Proximity Festival

Australia's first platform for new and experimental one-on-one performance. 26 September - 7 October 2015 at Cathedral Square

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#proximityfestival audience q&a 'listening to a space before we impose control upon it'

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#proximityfestival @HeritagePerth q&a 'we often try too hard, second guessing what everyone wants. let it evolve with the community'

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#proximityfestival audience q&a 'marginalised communities need servicing here, not just for entertainment. @eatthecity is a good example

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#proximityfestival audience q&a ''people have been sleeping here for thousands of yrs and yet for some reason they are not welcome'

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#proximityfestival audience q&a 'this part of the city has a large homeless community. does cultural activation come at their expense?'

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#proximityfestival 'there needs to be a shared willingness. you find your champions within these institutions' sarah rowbottam

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#proximityfestival @cathedralsquareperth artists need to teach the bureaucrats, teach the city & teach us how to be open to the experimental

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#proximityfestival @cathedralsquareperth who is asking the questions about who owns this public space? artists ignite conversations

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#proximityfestival @cathedralsquareperth the space has to learn how to walk. how do we interact, say the words, raise awareness

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#proximityfestival @cathedralsquareperth artists can be the diggers of the identity of public space, bringing ideas to the surface

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#proximityfestival @cigdemaydemir my work here looks to ignite the imaginations of the audience. facilitating an alt power dynamic

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#proximityfestival @cigdemaydemir 'in my practice i am interested in work that is in and of the public, playful subversion and transgression

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#proximityfestival @cigdemaydemir 'i am keen to think about how i can challenge the white male hetro aesthetic playfully'

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#proximityfestival @HeritagePerth history is a record of the endeavours of ppl, the oldest living ppl on this planet their story needs tell

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#proximityfestival suburbs can't cater for all our social desires. when you hit 2mill a city becomes more purposeful - richard offen

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#proximityfestival perth has been labelled dullsville, but the wealth of riches to be had culturally is huge. it is still a teenager

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#proximityfestival @hellojeffkhan richard offen the ed of heritage perth. 'those that choose to disregard history are condemned to repeat it

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#proximityfestival @mikebiancoart i'd like to think this is a collective neighbourhood that is democratic in its approach to citizens

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#proximityfestival @mikebiancoart whose neighbourhood is this? the public has been turned into the private a long time ago

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#proximityfestival @mikebiancoart as i continued to mine the botanical history i discovered a colonial violence towards nature