Keyword results: Next Wave Festival
What:
Next Wave Text Camp Reader launch
Where:
Hell Gallery, 5a Railway Pl, Richmond (behind Coles on Swan St)
When:
TODAY! Thurs July 31, 6-8pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
There were some people at Next Wave events who actually paid attention to the art. Sure, they missed out on a lot of goon and cheese, but look what they've produced: The Text Camp Reader. It's a collection of written responses to more than twenty festival projects, by emerging writers including Jessica Friedmann, Katie Furlonger, Alana Hunt, Leon Goh, and Mickie ‘censored wang' Skelton.
Event: Launch
Stimulus: W
What:
Dylan Martorell, Umbel Ballits
Where:
Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders La, Melbourne
When:
Opening TONIGHT! Thurs May 22, 6-8pm
Exhibition runs until June 28. Check Hidden Archive for live performance updates
How much:
Free
Description:
Dylan Martorell launches his drawing and sound installation Umbel Ballits. It responds to the underlying structure of sound and botanic form. It also involves math, which is, of itself, very impressive. Don't forget to check when the performances will happen throughout the exhibition.
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: A
What:
Stranger of the Month
Where:
Nest Architects, Studio 10, Lvl 3, The Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
One day only! Sat May 24, doors 12noon-8pm
How much:
Free
Description:
If you've ever dreamed of mailing unsuspecting strangers ambiguous notes without fear of recrimination, then Stranger of the Month could be for you. For the first time, the contemporary artists behind this publishing oddity open the doors to their mailroom, giving you the chance to write your own instructions to be forwarded on to some unwitting person's mailbox.
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: C
What:
Next Wave's Mid-Festival Party
Where:
Next Wave Festival Club, The Mercat Cross Hotel, 456 Queen St, (opposite the Vic Market)
When:
Fri May 23, doors 10pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
Stuff is going just as it should at an awesome art festival. Openings are thicker on the ground than Christmas morning at the Brady's. And, despite having had his car stolen in a bizarre, Collingwood joy-riding-in-a-‘70s-bomb incident and having to enter and exit his house through the second storey bathroom window, due to the front door locking itself permanently, Festival Director Jeff Khan is holding up peachy.
Event: Party
Stimulus: sound the horns!
What:
Platform May launch
Where:
Campbell Arcade, Degraves Street subway
When:
Fri May 16, 6-8pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
Let the cavalcade of launching begin! Wait. It has begun. Let the cavalcade of launching, like, keep going! Platform launches all its Next Wave shows this Friday with the kind of bumper opening we've all come to expect from their crack subway team. There'sThe Puma, The Stranger and The Mountain by Trevor Flinn and Cecilia Fogelberg (well, the uncensored parts), Hiromi Tango'sAbsence, Esky (the moveable blow-up bar) by Keg de Souza and Christie Petsinis, and Next Wave's Objects in Space project.
Event: Launch
Stimulus: W
Receiving an inspection notice from your real estate agent can stir up the similar feeling of dread when you learn that, in ten days, you will be strapped down to have your leg chewed off by pigs. No need to fear, this isn’t an open inspection at your hovel. Rather, you’re invited to inspect other peoples’ houses.
The talented duo behind Evergreen Terrace, Liv Barrett and James Deutsher, have a lateral approach to everything they touch. Treading the line between fashion and art, everything they produce from books to clothing is skewed in a practical, funny way that makes ‘normal’ seem a bit silly.
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