Next Wave Festival
next wave biennial festival based melbourne promotes showcase work young emerging artist next wave encourages interdisciplinary practice foster creation presentation work emerging artist working across broad range art form including dance theatre visual art performance new medium literature next wave also artist development organisation nonfestival year run development program called kickstart helix formerly kickstart potential work performed following year festival program august next wave presented free play next wave independent game developer conference australian centre moving image next wave established direction founding director andrew bleby first next wave festival took place established focus developing presenting work young australian artist onwards festival occurred biennially next wave supported principally art victoria city melbourne australia council art minister art mary delahunty announced funding increase victorian festival following strategic funding review next wave receiving annual funding covid pandemic forced festival go virtual forgoing festival theme director georgie meagher invited artist think wide listen deep go long event ran – may clustered geographic precinct across melbourne presenting work series traditional unique space including royal botanic garden melbourne underground carpark storage unit project spanned festival including theatre dance visual art music party workshop highlight include nat randalls hour epic second woman acmi pony express ecosexual bathhouse delta project skin maurial spearims blaaq catt series indigenous language workshop hosted partnership victorian aboriginal corporation language writer residence program writer disability next wave festival organisation inclusive accessible yet artist audience disability recognition next wave awarded vichealth award building health art artistic director emily sexton asked artist respond idea new grand narrative festival taking place – may specifically festival offering following idea explored come care thing interested information encounter increasingly curated increased ability filter doesnt add worldview less page newspaper turn apps buy dont follow youre relevant grand narrative time come understand whose voice create meaning commissioned work artist across australia philippine korea lebanon canada uk made event blak wave keynote initiative festival presenting major commission public conversation publication explored future indigenous art victorian green room award nomination included home brienna macnish fluvial matthias schackarnott winner terminal dylan sheridan personal mythology shian law wael zuaiter unknown creative nonfiction winner madonna arm im trying kiss next wave festival curatorial contribution contemporary performance next wave festival unfolded may theme space u want sing emily sexton first festival artistic director theme explored artist variety way including show interactive theatre piece shotgun wedding greater asia coprosperity sphere asianaustralian artist abdul abdullah nathan beard casey ayres partinstallation partperformance piece took place national gallery victoria several work nominated various category green room award including river eats justin shoulder bingo unit team mess flyway elizabeth dunn stream boat shore bridge dan koop co blindscape skye gellann monster body atlanta eke supertone rennie mcdougall hiatus fiona bryant lucy farmer stream boat shore bridge subsequently awarded outstanding production – creative agency audience art challenging meaningful riskaverse overly cautious society obsessed security oh policy micromanagement behaviour next wave festival theme risk great challenge artist ambitious see art achieve asking question society art safe next wave opened new space artist explore question building momentum previous festival festival brought together around project artist victoria australia across asia popular highlight bennett miller dachshund un sport club project mcg festival club also jeff khan final festival role artistic director themed closer together next wave festival involved almost artist working across project melbourne venue around people came exhibition saw theatre dance show rocked one five festival party caught one festival keynote project began may people came along festival opening night federation square heart city day best work australia leading emerging artist significantly next wave organised series keynote project involved canadian duo movement movement jogging people melbourne museum vast series workshop forum polyphonic collection artist artistrun initiative around australia presenting new work around federation square project called membrane two artnightclub event called nightclub project staged two unique venue heart melbourne cbd next wave festival themed empire game coincide melbourne commonwealth game took place march running alongside sporting event free cultural festival called festival melbourne next wave responsible delivering youth program festival program empire game festival engaged melbourne characteristic architecture urban space key project included point light transformed city laneways shop front installation projection container village melbourne docklands presented work fortythree commonwealth artistgroups shipping container empire game also presented innovative regional project including digital art project bitscape artist pip shea worked youth morwell moe wagga wagga macedon range create audiovisual work displayed largescale projection metre high cooling tower theme festival unpopular culture designed encourage range response currentday issue youth culture artistic director marcus westbury demographic festival artist embraced melbourne innercity laneways old dojos empty building highlight included festival club presented first ever freeplay conference container federation square program colliding world – major regional program artist participated project attracted massive audience inspired new generation young next wave participant direction steven richardson executive producerceo david young festival director next wave festival notable offering entirely free program tag line free last festival delivered cultural rodeo art pop culture new medium social action environmental concern healthy dissent extreme sport colossal example colony project acrobatic angel lived spire victorian art centre festival also featured online megabite project showcasing short work digital animation usher next wave new century millennium artistic director campion decent quickly settled theme wide awake – dreaming twilight program curated exploring idea collective dreaming slipping subliminal state alertness digital art package saw technology spill everything live performance visual art festival web site far extensive thus far including event program audience survey discussion list annexe communitybuilding exercise fest net festival emerges vision artistic director zane trow entered fourth festival decision develop program along single curatorial brief distance theme encouraged various response artist exploring distance along various line including geography culture gender zane unable complete tenure wendy lasica seized rein see festival providing australian artist opportunity present work idea attendee whilst festival staged every two year nonfestival year see special event next wave produced south east collaboration community worker teacher young people established emerging artist described cabaret ninety spotlight fusion contemporary traditional southeast asian art form come festival played host event program attracting audience people art technology program digital artist attracted usa japan germany spain national level th national youth art conference planned coincide next wave – drawing together delegate across country discus future practice direction youth art saw zane trow enter role artistic director steer festival new direction new program area art technology supported artistic endeavour explored emerging technology bytebeat gave witness nine local techno pop band playing reveller great hall ngv berni janssen coordinated growing writer programme video documentary program made secondary school student behind scene radio trainee took rrr rmit medium study student produced reviewing program jjj third time andrew bleby held helm festival director launching festival young artist well psychically preempting one new decade iconic theme next wave festival opened planet earth boogie – drawing attention environmental indigenous issue creative energy thousand teenager youth another first festival included significant program young writer reader fitting innovation international literacy year second festival lined coincide australia bicentenary victorian endured wait three year next instalment already established state significant art event time festival developed size scope new work proportionally young people performer writer director musician visual artist festival institution opening saw invasion melbourne city square quintessentially titled peoplestrong party next wave boogie melbourne festival launched back spoleto ushered state major art festival year victoria th anniversary international youth year next wave timely urgent expression state emerging youth art direction andrew bleby first festival set precedent built year come per cent event involved young artist per cent australian regional festival across victoria kickstart helix next wave major developmental activity assisting early career artist across artforms along writer curator producer develop new work supportive environment taking place nonfestival year kickstart project developed view towards inclusion forthcoming next wave festival kickstart participant undertake program workshop covering aspect project development including creative development budgeting marketing well receiving ongoing administrative support professional advice next wave staff kickstart period kickstart program culminate developmental showing workinprogress peer stakeholder kickstart participant list festival australia commonwealth game australian centre moving image marcus westbury official website