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PHOTO 2024. Image is a sole person in a gallery space looking at a huge wall covered in photographic images.
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PHOTO 2024 program revealed with photography trail in the CBD and beyond

The biennial photography festival PHOTO 2024 will present free outdoor art trails and cornerstone exhibitions, including a number of world…

Milbi Festival. image is from ‘Wajgan’s Return’ at the Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, a range of artworks covering a white wall of a gallery.
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Returning to Country and supporting regional arts

First Nations artists Gordon Hookey, Ivy Minniecon and curator Angelina Hurley speak about their participation in Bundaberg’s annual Milbi Festival…

The Unconformity. Image is of performance participants sitting in kayaks on a lake.
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Festival review: The Unconformity, Queenstown

The Unconformity is a festival that interacts with the Queenstown landscape in unexpected ways.

Nighttime Righttime. Image is three women dressed in light gold shimmering one-pieces with sashes, gyrating in a large empty room.
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Performance review: Nighttime Righttime, Carriageworks

Presented as part of Performance Space’s Liveworks Festival, ‘Nighttime Righttime’ was a syncopated medley of the wonderfully odd.

butoh. Image is an stark industrial or ruined building with two white painted figures in the centre. Both have wires streaming from their mouths and one is being piggy-backed by the other.
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Butoh – the art of darkness, movement and now … food

A dance form originating from the desire to interrogate the darker side of humanity, butoh continues to evolve ... now…

The Hotline. Three people sit at a table laden with food while a man stands behind them.
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Performance reviews: The Hotline, Poet No.7 and Zaffé, Melbourne Fringe Festival

An on-demand pregnancy hotline, post-apocalyptic Melbourne and reimagining of a traditional Lebanese wedding at Melbourne Fringe 2023.

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Dark Mofo on hold for 2024 quoting ‘rising costs’

A statement released by Dark Mofo says the Hobart festival will reset in 2024 but that Winter Feast and the…

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An accessible tour guide of a beachside sculpture festival

Visiting this year's SWELL Sculpture Festival from the perspective of a person who uses a wheelchair.

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Dancing on a tightrope: young dancers creating independent work for Fringe

Melbourne Fringe Festival continues its legacy of promoting cultural democracy and emerging artists with an exciting dance program for 2023.

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Dome screening review: XYZZY: Jess Johnson and Simon Ward, Neversphere

‘XYZZY’ is a visual and aural journey that tilts our world upside down.

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