I occupy space as a woman of colour in the matrix of coloniality. I'm an immigrant and a settler on stolen Indigenous land. I miss my home and my country and I’m aligning with abundance to create meaningful paths of return. I don't really know what I'm doing, other than I feel compelled to use my voice to speak my truths, my hands to till soil for our children. I'm a drop in the ocean that will break the bedrock of colonial injustices. This is the hope.
Carielyn Tunion is a writer, videopoet, educator, and cultural worker. She has worked in the arts, cultural and community sectors, and is interested in the intersections of creativity, cultural work, and grassroots community organising.
Videopoetry and writing are central to her creative expression—places where she can create, recreate, destroy and regenerate; where she can write and rewrite herself and the stories for which she’s a conduit. Carielyn is interested in radical softness and nostalgia, and the Tropical Gothic from an anti-colonial ‘Filipino’ and Hong Kong diaspora perspective. Her work has been published and supported by Sydney Opera House, CuriousWorks, Mascara Literary Review, kindling & sage, Emerging Writers Festival, SBS Filipino, Creature Magazine and KAP Magazine. She is currently studying a Master’s in Literature & Creative Writing at WSU.
Carielyn’s ancestral roots are in the archipelago of the so-called Philippines, and Kowloon, Hong Kong. She currently lives, studies, works and treads respectfully on unceded Burramattagal on Dharug country.
