• Title
  Item 1: Atul Joshi interview by Bruce Carter
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  11 January 2023
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9671050
• Physical Description
  2 audio files (2 hr., 36 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  Atul Joshi recounts his upbringing in an Indian Hindu family, his early life in Rangoon, arriving in Australia and settling in Marrickville and then Ryde, his family members differing responses to the impact of migration, learning English, developing interest in music which he frames as ‘a refuge', and his response to the experience of migrating to Australia.
  
  Joshi describes his adolescent years, his growing awareness of his attraction to other males while in high school, becoming a brass player in the school orchestra which lead to involvement with the Sydney Youth Orchestra and Australian Youth Orchestra, his first personal encounter with racism at a school sporting event, and his first romantic involvement with a fellow student.
  
  Joshi talks about his tertiary studies in music and business, and his working life in the corporate world, later undertaking a Master in Business Administration. He talks about his lifestyle living in Surry Hills, attending events such as Recreational Arts Team (RAT) parties and Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras and Sleaze Ball. Later, Atul moved to Adelaide and became marketing manager for State Opera South Australia.
  
  Joshi discusses the impact of HIV and AIDS on gay men, his various experiences with dating men online before meeting his partner in Norway who settled with Atul in Adelaide, the couple registering a civil partnership in Norway. Commencing a management role with Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney in 1995, he moved to Newtown and describes life there and the gay social scene centred around King Street, Newtown. Recipient of a Churchill Fellowship in 2000 he discusses visiting theatre companies in Ireland, UK, New York City and Seattle.
  
  Joshi recalls ‘coming out’ to his mother at the age of 37 and the acceptance he received from his partner’s family in Norway. He talks about his life with his partner in the New South Wales Southern Highlands, living. in a polyamorous relationship with another man, his shifting attitude to relationships, and his growing identity as queer and not gay.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Forbes Street Studios, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, on 11 January 2023
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Joshi, Atul
  
• Subject
  Joshi, Atul--Interviews.
  Burmese Australians.
  Musicians--New South Wales.
  Coming out (Sexual orientation)--New South Wales.
  AIDS (Disease).
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20568914

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