About me: This Is Not Art
It's the five days of the year where you get to share your ideas, passions and saliva with like-minded crew from all over Australia. This year This Is Not Art is composed of four very special festivals, and a series of events combining talents from the across the board.
From its first moments as an Electrofringe and National Young Writers' Festival, the convergence has grown to provide an annual extravaganza with a variety of workshops, panels, performances, speakers and exhibitions challenging ideas about making art, making culture and making noise. We’ve have remained true to our core aims - innovating, developing and showcase emerging art and media forms.
And this year is no exception. Throw in some experimental indy theatre performances, artist networking and industry exposés, and a some ripe social & political cheekiness, and you have a rough idea of what This Is Not Art Festival has become - the largest and most diverse annual media and arts festival in Australia.
This Is Not Art 2009 is composed of FIVE amazing programs:
www.thisisnotart.org
::::::Electrofringe::::::
Electrofringe is a festival of experimental electronic arts and culture dedicated to skills development and artistic exchange. It focuses on uncovering emergent forms and places a particular emphasis on encouraging exchange between emerging and established artists.
www.electrofringe.net
::::::Critical Animals::::::
Critical Animals musters together honours and postgraduate students (as well as those recently graduated and still at a loose end), early career academics, quasi-intellectuals and anyone else interested in devouring critical contexts for the kinds of experimental and emerging arts and media practices in the This Is Not Art program.
www.criticalanimals.wordpress.com
::::::Sound Summit::::::
Sound Summit exists to support brilliant independent artists, labels and people that work and play in the world of electronic and hip-hop music from both Australia and abroad.
www.musicnsw.com/soundsummit
::::::National Young Writers Festival::::::
The National Young Writers' Festival is Australia's premier event for emerging writers, publishers, performers and trouble-makers.Far from the seas of white hair, book signings and celebrity author worship you might expect, the NYWF is a DIY, hands-on conversation between equals.
Crack is a national festival and forum for alternative theatre-makers and performing artists. Crack is an opportunity to showcase your work, to meet and collaborate with fellow creatives nation-wide, to learn new ideas and develop new techniques for creating work, and to reinvigorate your practice at the nation’s most inspiring artistic party.
oh hai! despite flying comedy of errors on saturday, had a very enjoyable weekend. good times!
andrew
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New Anonymeye album ‘The Disambiguation Of Anonymeye’, featuring collaborations with Seaworthy and Mirrored Silver Sea, out Monday May 18 on sound&fury (www.soundandfury.com.au). First 50 pre-orders from s&f webshop also receive a bonus 3” CDR of exclusive material including collaborations with ii and Marisa Allen (Bremen Town Musician).
Our film Am I Alone Recently made it into Spike lEES online film festival, Babbelgum.. Please help us out by visiting this link and voting for our animation 'Am I Alone', to help it go through to the next stage of the festival
Just wanted to stop by and invite you to this little show we're playin' on Sunday (tomorrow) in Newcastle, it's gonna be one hell of a time!
Venue: The Lass O'Gowrie Hotel, Wickham Time: 2pm (it's an afternoon gig, don't forget!) Line-up: MJ&TSOM, The Crooked Fiddle Band, and The Woohoo Review
Come on down, have a couple of quiet ones to see the weekend out. It'll be nice. ♥MJ&TSOM. x
TRACKS 1. apples atmosphere 2. an enormous hypocrite and a horrible husband 3. ko-ke kokkoh 4. mothers want brainy babies 5. questions and answers 6. very cool bugs 7. washing dishes 8. you have a secret admirer
Hi TINA We just wanted to thank you for running such an amazing Festival & so smoothly too! Thankyou for bringing such inspiring & lovely people from all over Australia to Newcastle. We met so many fascinating, friendly & just plain gorgeous new friends!!!!! ♥ Blackbird Corner
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