Hello, I’m CREATRIX TIARA.
(they/them, you can just call me Tiara if you want)
I do a lot of work in breaking the boundaries of form, genre, field, and demographic.
Finding the light between the cracks and making magic.
Working in the intersections of Venn diagrams.
SHENANIGANS.
Themes of interest: bringing together performing arts and (video) games, experience design, indie performing arts and indie online content creation, gatherings, travel, fandom, equity & justice for marginalised communities (race, gender, sexuality, disability, neurodivergence, immigration status), making wishes come true, always more over time!
Types of work I do: creative producing, directing, performance art, writing (journalistic and creative), public speaking, consulting, administration, coordination, organising, media-making, activism, assessment, strategy, research, community cultural development +++
SEEKING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2024!
Come check out my 2024 Page to find out more - jobs, travel, and much more!
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★ Portfolio ★ LinkedIn ★ Main Website (under refurb) ★ Facebook ★ Twitter ★ Mastodon ★ TikTok ★ Instagram ★
★ Support me on Patreon, PayPal, Ko-Fi ★
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CURRENTLY (as of December 2023):
★ On the ballot for Federal Council (Equity) for the Media, Entertainment, and Arts Alliance (MEAA) union elections in 2024 - campaigning to support indie performing arts as well as online content creators
★ Managing the 2023 Freeplay Awards program celebrating indie games & play as Freeplay’s first Awards Lead
★ Wrapping up my time as Network Coordinator for Social Enterprise Network of Victoria
★ Consulting on arts and disability as part of the Arts and Disability Associated Plan co-design working group with the Office for the Arts and Creative Australia
★ PNGTubing (live-streaming with an avatar) 2 nights a week on Twitch (with Youtube VODs) analysing stage magic in video games - based on internationally touring stage magic + social justice + autobiographical storytelling show Queer Lady Magician (currently on hiatus but will return soon)
★ Unit Leader for Girl Guides Victoria
★ Live-streaming Ace Attorney weekly with Mari Still Plays
HIGHLIGHTS:
★ Part of peer assessment panels for Emerging and Experimental Arts (2021) and Multi-Arts (2022) grant rounds for Arts Projects - Individuals & Organisations and Arts Fellowships for Creative Australia (then Australia Council for the Arts)
★ Working on proposals for Capcom and other organisations for English stage play adaptation of The Great Ace Attorney, partly developed in the 2021 The Arcade SMART Program
★ Artistic Director of ACNH Fringe - first ever Fringe Festival in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
★ Kickstarted & worked on game design & narrative design for Game Grumps: Joint Justice (Ace Attorney fangame) with Studio Lovelies - Game Grumps playthrough here!
★ Producer and director for Melbourne-based LGBTQ+ disabled artist collective Quippings
★ Volunteer management for Freeplay Independent Games Festival
★ Part of Theatre Network Australia’s Power Play leadership program for emerging performing arts professionals
★ Research and advocacy on arts funding beyond the Australian Government grants model via Reimagining Arts Funding
★ Producer and puzzle designer for Secret Society-themed Alternate Reality Game for The Village Festival
★ Lead organiser for international feminist movement SlutWalk in Melbourne, San Francisco, Brisbane
★ Co-creator & main writer for semi-autobiographical immigration games Here’s Your Fuckin’ Papers and What The &@#( Do They Need Now
Photo by Liliana Braumberger