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 (Melbourne). Through interviews, this project traces the people and practices of this community from the early 2000s to the present, 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 begin in late 2026.

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The collected interviews, essays, sounds, and images gathered through Soft Circuits / Hard Edges will be published as a series of zines, a book, and/or a website, alongside a compilation album of compositions by participating artists. These publications serve to document and celebrate our community, so that we can hold its stories and sounds 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.​