Jessi Ryan
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![Gertrude Street Projection Festival. A negative black and white image of a clock is projected onto the side of a building. Cars are parked in front. Behind colourful projections appear on the side of tall blocks of flats.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Anne-Wagner.-Am-I-Awake-Now-2022-Image-Credit-Matto-Lucas-e1720568900412.jpeg?w=310)
Gertrude Street Projection Festival stumbles
The annual projection festival will not go ahead this year, amid concerns over continued insufficient funding.
![Two women wearing bedazzled gloves are holding onto their stretched out legs that are shod in silver high heels.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Wet-Hard-Long-2023-by-Jenni-Large.-Photo-by-Gregory-Lorenzutti.-31.jpg?w=310)
Dance review: Wet Hard Long, Dancehouse
Contemporary dance performed in eight-inch heels is spellbinding.
![Night Trade at RISING 2024. Photo: Gianna Rizzo. People gathering in an alleyway where a bit screen is showing a white triangle with the word ‘up’. The image is saturated by red light.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/IMG_4210-e1718757152356.jpeg?w=310)
Has RISING risen only to face a future fall?
While celebrating record attendance and strong sales, RISING’s future still seems uncertain.
![Three men and a woman are standing on treadmills. They have their arms in the air.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Burnout_Paradise_Darren_Gill-32121.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Burnout Paradise, Pony Cam Collective, RISING Festival, Malthouse
A frenzy of tasks performed on treadmills – but to what end?
![Close up of four women sitting in a car at night; they are lit from inside the car.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Trilogia-Cadela-Forca-Capitulo-I-BLACKYVA-FERNANDA-LIBMAN-JOANA-FERRAZ-LARISSA-B.-MARINA-M.-Christophe-Raynaud1.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: The Cadela Força Trilogy – Chapter 1, RISING Festival, Malthouse
A graphic and disturbing look at violence against women.
![Three women in colourful printed clothes stand in front of assorted wire baskets that are also lit up.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GurrEraOp_ImageCredit_PrudenceUpton_1261.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Gurr Era Op, RISING Festival, Arts House
Torres Strait Islander women confront the devastation of climate change and battle the rising tide.
![A concert setting, The lead singer, all in white, but with a pink tie, is standing in front of a microphone with their head thrust back.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Remi-Chauvin_FeverRay_09.06_005_Highres-e1718084508685.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Fever Ray and Mo'Ju, RISING Festival, Hamer Hall
Cult act Fever Ray returns triumphantly to Australia.
![Two figures stand on a dark stage, one is wearing a suit jacket and very close to the camera with only the upper body visible. Another stands further back, with curly black hair, black clothing and a solemn expression.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/IMG_4201-e1717734893229.jpeg?w=310)
Theatre review: The Audition, Bunjil Place
Finely-crafted theatre laying bare the lived experience of refugees and asylum seekers.
![RISING. Against a burning sun going down two figures that look like prehistoric monsters or dinosaurs face off. But are they just performers in flowing costumes?](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Anito_Arts-House_photo-Sarah-Walker-727411.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: ANITO, RISING Festival, Arts House
Costume, puppetry, drag, dance and experimental electronic music combine to interrogate colonial wrongs.
![Photo: Felix Mooneeram, Unsplash. An empty theatre with red chairs.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/felix-mooneeram-evlkOfkQ5rE-unsplash-e1715665607842.jpg?w=310)
Upset over delayed Welcome to Country at Green Room Awards, ceremonial leader seeking apology
The Green Room Awards Association has landed itself in hot water following the unexplained delay of the Welcome to Country…