Slamalamadingdong Feature Performance

Role: Performer

April 30th 2025 Fleassy Malay featured as legendary Melbourne Slam event, Slamalamadingdong.

As they got on the stage 26 other people got on the stage with them, each wearing a red veil. The performer did not acknowledge the ocean of red un till their last poem of the night, at which point the explained that each red veil represented a woman lost to Gendered Violence in Australia so far in 2025. That gendered violence is always there, a background hum to our lives. The final poem they performed was dedicated to those women.

Video: Faris Mindal
Photography: Tjanatja – Lilly Pilly Arts