{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/246b525e-24ae-578b-8975-4e6cbf3b5733/640611941132ac00119555db?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"318 Lara Thoms - The Party","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/610bc19b748075188a971e24/1678117793539-533bb24ee1e296909b28222e19e6b664.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Lara</strong> is tasked with producing a party at a funeral home for work, but life ends up complicating the process.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Lara Thoms </strong>is<strong> </strong>interested in socially engaged, site-specific and participatory possibilities in contemporary art and performance. She<strong> </strong>works as an artist in <a href=\"http://www.fieldtheory.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Field Theory</a> and is a co-director of <a href=\"http://aphids.net/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Aphids</a>. For ten years she has also been a curator and producer for organistations including Dark Mofo, Supplefox, Next Wave and Performance Space.<strong> </strong>Her work has been presented with Perth International Arts Festival, Artshouse, Gertrude Contemporary, The Malthouse, Next Wave festival, the MCA, Performance Space, Radial System v Berlin, as well as multiple venues and institutions.</p><p><br></p><p>Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For more information, visit <a href=\"https://create.acast.com/episodes/a9c981c1-4ad7-47c4-80ce-3fe927f205c7/www.queerstories.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.queerstories.com.au</a> and follow&nbsp;<a href=\"http://facebook.com/queerstoriesaus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Queerstories on Facebook.</a></p><p><br></p><p>The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on <a href=\"https://www.booktopia.com.au/queerstories-maeve-marsden/prod9780733640728.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Booktopia.</a></p><p><br></p><p>To support Queerstories, become a patron at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter</a></p>","author_name":"Queerstories"}