Soft Circuits / Hard Edges: Voices of Trans & Gender-Expansive Experimental Sound in Narrm is an oral histories project documenting the voices of transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse artists shaping experimental sound and music in Narrm. Through interviews, this project traces the people and practices of this community from the early 2000s to today, capturing their stories, artistic processes, and the ways they navigate sound, technology, and identity. By archiving these narratives, Soft Circuits / Hard Edges preserves and celebrates the contributions of trans and gender-diverse artists to the ever-evolving experimental sound scene.

 

This project is open to transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse artists working with experimental sound and music in Narrm. If you’ve created and/or performed work as part of this diverse scene from the early 2000s to today, and would like to share your story, I’d love to hear from you. Your insights, experiences, and creative practices are essential to documenting our history and shaping how it’s remembered. Interviews will take place from mid-late 2025 into mid-2026.

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The collected interviews, essays, sounds and images gathered through Soft Circuits / Hard Edges will be published as either a series of zines, a book, and/or a website, alongside a compilation album of compositions from participating artists. These publications serve to document and celebrate our community so that we can hold the stories and sounds of our community in our hands. Profits from sales of published work will be donated to organisations supporting trans and gender-diverse people (TBD).

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If you're interested in being interviewed for this project, or would like more information, please email me at jonnine.nokes@gmail.com.​