In 2022, the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir invited Money to write an ‘anthem’ for LGBTQI+ choirs. This is how we love, was conceived as a poem, and subsequently arranged into a choral work by composer Joseph Twist and performed by a mass choir at the Sydney Town Hall. In conceiving the lyrics for a work about queer love, Money placed the emphasis on friendship and community rather than on romantic love. The poem sought to recognise networks of care, platonic love and community agency in the ways in which love can be shown and received.
For Inner Sanctum, Money again works with members of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir to transform the poem and vocal arrangement into a multichannel sound installation, using bespoke pendant speakers to create a chorus of undulating voices. Money records singers separately, emphasising personal contributions by means of individual speakers, while collective interaction is achieved through their clustering – their community of shared breath.
This Is How We Love (2024) 12 speakers, multi-channel audio 5:43 minutes looped Created on Gadigal Country with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir Text: Jazz Money Musical composition: Joseph Twist Commissioned for the 18th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Inner Sactum at the Art Gallery of South Australia, curated by José Da Silva. From the Inner Sanctum catalogue from the 2024 Adelaide Biennale
Jazz Money is an internationally renowned poet and artist. They are the author of the multi-award-winning poetry collections how to make a basket (2021) and mark the dawn (2024), and the illustrated children's book The Frog’s First Song (2025). Jazz’s first feature film WINHANGANHA (2023) was commissioned by the National Film and Sound Archive and has toured globally. As a visual artist, Jazz works with poetics to create immersive storied spaces. A proud queer Wiradjuri person, their writing and art has been presented, performed and published around the world.