetry, acting, and visual storytelling through photography and video. Performed in a circular format with the audience surrounding the space, the performer never leaves the stage, a constant unrelenting presence navigating identity, visibility, and resistance.
The work is a raw poetic unpacking of what it means to grow up Blackfulla in the city, disconnected from traditional community yet burdened with the pressure to prove your Indigeneity.
Luke Currie-Richardson
A proud descendant of the Kuku Yalanji, Djabugay, Mununjali, Butchulla, and Meriam peoples, has dedicated over 14 years to sharing powerful Indigenous stories through dance, film, photography, spoken word, and fashion. Touring with Bangarra Dance Theatre and Marrugeku, he’s collaborated with artists like Ghenoa Gela and Wesley Enoch. In 2023, Luke debuted his choreography GEDOVAIT in the Stephanie Lake Escalator program. His photography, featured in Vogue and Marie Claire, won the People’s Choice Award in the 2024 National Photographic Portrait Prize. In 2022, he made his theatre acting debut in Kalanga Atu at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. As a poet, his work has been showcased at Sydney Festival’s The Vigil and published by Red Room Poetry. Through his multidisciplinary practice, Luke amplifies Indigenous culture, challenging perceptions of identity and belonging in contemporary Australia.
