Lieu Journal is coordinated on the stolen land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nations, and we pay our respects to traditional custodians, past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and celebrate the rich practices of art making and storytelling which have been happening on this land for over 60,000 years.
Lieu Journal is also coordinated and produced on the stolen lands of Ngāti Whatua o Ōrākei. We acknowledge that Māori sovereignty was not ceded in Aotearoa/ New Zealand and recognise tangata whenua as the kaitiaki and rangatira of these lands. We honour mātauranga Māori (knowledge, practices, perspectives) and stand in solidarity with Mana Māori Motuhake and tino rangatiratanga.
Lieu Journal was launched in 2018 in Naarm (Melbourne), as a platform for expressions of defiance. We want to acknowledge that the violence of white supremacy, whether overt or insidious, has been actively practiced for centuries, and continues to be today - and we stand in solidarity with Bla(c)k and First Nations people in the struggle against systemic oppression. Lieu Journal is committed to acknowledging this in all work we do and to platforming a diversity of voices who share this goal.
What does defiance look and sound like ? How can a chorus of voices express and practice these positions? Through the presentation of new work by artists and writers, Lieu Journal exists in the hope of facilitating works that buoy up, buffet, reroute or dismantle these questions. For each issue we have taken a central theme: indebtedness, departure, peace and time travel. We have taken a break since our last publication in December 2020, but look forward to resuming projects and publishing more soon.
Lieu Journal is currently coordinated by Amy May Stuart and Holly Willson.
Amy May Stuart is an artist. She is an Anglo-Japanese person living in Naarm (Melbourne).
Holly Willson (Pākehā) is a writer/researcher and student, studying and working in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).
