Ju Bavyka is a writer and interdisciplinary artist living in Sydney on the unceded lands of the Gadigal and Wangal peoples. They write, publish, collaborate and exhibit from a queer migrant perspective. Ju’s writing has been published in un Magazine, Runway Journal and Liminal. They participated in the Firstdraft Writers Program in 2021 and self-published the poetry collection the moment you realise what you don’t have to be in 2022. They have cultural ties to Kazakhstan and Germany and are a member of artist- and non-artist-run space Frontyard Projects in Marrickville, Sydney.
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Ju Bavyka
Frayed at the ends
Weaving language, labour and spirit, two poets expose the intersections and splinters that arise when two perspectives are made to share the same space.
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