What is TRANSMEDIUM?
TRANSMEDIUM is a trans-led and youth-centered community arts organisation founded by Claud Bailey and Aud Mason-Hyde.
We elevate trans youth and our stories through fostering deep community connections and creating opportunities for us to express ourselves, proliferating authentic trans narratives and adding to the larger landscape of the arts community.
Photo: Zoe Terakes
Claud Bailey
they/them | co-founder
Claud Bailey is an award-winning filmmaker, program producer, youth advocate and co-founder of TRANSMEDIUM based on Gadigal Land. They make work and spaces that celebrates queerness. Claud recently was selected as an Out for Australia 30 Under 30 Winner and was also awarded the Rising Star Award for their contribution and success in their career. Claud's films have screened at film festivals all over the world (Sydney Film Fest, MIFF, Newfest) and they were awarded the Emerging Filmmaker Award at Mardi Gras Film Festival in 2023. They were the first recipient of the inaugural Art, Culture & Community Fellowship at the queer youth organisation, Wear it Purple. During their fellowship, they developed two annual grants, Queer Futures Fund and Future Me Fund, for young and emerging LGBTQIA+ folks' projects. Claud has also created two workshop programs for queer teenagers that offer professional development and community connection. From ‘Stories from the Heart’, an annual showcase for eight teens to develop a performance piece under queer industry mentors to MISC, a monthly workshop program with the Sydney Opera House. Claud also works at Heaps Decent as their Community Outreach Manager.
claudiabailey.com.au
Photo: Imogen Adair-Cullen
Aud Mason-Hyde
they/them | co-founder
Aud Mason-Hyde is a queer trans nonbinary activist and artist based on unceded Kaurna land, working across poetry, film, public speaking and workshop facilitation. In 2023, they co-founded TRANSMEDIUM with Claud Bailey, to further their work of delivering joyful, community-driven programs to trans youth. As an actor, Aud has appeared in several award-winning films and TV shows, including Right Here, F**king Adelaide and 52 Tuesdays. They were the winner of the Rumble U26 poetry slam in 2018, and have delivered keynote speeches at a number of major conferences and events, including the Ian Purcell Oration in 2021, and a TEDx talk in 2017 which has since garnered over 1 million views. Aud works regularly as a workshop facilitator, delivering workshops on expansive practice to medical students, practitioners, and school teachers. In 2022, Aud co-created, coordinated and edited DREAMLIFE, a community-made zine full of young trans people’s dreams and hopes for the future. They are continuing this work into a second issue, produced by TRANSMEDIUM.