LATE!! But not too late to mention that tomorrow, 1st and 2nd October, will be biggest bashes of the “This Is Not Art” (TINA) Festival in Newcastle. As I’ve mentioned before here, I’m part of the Electrofringe Festival in conjunction with RocketArt gallery, and will be presenting at a panel on Saturday. The details are as below:

 

Panel: Otakulture Artists Talk
Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Location: City Hall, Banquet Room
Fellow Presentees: Corin Edwards, Halszka Masash, Kirsty Boyle, Rachel O’Reilly, Thea Baumann
About: The Japanese term “Otaku” translates to “obsessive fan” and is a global subcultural phenomenon. RocketArt exhibiting artists talk about their work and survey the personalisation of commodity culture.

 

Otakulture Art Exhibition: The RocketArt Gallery is hosting a number of exhibits, including mine, as part of their “Otakulture” Art exhibition. The exhibition had its opening night on the 22nd September (I missed it since I had to head over to Manifest), but the artwork there is fantastic and I hope to meet more of the artists when I go there this weekend. For my part in the exhibition, there are 6 pieces of artwork – 2 opera singers and 4 from “The Dreaming”, and I’ve included a first-chapter preview of “The Dreaming” at the art gallery too. For those attending the Newcastle Festival, information is as below:

 

Gallery: RocketArt
Exhibition: Otakulture
Location: 488 Hunter St, Newcastle
Opening Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 12pm – 5pm
Dates: 22nd September ~ 9th October
Others: This exhibition is travelling it’s way up to Brisbane on the 9th December, and I’m going to include a complete ARC copy of “The Dreaming” with the Brisbane exhibition.

 

I get free accomodation there too!! I’ll be staying overnight in Newcastle from 1st-2nd October, and attending the huge fanzine market on Sunday. It’s in conjunction with the National Young Writer’s Festival, so I’ll be sure to sit in on some panels that talk about writing.