The River Runs Through Your Veins with Mitch King

About this episode

Mitch King discusses his artistic connection to the rivers of his homeland and the importance of preserving waterways.

Mitch King is a Yaegl Bundjalung multi-disciplinary artist with deep connections to the rivers that grew him and his ancestors up. As a story teller he has translated this thread of connection – the rivers that run through his homelands, the creation stories that make clear - and heed the warnings - of the importance of looking after the waterways – through dance, hip hop and contemporary overlays of multimedia onto indoor and outdoor stages, that have at the centre of his work a deep sense o...

People in this episode

Guest: Mitch King

Topics covered

• Yaegl Bundjalung
• multi-disciplinary artist
• storytelling
• dance
• hip hop
• multimedia
• waterways
• creation stories

Keywords

• rivers
• art
• culture
• environment

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The River Runs Through Your Veins

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