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 for LGTBQIA+ teens and co-founder of TRANSMEDIUM. They make work and space that celebrates queerness and creates deep inter-generational connections. Claud's films have screened at film festivals all over the world (Sydney Film Fest, MIFF, Newfest) and they were recently awarded the Emerging Filmmaker Award at Mardi Gras Film Festival. They're the 2023 recipient of the inaugural Wear It Purple Art and Culture Fellowship where they've developed Queer Futures Fund, the new grant for up to $20k for young and emerging LGBTQIA+ folks' projects. For Sydney World Pride, Claud created and produced Stories from the Heart, an annual queer storytelling development program for LGTBQIA+ teens which has since received funding from City of Sydney and Wear it Purple for 2024.
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.