Sweet Work – Next Wave at Mildura

Next Wave presents its popular free artist workshop program, titled SWEET WORK, in Mildura this March, and they are looking for participants.
 
SWEET WORK is Next Wave’s free series of workshops for young artists designed to promote new ideas, collaborations and projects. Outcomes in Mildura will happen as part of the 2009 Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival.
 
SWEET WORK is open to artists aged 30 and under from all art form backgrounds including visual arts, theatre, dance, new media and beyond, with a view to generating an idea or a proposal for a new collaborative artwork, performance or intervention for the 2009 Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival.
 
Workshops: 28 February & 7 March 10-5pm
Church of Christ Hall, 125 Deakin Avenue, Mildura, Victoria
Results of your work will be presented at the Perry Sandhills, Mildura, Sunday 8 March, as part of the 2009 Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival.
 
To apply and for further information, contact nextwave@nextwave.org.au
http://inside.nextwave.org.au/news/next-wave-in-mildura-a-call-out

How to control a herd of humans and use mind control!

HITLER and Mussolini both had the ability to bend millions of people to their fascist will. Now evidence from psychology and neurology is emerging to explain how tactics like organised marching and propaganda can work to exert mass mind control.

Scott Wiltermuth of Stanford University in California and colleagues have found that activities performed in unison, such as marching or dancing, increase loyalty to the group. “It makes us feel as though we’re part of a larger entity, so we see the group’s welfare as being as important as our own,” he says.

Wiltermuth’s team separated 96 people into four groups who performed these tasks together: listening to a song while silently mouthing the words, singing along, singing and dancing, or listening to different versions of the song so that they sang and danced out of sync. In a later game, when asked to decide whether to stick with the group or strive for personal gain, those in the non-synchronised group behaved less loyally than the rest (Psychological Science, vol 20, p 1).

Read the New Scientist article for more info…

The Upside Down Crew Radio Show

Don’t forget to check out The Upside Down Crew (Jon from Sydney, Marty Batfreak, and Dubsta) on Housefreaks Internet Radio (http://www.housefreaks.co.uk) starting Sunday morning at 10 AM AEST (that would be 11PM Saturday GMT and 6PM Saturday EST) and going for 8 hours…that’s right 8 hours of the best in oldskool electronic music (acid house/rave/techno/breakbeats).

Cab Sav presents The Imperial Panda Festival!

Six Minute Soul Mate is a performance work from Brown Council that explores the nature of love and romance within a contemporary quick fix culture. Short performative vignettes are spun into an absurd conveyer belt of images that spiral out of control like a barn dance doped up on cocaine.

Utilising the structure of a real speed-dating night, Brown Council examines modern modes of courtship and investigates how it is that we attempt to perform intimacy in a society obsessed with speed. The audience will find themselves caught up in a whirlwind of speed-dates, clichés and conventions of romance, desire and love, all played out and repeated like an old broken record.

4 SHOWS ONLY. SEATS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED, AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE PERFORMANCE.

Sat Feb 14 9pm, Sun Feb 15- Mon Feb 16 5pm & 9pm
302 Cleveland St, Sydney, Australia
Contact Info Email: theimperialpanda@gmail.com

Melbourne Midsumma Festival

Celebrating its 21st birthday this year is Midsumma, Melbourne’s annual arts and cultural festival that, within a safe and healthy environment, celebrates the pride and diversity of Victoria’s lesbian, gay and allied communities.

The vast array of performing arts, visual arts and music comprises a Carnival and T Dance at the Alexandra Gardens, Queer City – The City of Melbourne’s Queer Visual Arts exhibition series, Yarra Arts – The City of
Yarra’s Queer Visual Arts exhibition and Pink Shorts, Midsumma’s queer short play competition at the RMIT Kaleide Theatre from 3 Feb to 7 February.

Midsumma is now recruiting volunteers to assist in all aspects of the 2009 Festival, whether it’s front of house for one of our premier events or assisting with Carnival. There is also the opportunity to gain great experience in Visual Arts and Theatre production from set-up to promotion. Whatever your interests and skills, we want you to join us in making Midsumma’s Queer Coming of Age the very best it can be!

http://www.midsumma.org.au/newsflash/midsumma-2009-festival-dates-2.html

Uber Lingua presents FILASTINE from Barcelona, MAGA BO from Rio and DUOUD from Istanbul

FILASTINE & MAGA BO
Touring together, F&MB drop a charged up electronic remixed take on global music… very danceflloor active! checkout http://www.uberlingua.com/f&mb for full tour info
free mp3s: http://www.uberlingua.com/mp3/magabo_e_pra_valer.mp3
http://www.uberlingua.com/mp3/filastine_btalla.mp3

Melbourne FRIDAY JAN 16 at HiFi Bar & Ballroom
Tix $20 + BF thru http://www.thehifi.com.au or 1300 762 545 or Greville, Missing Link & Polyester

UL also announce a cheap teaser event at African club Red Violin on Friday Jan 2nd with Fila and Maga DJing long sets… these two drop killer DJ sets of the music that influences them… gathered on their endless travels… expect stuff you’ll

DUOUD
DuOud fly in direct from Turkey with four ouds, a bag full of guitar pedals and two laptops to blow the minds of Australian audiences.

After growing up in France, Tunisian born Jean-Pierre Smadja and Algerian born master oud player Mehdi Haddab, moved to Istanbul and continued their intense pursuit for the cutting egde of middle eastern music… Employing the power of two Marshall Stacks was an essential part of this process.

checkout http://www.uberlingua.com/duoud for full tour info
free mp3 at http://www.uberlingua.com/mp3/duoud_nude.mp3

They play the Corner Hotel in Melbourne as part of a massive FRENCH DOUBLE BILL with Parisian mad-men JAVA who drop heart string pulling chanson mixed with hip hop, reggae, swing-jazz, infectious accordion waltzes & surprising rock twists… hillarious!

Melbourne SUNDAY JAN 11 at the Corner Hotel
Tix $30 + BF from http://www.cornerhotel.com/ or phone 03 94279198

To be on the Uber Lingua email list simply send a message with your location to info@uberlingua.com.
Events take place in Brisbane and Sydney too, so either check out regular postings at the UL website or subscribe to be kept informed.

Uber Lingua Launches Record Label and the Filastine Dirty Bomb Album

Uber Lingua’s been beavering away behind the scenes the past month or so preparing for one mad summer  08/09.

After 5 years of trans-cultural provocation across the cities of Australia, Uber Lingua launches a music label as an extension of its already familiar linguistic liberation motivations. This project will facilitate both local and international releases both physical and digital over the coming months and years so be ready for some mind expanding material. First cab off the rank is one of the pioneers of the post world trans-cultural revolution Barcelona’s Filastine.

His new release DIRTY BOMB is simultaneously being put out by UL, Romz in Japan, Jarring Effects in Europe, Soot in the UK & US & Post World Industries.

Bending the concept of genre, Filastine fuses mutated multi-lingual Hip Hop with global street rhythms and international obscura to build new sonic territory, defined by nomadism, cross border collaboration, beat science, and massive bass frequencies. Over the years, Filastine has delivered his style of sound clash to every type of club, squat, and festival imaginable across the planet, delivering beats with his laptop, midi triggers, loudspeakers, and percussion mounted on a shopping trolley.

Here’s a complimentary track off Dirty Bomb – B’talla featuring Rabah (rapping in 5 languages)
http://www.uberlingua.com/mp3/filastine_btalla.mp3

In stores now through The Planet Company or on the UL web site http://www.uberlingua.com/filastine

Call out for stallholders for Multicultural Festival – Melbourne

@ Fed Square. On Sat 21 Mar, 2009. Fed Square will be transformed into an alluring global fiesta for the enjoyment of the whole family, with music, art, dance, craft & food from more than 50 countries. Highlights will include two stages of outstanding music from around the world, a vibrant marketplace of quality handmade products, an exceptional selection of authentic traditional foods & children’s activities, running between 11am-6pm. Get involved: MAV is now seeking applications from food & art/craft stallholders interested in holding a stall.

To apply, complete the Application Form for a Food stallholder or an Art/Craft Stallholder & post with two photos of your stall/products. Application forms & FAQ’s sheet http://www.culturaldiversity.vic.gov.au/
Applications due 5pm, Mon 8 Dec

Post your form to: Multicultural Arts Victoria, Att: Brooke Small, Festival Co-ordinator, PO Box 1402, COLLINGWOOD VIC 3066.

Info: activities@multiculturalarts.com.au or 03 9417 6777.

Uber Lingua does Human Rights Arts & Film Festival

The Human Rights Arts & Film Festival have invited Uber Lingua to play at their Rhythm and Rights series at Red Violin in Melbourne on Saturday November 15th.

Gypsy Dub Sound System are Australia’s answer to the Eastern European electronic remix culture. All Jazz musicians, they have adopted laptop based production and combined that with brass, strings and skankin reggae guitar… The results are one fat pumping dancefloor friendly gypsy knees up!  LIVE!

Here’s some tracks:
Klesmephistophology – http://www.uberlingua.com/mp3/gyp_dub4.mp3
Skankocek – http://www.uberlingua.com/mp3/gyp_dub3.mp3
Oud Fellows – http://www.zonar.net/uberlingua/mp3/gyp_dub1.mp3

Joining them on the 15th is Uber System with DJs bP & Mr Fish working with VJ Siadatz and MCs Presyse and Pataphysics…  Aysu C (freshly returned from Turkey) and francophonic flautist Macro will be doin a few cameos…

What: Human Rights Arts & Film Festival’s Rhythm and Rights
When: Saturday 15th November from 9pm
Where: Red Violin Lvl 2, 231 Bourke St Melb CDB
More info: http://www.uberlingua.com/melb or http://www.hraff.org.au

Bollywood comes to the Collingwood Town Hall

All the colour & excitement of Bollywood comes to Collingwood Town Hall on Sunday December 7th at 7pm, as Melbourne’s premiere Bollywood dance school presents an original dance musical “Dare to Dream” featuring the Natya Bollywood dance troupe, students from both the adult and children’s classes as well as special guests.

Natya Bollywood is Melbourne’s most popular Bollywood Dance School. Founded by Artistic Director Nithya Ramesen in 2006, who began learning Indian Classical Dance, at the age of 3, the school has an ever-growing population of students and the Natya Bollywood Dance Troupe is in constant demand to perform at corporate & public events, and cultural festivals. The classes incorporate various dancing styles, including Bharathanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam, Indian folk, Dandiya and much more, with the fast paced Indian disco, hip-hop, funk & jazz that constitutes modern Bollywood dancing and it is this blend of golden traditions and dynamic modern dancing that makes Natya Bollywood stand out from the rest.

More info: www.natyabollywood.com