--- title: Interview with Kori Miles | Performance Space description: Interview with Kori Miles image: https://news.performancespace.com.au/hubfs/Kori%20Miles_JosephMayers.jpg --- ![Image of Kori Miles](https://news.performancespace.com.au/hubfs/Kori%20Miles_JosephMayers.jpg) # Interview with Kori Miles Share [mailto:?subject=&body=Check%20out%20this%20article:%20https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog/interview-with-kori-miles](mailto:?subject=&body=Check%20out%20this%20article:%20https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog/interview-with-kori-miles) ## Introducing Kori Miles [Kori Miles](https://performancespace.com.au/artists/kori-miles) is a genderfluid trickster of Māori, Anglo-Celtic and Italian ancestry, who predominantly uses performance, installation & sculpture as modes of expression. At Liveworks, they will present *WHO CARES?!* In these ceremonial performances, Kori Miles uses breath, sound and movement to summon the energies of protest, resistance and transformation. Through repetition and layering, they abstract the familiar visual and auditory iconography of political resistance, creating a mystical ambience for an audience to navigate - a space for contemplation on justice, liberation, rage and love. While the first performance is a solo presentation, the second performance of *WHO CARES?!* is a collaboration between Kori Miles, [Agnes Whalan](https://performancespace.com.au/artists/agnes-whalen) and [Irihipeti Waretini.](https://performancespace.com.au/artists/peti-waretini) > "Performance art, to me, is its broadest definition, is the use of the body as a medium in one's creative practice." > \- Kori Miles ### **What can audiences expect from your performance? **   Don’t have expectations! Or expect the unexpected, perhaps? Don’t expect a narrative. Anticipate loud noises. The vibe is giving: Experimental. Ceremonial. Existential. Goth. Ferocious. Sexy. Surreal. Abrasive. Poetic. Confrontational. Tension. Power. Chaos. Hine-nui-te-pō. Playful. Haututū. Drama.   ### **What is the role of performance in your life?** Performance art, to me, is its broadest definition, is the use of the body as a medium in one’s creative practice. Therefore, a lot of what I do with my body in my day-to-day life is synthesized in my performance artworks. I regularly practice Mau Rākau (a Māori fighting art). I am part of a Takatāpui Waiata Rōpū (Queer + Māori community choir group). I am an activist who is frequently engaged in protest demonstrations. I am an interdisciplinary artist involved in organising and facilitating events in grassroots community arts spaces. I engage in ritual. I meditate. I shout. I heal. I fuck. I breathe. I care. ### **What are you most looking forward to at Liveworks?**   I’m genuinely excited about presenting each of the three iterations of this work purely to experience them. This is the whole point of doing what I do - carving out space for newexperiences for both myself, my collaborators and for an audience. If I had to pick something though, I am most looking forward to conducting a workshop and being able to have a more personal and intimate experience with the community in Sydney. I am also looking forward to seeing (friend, collaborator and fellow Indigiqueer Artist) Ciwas Tahos/Anchi Lin’s performance, *Sticky Hands, Stitched Mountains*. Hero image: Photography by Joseph Mayers ![Kori Miles, Agnes Whalan and Irihipeti Waretini](https://442172375.fs1.hubspotusercontent-ap1.net/hub/442172375/hubfs/PSPACE_Liveworks2025_24Oct_LizHam_WHOCARES_0850.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=PSPACE_Liveworks2025_24Oct_LizHam_WHOCARES_0850.jpg) *Kori Miles,* Agnes Whalan and Irihipeti Waretini*, WHO CARES?!,* Liveworks 2025, Carriageworks. Photography by Liz Ham ![Irihipeti Waretini](https://442172375.fs1.hubspotusercontent-ap1.net/hub/442172375/hubfs/PSPACE_Liveworks2025_24Oct_LizHam_WHOCARES_0814.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=PSPACE_Liveworks2025_24Oct_LizHam_WHOCARES_0814.jpg) Irihipeti Waretini*, WHO CARES?!,* Liveworks 2025, Carriageworks. Photography by Liz Ham ![Kori Miles](https://442172375.fs1.hubspotusercontent-ap1.net/hub/442172375/hubfs/PSPACE_Liveworks2025_24Oct_LizHam_WHOCARES_0796.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=PSPACE_Liveworks2025_24Oct_LizHam_WHOCARES_0796.jpg) Kori Miles, *WHO CARES?!,* Liveworks 2025, Carriageworks. Photography by Liz Ham ![Agnes Whalen](https://442172375.fs1.hubspotusercontent-ap1.net/hub/442172375/hubfs/PSPACE_Liveworks2025_24Oct_LizHam_WHOCARES_0757.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=PSPACE_Liveworks2025_24Oct_LizHam_WHOCARES_0757.jpg) Agnes Whalen, *WHO CARES?!,* Liveworks 2025, Carriageworks. Photography by Liz Ham ![PSPACE\_Liveworks2025\_24Oct\_LizHam\_WHOCARES\_0310](https://442172375.fs1.hubspotusercontent-ap1.net/hub/442172375/hubfs/PSPACE_Liveworks2025_24Oct_LizHam_WHOCARES_0310.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=PSPACE_Liveworks2025_24Oct_LizHam_WHOCARES_0310.jpg) *Kori Miles,* Agnes Whalan and Irihipeti Waretini*, WHO CARES?!,* Liveworks 2025, Carriageworks. Photography by Liz Ham Published 22 Sep 2025 --- [Artist](https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog/tag/Artist) [Liveworks 2025](https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog/tag/Liveworks%202025) [Q&A](https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog/tag/Q&A) [Back to News](https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog) --- ### Related news ### [![Interview with Jamie James](https://news.performancespace.com.au/hubfs/Jamie%20James_Emergency%2c%20SenVoodoo%20(Rush%2c%20Wojak%2c%20Fiona%20Kelly%20McGregor)%20PB_s%20fundraiser%2c%20The%20Kirk%202002%20proof.jpg) Interview with Jamie James](https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog/interview-with-jamie-james) ### [![Interview with Daley Rangi](https://news.performancespace.com.au/hubfs/Daley%20Rangi_dissent_TiffanyGarvie.jpg) Interview with Daley Rangi](https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog/interview-with-daley-rangi) ### [![Interview with Nanako Matsumoto and Ciwas Tahos](https://news.performancespace.com.au/hubfs/Sticky%20Hands%2c%20Stiched%20Mountains.jpg) Interview with Nanako Matsumoto and Ciwas Tahos](https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog/interview-with-nanako-matsumoto-and-ciwas-tahos) ### [![Interview with Tommy Misa](https://news.performancespace.com.au/hubfs/Tommy%20Misa_JosephMayers.jpg) Interview with Tommy Misa](https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog/interview-with-tommy-misa) ### [![Interview with Pony Express](https://news.performancespace.com.au/hubfs/Pony%20Express_The%20Queer%20Woodchop.jpg) Interview with Pony Express](https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog/interview-with-pony-express) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Performance Space", "url" : "https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog/author/performance-space" }, "dateModified" : "2025-11-17T01:39:17.359Z", "datePublished" : "2025-09-22T23:00:00.000Z", "headline" : "Interview with Kori Miles", "image" : [ "https://news.performancespace.com.au/hubfs/Kori%20Miles_JosephMayers.jpg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://news.performancespace.com.au/blog/interview-with-kori-miles", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://news.performancespace.com.au/hubfs/logo.svg" }, "name" : "Performance Space" } } ```