⚡VOLTA is co-presented monthly by Queensland Poetry and Brisbane Square Library, bringing you electric poetry, spoken word, and the unexpected.
VOLTA: JULY 2021 features Hope Ferris-Green, Ethan Enoch Barlow & special guest Hope One and will be held ONLINE, livestreamed simultaneously on the Queensland Poetry and Brisbane Libraries Facebook pages.
Tickets/bookings are no longer needed for this event.
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HOPE FERRIS-GREEN is a poet-in-progress, writing to understand and celebrate everything that life throws at her. Despite not having graduated yet, she is certain that she wants to work with words for the rest of her life. You can find her on Instagram @works.of.hope.
ETHAN ENOCH-BARLOW is a Quandamooka performer with a passion for poetry, hip hop, and theatre. He has performed with groups such as ‘The Ancient Bloods’ and ‘Barefoot Boyz’, and represented Digi Youth Arts in ‘Future Ancestors’, a poetry performance showcased at BrisFest 2020 (in collaboration with Voices of Colour and Conscious Mic). Ethan is also a part of ‘The Mama’s Boys Collective’ under Claire Christian and is featured in ‘Brother’s Book Club’.
HOPE ONE (she/they) is a world-renowned gender-fluid, Queer, Maori Beatboxer. Based in Brisbane Australia, Hope’s career started out winning an Australian Idol audition and landing a spot in the Beatbox Alliance, touring nationally. She would go on to develop into the award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist she is today, placing third in the Women’s division of the Beatboxing World Championships, warming up stages for major Hip Hop stars and touring the world with theatre show Hot Brown Honey. Hope incorporates their drag alter-ego, queerness and decolonial culture practices into awe-inspiring, visually penetrating Beatbox experiences.