Next Wave Festival 2014
This year Next Wave boasts a lineup of 239 artists over a month-long program in locations all across the city. And, with a real-life fight club and a yoga dance party, the work on show is unlikely to disappoint.
Overview
Few festivals in Australia have the energy and dynamism of Next Wave. Even though its just hit 30 years of age, the festival is still bouncing around in fluoro lycra, staying out in galleries all night, finding the best emerging artists from home and abroad. This year Next Wave boasts a lineup of 239 artists over a month-long program in locations all across the city. And, with a real life fight club and a yoga dance party, the work on show is unlikely to disappoint.
Themed 'New Grand Narrative', festival director Emily Sexton defines this year's offering as "a rallying call". "Many institutions that operated throughout the 20th century are cracking," she says. "These institutions have deep, deep flaws, and in this time of transition – to what, we don’t know – we offer this festival and these artists, as a series of potent visions for a new world, and the relationships within it."
Accordingly, much of the work on show is concerned with outsider stories. From the festival's keynote initiative Blak Wave to a puberty-themed games arcade made by transgender artist Jackson Fydim Stacy — Next Wave tackles the big issues with thoughtful detail and a little bit of a cheeky grin.
For more information, check our top picks of the festival or see the Next Wave website.
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