OzAsia is more than a festival, and its loss will be felt at a time when Asian-Australians need inclusion more than ever.
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From Belfast’s streets to the end of the world, Oona Doherty and Florentina Holzinger delivered some of the most arresting dance works in this year’s program.
The second year of the Melbourne festival delivered talent and creativity in spades – leaving me disrupted, enlivened and uplifted.
South Africa’s National Arts Festival’s economic impact on its host city, Makhanda, is estimated to be US$4.5 million a year. But it also makes an impact on a social and an artistic level.
Vivid Sydney is back, with its spectacle and challenges. What can we expect from the festival now and in the future?
Many artists are expected to organise their own ticket sales and event promotion. This is coupled with low pay from venues and having to juggle music with other full-time jobs.
The survival of the Edinburgh International Festival, and others like it around the world, is testament to ingenuity of organisers and performers. But there’s no substitute for the live experience.
Artists are some of the poorest people in our community, and yet are prepared to forgo their limited income to support fellow artists from other countries – in this case Palestine.
Melbourne’s snap-lockdown proves festivals are still vulnerable. If the government doesn’t provide insurance, arts organisations may decide it’s not worth the risk.
While big and small events on the 2021 arts calendar are still shifting or disappearing altogether, a sharper local focus could save the day.
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Popular Music, Monash University
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Lecturer in Theatre, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Industry Innovation and Design Practice, University of Sydney
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Teacher in Arts and Cultural Management, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Economics and Researcher at the South African Cultural Observatory, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor, Arts and Cultural Management, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University
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School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Adelaide University