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This submission is part of the Expressions of Gender Equity art project - a 2021 International Women's Day initiative. We thank all artists who responded to our artistic briefs and are honoured to showcase their work.

Artist Statement

In response to the art brief:

“We exist.

If we did not exist then there is nothing to protect, to care, to love, to hold, to nurture, to get intimate.

That why we need to stand up and take action. Otherwise, our inaction opens the way for the bullying and things that don’t sit right to fill in the gaps.”

Art Brief 

Yusuf Syaid

Existence is Why, 2021

Aussie in Jakarta, Indonesia | Poem

 

About the Artist:

A techie with a heart