A little bit of identity crisis and soul searching in this episode. Jina has invited our lovely friend Isabella Singal (aka Bella) to share with us on her personal journey and thoughts on both the architecture profession and education while juggling other exciting projects! Be it writing, curation and tutoring - it opens up food for thought for sure…
*This episode was recorded in November 2020 - and some media handles may have expired!
Notes:
Melbourne School of Political Economy
Failing and Flying - Jack Gilbert
Music: Blue Dot Sessions - ‘Pinky’ from Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/RadioPink/Pinky
*This episode is produced by Jina He
About Isabella Singal
Bella Singal is a Graduate of Architecture who is currently working at an architecture firm. She is the co-steward of the Victorian Chapter of the Architecture Lobby, an organisation that advocates for workers in Architecture. Like many Architecture Graduates, she enjoys writing, illustrating, designing amongst a list of things. She is the co-founder of a collaborative called Vomitus Dialogus, an organisation that produces zines, exhibitions, talks with an upcoming play at the Melbourne Fringe Festival called Source Amnesia. The play involves a series of vignettes into familial tensions that occur in the day to day lives of POC, based on true stories of generational trauma, ethnic guilt, amongst a multitude of other issues.
You can find out more about Vomitus Dialogus through Facebook or Instagram (@vomitusdialogus); and Architecture Lobby on Facebook or Instagram (@archlobby.victoria). Otherwise, you can connect with Bella through Instagram (@__besin)
About Season 3// Is This What You Wanted?
A collaboration with Jina He, the two of us were inspired by conversations on the disparity between education and professional practice; and finding ourselves at crossroads: Is this what you wanted? is a series of discussions with various individuals within the design industry reflecting on pinnacle moments in their professional journey that has led them to their current position.
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