Simona Castricum

Elliot Lauren

Simona Castricum is a multidisciplinary creative and academic working at the intersection of music and architecture on Wurundjeri land of Kulin Nation. Her work explores queer and trans intersections in architecture, public space, and civic life.

Simona is a musician, DJ and producer and runs 100% independent record label Trans-Brunswick Express. She is an educator and PhD candidate in Architecture the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne, and an associate of Parlour: women, equity, architecture. Simona is also a community radio broadcaster at 3RRR Melbourne.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.