Moja Roza Haljina (My Pink Dress)
Mark Foy’s Emporium
Words by Arna Radovich | Sounds by Elina Godwin
So what is the fabric that makes a dress sing. What spins a memory.
Family ties made manifest in smooth silk folds, holding the memories of the 1960 IBM Ball.
About the Artists
ARNA RADOVICH writes across genre and form with a particular focus on poetry and short fiction. Her writing has appeared in Westerly, Eucalypt, Under the Same Moon: Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, Poetry for the Planet, Meniscus, ZineWest et al. Her first collection of short fiction, Limits of Forgetting (RoseyRavelston Books), was released in March 2024. More info on her website www.arnaradovich.com.au
ELINA GODWIN is a sound designer and music producer from Sydney who has worked across multiple areas of sound including theatre, radio, podcasts, music composition, performance and live engineering. Elina combines classical strings, contemporary electronic production methods to create undercurrent soundscapes, experimental composition and meaningful sound design.
This story is part of
Imaginative Recreation Project 2023 – sharing little-known stories from Sydney’s past.
curated + presented by
SONIC CITY SYDNEY
Stories and sounds of Sydney. Sonic City Sydney is a series of audio-stories, each under five minutes in length, produced by Spineless Wonders and Echidna Audio and funded by the City of Sydney.
