CALL OUT: Under the Radar

Brisbane Festival is calling for applications from performance artists for UNDER THE RADAR 2010. UNDER THE RADAR is a curated festival celebrating independent, experimental and new theatrical works. It is managed by and runs concurrently with Brisbane Festival 2010.

Performance works are sought for two main programme streams – Street Feats and In-Theatre. The In-Theatre programme contains four categories – theatre, physical, sound and inter-arts. All works selected within this programme will be presented in indoor performance spaces of varying sizes and styles. The Street Feats programme presents outdoor, roving and site specific works.

Application forms are online now and submissions close Tuesday 2 March 2010 (6pm QLD time). For more information please go to www.brisbanefestival.com.au and download an info pack.

2high Festival 2009 is looming for November

Be part of this creative playground on November 13 and 14 to feel art, performance and music that leaps through the floor, speaks from the heart and screams to a nation.

2009 2high Festival pushes new boundaries. It is about touching art and being touched by art.

Head to the 2high website for more information!

Also of interest… If you’re into arts, head over to Backbone Youth Arts and get involved in the Brisbane art scene.

Brisbane Creative Industries – Events List

If you’re into the creative industries be sure to head to the BCI Events List website. It’s JAM PACKED full of events for each month, more than any one person could ever hope to attend!

Head directly to the August list of events

Thanks as always to Hannah (@hannahsuarez on Twitter) for maintaining this awesome list!

Access Arts Community Showcase

Access Arts Inc presents a showcase of the works created by emerging visual and performing artists through the multi-arts workshop program, in an evening where they share their creativity with the community!

Venue: Barbara Fielding Room (Creative Learning Centre), Brisbane Girls Grammar, Gregory Terrace, Spring Hill

Time: 5:30-7:30pm

Date: Friday, 19th June

Cost: Entry by donation. (This then entitles you to a free yearly membership to Access Arts!)

Refreshments and light finger food will be served.

Featuring:

• Keepin It Real Hip Hop Crew
• The B Naturals
• Drama Performance Troupe
• Harmony Blyth
• Dance performances
• Drumming
• Contemporary visual arts exhibition

How to get there:

Public Transport: Catch a train to Central Station, then you will need to go to Edward St approaching Ann St (not far from the Central Station) to catch a bus. You will need to go to Stop 141, and the bus route numbers are 380, 381, 411, 415, 417, 433 and 445. A suitable bus will run every 10mins. You will need to get off at Albert Park – one stop – (next to St Andrew Hospital on Wickham St) and it is a 5 min walk to Brisbane Girls Grammar (stay on the Wickham St till you hit Gregory Terrace and you will find Brisbane Girls Grammar).

Download the bus timetable in PDF

Free parking is available on site (please download the map from the link available above. Brisbane Girls Grammar has a white picket fence).

Volunteers will be available at the front of the school to help you find your way to the venue.

A low cost car pooling option from the Access Arts office (Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm) is also available. Please call Access Arts to discuss this option.

To RSVP please call 3358 6200 or email: julie@accessarts.org.au.

We hope to see you there!

Bent – Underage Queer Bandfest

 Bent is the new queer underage event running as part of the Brisbane Pride Festival and raising money for Open Doors. Showcasing brisbane queer music talent, its a great chance to see some cool local bands and DJ’s doing their thing.

Running at the Tenneriffe QAHC offices on Saturday 27th of June, 10$ entry gets you 4 bands and 2 dj’s.

Head to the Bent Myspace page

 

 

2009 Lineup

 

Twist Oliver Twist

Twist Oliver Twist are 4 boys and a man who in their spare time enjoy dabbling in dark and melodic movement based music. With synths, bass, drums and vocals they create music that is probably best described as a mix of electronica with elements of 80s pop and a little dash of punk rock.

 

Girl With Cake

Girl With Cake started off as a bunch of lovely girls who loved nothing better than to sit down with a nice slice of cake and play HEAVY (and sometimes pretty friendly) DEADLY MUSIC. Their style is best described as indie-rock with a punk edge. They originate from the sunny, stinky shores of beautiful, shining Briz-vegas and have been playing together for a year.

 

Kristy Apps

Kristy has a degree in mixing styles and transcending the boundaries of genres. Her music exudes diversity and would be ‘at home’ anywhere from an alternative music festival to a human rights rally. Kristy has won many hearts through her music, including at this year’s Woodford Folk Festival. ‘Singing Up The Women’ producer Kaeleen Hunter raved about the young star as, “The voice of this year’s festival”.

 

Dizzygotheca

DIZZYGOTHECA’s bittersweet textured electronica mixes Heidi’s haunting vocals with Anthony’s artistic beats as if they were the fey children of Kate Bush and Aphex Twin. For three years they have built their reputation on intuitive lyrics, evocative sounds and striking live shows.

 

DJ Wolvie Trash

DJ Wolvie Trash (the human jukebox) offers a vinyl revival of the latest, greatest and retro dancefloor hits. Expect to lose your musical virginity to a variety of rock’n'roll, cheesey pop, indie, glam, punk, new wave, noise, 60’s soul, swamp and rhythem’n'blues.

 

DJ Elektropanda

Elektropanda plays a variety of styles of music including Minimal, Techno, Electro, House, Progressive, right through to a little bit of Fidget. She now lives in Brisbane as an Alternative Dj, & now helps run & Djs at a small alternative event called Cut & Taste, which Kylie Rose started in 2006. Elektropanda has Been a Dj at The Lollypop Factory Warehouse party, Bent (Under 18’s event), Cut & Taste, The Wickham Dj comp, Mint (Women’s only event), Fancy Hats, Private Functions & Parties.

Free training for young people aged 18-25 years

Project 180 is a 20 week full time paid work experience, job preparation, life skills and accredited training program (through Brisbane North Institute of TAFE) for young people aged 18-25 years experiencing limited opportunities in the Brisbane area.  It is run out of a purpose-built facility in Enoggera providing young people with:

• Industry based experience in sound engineering and mixing (through our on site commercial recording studio)
• Specialised multi media and graphic design education
• Illustration, video design and editing
• Specialised workshops with guest speakers and local performing artists
• Life skills workshops
• Industry visits
• Pathways to industry employment and further education

The next Project 180 is due to start at the end of July 2009.

Download the application form

Download the Fact Sheet for Organisations

Download the Fact Sheet for young people

The Merch Girl

The Merch Girl is not just any old merch girl – she’s here to entertain your fans while working on your creative production or event. As a burlesque, improv, and circus performer in training, she combines her love for the limelight with her skills and interests in stage management, production assistance, and media.

Whether as a burlesque maid, stage manager, artist liasion, personal assistant, or as her namesake, The Merch Girl will help your show flow with style, intelligence, and effort. She’s currently looking for projects to work with, as well as web designers to get her website up and running.

Drop her a line – me@themerchgirl.net

Add her on MySpace – http://myspace.com/themerchgirlnet

Tweet her sometime – http://twitter.com/themerchgirlnet

Get your art at Splendour in the Grass 2010

The Australia Council for the Arts has collaborated with Lismore Regional Gallery and the Splendour in the Grass music festival to launch SPLENDID, a groundbreaking initiative to workshop and showcase young and emerging Australian artists.

Ten young and emerging artists who work across the visual arts, theatre, dance, design, installation, architecture, digital art, text, sound and other creative areas will be chosen to undertake a three-week Arts Lab residency in Lismore in July 2009.

During the residency, the ten SPLENDID participants will not only be mentored in their own art form by some of the most recognised artists in the world, they will be encouraged to explore the concept of ‘’cross artform’’, working collaboratively within a dynamic environment that encourages critical thinking and experimentation.

The concepts workshopped during the residency will be further developed over a six-month period and several will be commissioned to premiere at Splendour in the Grass 2010. This process will occur three times, with artworks commissioned for Splendour in the Grass 2010, 2011 and 2012.

‘SPLENDID is the greatest opportunity for young and emerging artists to learn cross-artform skills and develop new generation artworks,’ said Steven Alderton, director of Lismore Regional Gallery. ‘Splendour in the Grass represents the future of arts audiences and we are very fortunate to have Splendour contributing financially and providing the showcase for these works. It’s just enormously exciting’.

Jessica Ducrou, promoter of Splendour in the Grass, said ‘Developing the visual art and performance aspect of our festival has always been important to me, since our first Splendour nine years ago. Realising this dream, with the three-year commitment from the Australia Council, is wonderful. We are truly excited to see what comes of this at Splendour 2010′.Andrew Donovan, the Australia Council’s acting executive director of arts development, said ‘Splendour in the Grass is a music festival that brings together creative people from all artforms. SPLENDID is a terrific opportunity for up and coming artists to explore collaboration across artistic disciplines and expose their work to new audiences. We anticipate a great line up of emerging artists will take part in 2009.’

Applications close 4 May 2009. Visit the SPLENDID website for details on how to apply splendid.org.au.

Learn event management at Bent 2009

So you want to run your own event but don’t know where to start? Bent  is an underage event showcasing Brisbane Queer talent and raising  money for Open Doors!  Wanna learn how to send out press releases, design posters, get a web presence and stage manage an event?

Bent is looking for a team of motivated young people, working together to make  Bent 2009 awesome! Interested? Contact anthony@dizzygotheca.com for details.

Vibewire e-Festival of Ideas

GOT OPINIONS? GET ‘EM OUT THERE!

Journalists, Film‐Makers and Editors wanted!

If you’re an innovative young media maker; or even just a loudmouth social commentator, and you want real‐life, actual media experience, the Vibewire “e‐Festival of Ideas” is looking for YOU to help us cover the topics of our week‐long online conference from every angle!

The e‐festival Ideas, run in conjunction with the national Innovation festival, is engaging some of the greatest thinkers of our time to chat with us about the issues that really matter – generational difference, politics, the economy, human rights and the effects of digital media.

Expand your portfolio!

If you’ve got time during April to write at least one article per week OR you’d like experience making vodcasts/podcasts, contact Rachel Beaney, e‐Festival of Ideas Project Coordinator, stating what topic area from above you’re interested in writing about and why.

rachel.beaney@vibewire.org.

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