Taloi Havini was born in Arawa, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and currently lives and works in Sydney, Australia. Havini’s work is often a personal response to the politics of location exploring contested sites and histories connected within Oceania; employing photography, sculpture, immersive video and mixed-media installations. Working with living contemporary practitioners she is actively involved in community projects in Bougainville and Australia, such as the Women’s Wealth project exhibition. Her artwork is held in public and private collections including the Sharjah Art Foundation, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, National Gallery of Victoria, KADIST, San Francisco, CA, USA. Taloi holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University and has exhibited in Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Sharjah Biennial 13, UAE, 3rd Aichi Triennial, Nagoya, 8th & 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art Queensland Art Gallery, GoMA, Brisbane.

Ben Hakalitz has a musical career spanning over 35 years. He has toured worldwide with international artists including Yothu Yindi, Sanguma, and Tribe of Jubal. Ben was awarded the Australia Centenary Medal for services to the Australian community through music. He worked on the soundtrack to Australian Director/Producer, Bill Bennett’s film: In The Savage Land (won an AFI Award, 1998). He also performed at the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sydney, and in the opening acts for Bon Jovi, Kylie Minogue (2003) and Carlos Santana’s Australian Tour (2004). Ben has also worked with Edou, DrumDrum, Toni Nation, Tamabaran Culture, Seaman Dan, Not Drowning, Waving and Telek. Ben co-wrote the music for the PNG’s National Theatre Company stage musical, Sana Sana, which was performed at the South Pacific Festival of Arts in the Cook Islands. Ben also worked on film soundtracks for Mr Pip,composed and arranged by Tim Finn.

Mario Celestino descends from the Aymara people, the largest ethnic group in South America. Born in Coroico in the Bolivian highland, he is a multi-instrumentalist who pushes musical boundaries. Taking elements of modern western jazz and rock influences and fusing these with the richness of his indigenous heritage. His love of fusion music has allowed him to convey both his music, and his colourful culture to a vast audience in a very unique way taking his audience on a musical and spiritual journey through the magnificent sound of traditional South American panpipes (sikus) and flutes (quenas). He represented The Americas at the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony in 2018 and toured as part of the Queensland Government Cultural Diversity Week celebrations performing and running workshops in remote Queensland towns between 2015 – 2017.  Mario is currently completing a Bachelor of Music (Jazz) major performance at Griffith University’s Queensland Conservatorium of Music.