10 Days on the Island, Tassie's hyperactively-promoted biennial arts festival starts today. Well, unless you're a visual arts event, in which case you've been up and away for up to a week. 20 Days on the Island? I calculated yesterday that I'm personally 2584 days on the Island. You can probably tell I'm doing a PhD (or similar procrastination-rich study).
This is not a critiquing post, because I've been hibernating and haven't seen anything yet. It's more a 'this is what's on, and this is what I plan to see' post. The major constraint, as I've mentioned in other posts, to seeing 10 Days events is cost. I can't afford to attend most events. The one paid event I'm making my priority is Power Plant at the Botanic Gardens. It's $15 concess, $25 full, which is on the very low end of the paid scale. I'd love to see some of the music events and the theatre, but on a student wage, the cost is prohibitive. I think MONA FOMA has spoiled me! The cost structures are incredibly strange. Take one music event, DBR and DJ Scientific with Emeline Michel: It costs $25 in Hobart, but it's free in Launceston. If you have 5 people in the car, it's far cheaper to drive to Launceston from Hobart to see the show. If anyone can explain the reasoning behind this discrepancy, please do!
Anyhoo, I shouldn't really have a whine. There are free events, such as the visual art events (because visual artists aren't paid as much as other performers?). In the south, Reconstructing the Animal, curated by Yvette Watt, and held at the Plimsoll Gallery, and interestingly, the old Beaumaris Zoo site. Craig Walsh's Digital Odyssey is also at the top of the list. Rather than just be a 'gonna', I need to crack my cocoon and go see some of this stuff. Will post reviews soon....
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
MONA FOMA: twittering micro critic
Over the next week I'm acting as a MONA FOMA microcritic for ABC local radio (936).
As I've mentioned in previous posts, (which can be viewed here, here, and here) MONA FOMA is a music, sound and art festival with an emphasis also on food and wine. This year's MONA FOMA is also a lead up to the much anticipated opening of MONA, David Walsh's exciting new museum.
Four local tweeters and I have been chosen to critically tweet throughout the festival, which officially opened yesterday. I'm already exhausted, as is my data allowance (I'm lucky enough to have my monthly cap refreshed tomorrow, however). I tweet under the name of @stealthpooch so if you're on twitter, please follow, whether you're local or not, and share the experience with me. If you're not on twitter, I've also added my twitter feed on the sidebar of this blog, so you can read my tweets that way. Otherwise you can also subscribe via an RSS feed.
If you are local to Hobart, I strongly urge you to attend both the festival and the museum opening. The festival is almost completely free, with the exception of a Philip Glass performance and the Grinderman concert. At the festival, there are fantastic sound art exhibitions, performance art, bands, cooking demonstrations and great wine and beer, and the museum will blow your mind.
Just do it.
As I've mentioned in previous posts, (which can be viewed here, here, and here) MONA FOMA is a music, sound and art festival with an emphasis also on food and wine. This year's MONA FOMA is also a lead up to the much anticipated opening of MONA, David Walsh's exciting new museum.
Four local tweeters and I have been chosen to critically tweet throughout the festival, which officially opened yesterday. I'm already exhausted, as is my data allowance (I'm lucky enough to have my monthly cap refreshed tomorrow, however). I tweet under the name of @stealthpooch so if you're on twitter, please follow, whether you're local or not, and share the experience with me. If you're not on twitter, I've also added my twitter feed on the sidebar of this blog, so you can read my tweets that way. Otherwise you can also subscribe via an RSS feed.
If you are local to Hobart, I strongly urge you to attend both the festival and the museum opening. The festival is almost completely free, with the exception of a Philip Glass performance and the Grinderman concert. At the festival, there are fantastic sound art exhibitions, performance art, bands, cooking demonstrations and great wine and beer, and the museum will blow your mind.
Just do it.
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