Writing & Performance.
My work often explores love, loss, grief, and nature through the mediums of poetry, prose, music, and performance. I’ve shared my poetry and music at Light in Winter Festival, Melbourne Writers Festival, Emerging Writers Festival, Sydney Fringe Festival, Slamalamadingdong, Women of the World Melbourne Festival, and MidSumma Festival. My work has been published by Melbourne City of Literature, PEN Melbourne, Offset Journal, Maggie Journal, and Kara Sevda Press.
In 2020 I was selected as a Featured Author by Djed Press and had the pleasure of co-authoring a book chapter through cohealth Arts Generator for RMIT University’s CAST (Contemporary Art and Social Transformation) research group.
Published:
Visitor - a poem published by Djed Press
How to stay connected to a loved one who has died - a guest blog article for Bare Cremation
Sisters on the Moon - a poem published in Bleed Baby Bleed by Kara Sevda Press
Untitled; For Samir; For Mama; For Teta (Grandma) published by Melbourne City of Literature
Behind My Eyes; Rise and Fall (audio recordings) published by Offset Journal
To be published:
Chuol, B. Georges, G. Mashar. J. Cai, S. et al… (2020), ‘Practicing Utopias’, in The World we Want: Dystopian & Utopian Impulses in Art Making, Melbourne: RMIT, etc.
Mama’s Lentil Soup
An original spoken word poem.
Filmed and edited by Jeevika Rajagopal A.K.A Nomadic Static.
Recorded and produced by Anthony Martino A.K.A. Stay Nice.
“Gabriela is one of the most electrifying performers I've had the pleasure of working with. She connects with and draws out deep emotions with honesty and humility, but also with wit and flair. Her poetry and songs are richly layered and moving in the way only truth really is.”
— Nadia Niaz, Founder and Editor of Australian Multicultural Writing Project
Rise & Fall (EP)
This debut poetry EP Rise & Fall is a labour of love and tears, an expression of my journey with grief and loss after the loss of my mum, and a reflection of changes through time.
Dedicated to anyone who has lost someone and is navigating their way through grief and loss.
Released July 19, 2016
Produced by Stay Nice
Mastered by Crystal Mastering
Violin by Isabel Hede
Saxophone by Gawain Davey