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Over the past two decades, Carl Gopalkrishnan's artwork has garnered international recognition for his ability to forge meaningful connections between art & literature and the complex dynamics driving international law, intervention and global conflict. Carl transforms familiar cultural artefacts into new myths so legal and military minds can explore the creative, subconscious and emotional stories that shape their doctrines of war & peace. (Photograph copyright © Amanda Brown 1992)

Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal) Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal)

My oral history for the State Library of Western Australia archives, July 2023

In 2022 I was invited to provide an oral history for the State Library of Western Australia’s LGBTIQ+ history project. We kept having to put it off, so it was really good to finally film that in June 2023 this year. I was interviewed by Helena Cohen-Robertson of Know Your Nation inside the auditorium of the State Library and the final video and transcript can be accessed through the Library’s online catalogue along with other individuals also interviewed for their Community and Connections: LGBTQIA+ stories in Western Australia.

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