tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025810385129732491.post2181806866341907190..comments2023-06-01T20:21:20.745+10:00Comments on hobART: MONA FOMA 2010 - anticipation postLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17428973718837465589noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025810385129732491.post-59512760063468218902011-01-18T17:21:30.172+11:002011-01-18T17:21:30.172+11:00Hi David,
I am MOFOing it up with enthusiasm this ...Hi David,<br />I am MOFOing it up with enthusiasm this year. <br /><br />Detached in particular is an excellent exhibition. If you're in Hobart, tune into ABC local radio at 7.30am tomorrow morning (19th) because I'll be mentioning that, along with some other of my fave events.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428973718837465589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025810385129732491.post-78329523918235605322011-01-18T00:30:45.862+11:002011-01-18T00:30:45.862+11:00Hope that you get to check out things happening th...Hope that you get to check out things happening this year - particularly at DetachedUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00943965207001741253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025810385129732491.post-49745899048216731602010-01-23T16:28:58.222+11:002010-01-23T16:28:58.222+11:00Steve, you're not too late. It ends tomorrow ...Steve, you're not too late. It ends tomorrow with a beer and cheese matching. Tonight's concert should be fantastic too. However, it's one of the two paid gigs. You have an excuse though - I'd imagine that the festival would be one of your busiest weeks of the year?<br /><br />I'm totally with you on the Cygnet Folk Festival. I've missed the festival the last two years due to MONA FOMA, and I think it's a real shame that the two are scheduled at the same time as my music interests span both festivals. I'm a visual artist and attend lots of experimental music gigs, but I also play the fiddle and love folk music.<br /><br />I think the funding discrepancy mainly comes from the fact that the govt is trying to keep up with the money Walsh is throwing at the visual arts and music scene. It's a good strategy to match or contribute to initiatives that are mostly privately funded as a form of 'encouragement'.<br /><br />I spoke to a number of visiting artists who were performing at this year's MONA FOMA and they were all v. impressed, particularly as it was happening in Hobart (although not in a derogatory sense). It's a great thing for the city, and it's good that the govt. recognises that.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428973718837465589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025810385129732491.post-2090189256196337412010-01-23T13:56:14.003+11:002010-01-23T13:56:14.003+11:00Hi Lucy-Shamefully I haven't been to a single ...Hi Lucy-Shamefully I haven't been to a single event...<br />To be honest though, I had some initial reservations last year when I found out that the State Gov had tipped a few hundred thou into the event.<br />It was also scheduled to run at the same time as the Cygnet Folk festival. You could argue that the two festivakls were & are quite different, true, but festival goers are not so easily pigeon holed & I know of people who engage with both.<br />However, the CFF has been going for over twenty years & only recieves Gov funding in the tens of thousands & MONA reportedly got in the vicinity of 200+ in its very first year.<br />All that aside I'm a HUGE fan of Brian Ritchie in particular, having attended his very first Melb gigs with the Femmes way back. Also Mr Walsh is to be applauded for his broad vision & the chutzpah to get the thing happening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com