00:01An oasis symbolic of a need for more queer spaces in Sydney's West.
00:06In Parramatta, the installation Dare to Dream ties the experiences of navigating queerness
00:11with maintaining cultural heritage.
00:14This work in particular is about the sticky experience and existence as a queer person
00:20in Western Sydney and how queer visibility has a lot of nuances but is also a very important
00:27way for people to find each other and find spaces where they can belong.
00:32Kaya Papaya grew up in South West Sydney, spending years travelling to the CBD in search of a more
00:38accepting space.
00:39To have those organisations in the West would help people come together and not be so afraid
00:44because we were literally like meeting each other at night time.
00:48Organisations are working to increase access to these safe spaces in Western Sydney.
00:53There isn't a centralised queer space like there is in a city.
00:57But he says this is slowly changing.
01:00If you compare it to even two years ago, things are looking a lot more different now.
01:04More than 70 participants from across Western Sydney contributed to the piece,
01:08their sculptures embedded into the installation, forging connection through collaboration.
01:13It was all about celebrating, advocating for and making LGBTQ plus people in Western Sydney
01:21more visible and appreciated.
01:23We connected over this desire of wanting to find each other in the places where we grew up.
01:29Using art as a vessel for safe spaces.
01:34Living in South Sydney
01:34This is a very good way, because it was the result of the road in it.
01:38This is a very good view that there is a way to get used.
01:38Of course, it was just an opportunity to get used andrica in red to get used.
01:38You can help us to get used to see, but it was just an opportunity to get used to know
01:38it.
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