Creative Dialogues

Conversations with the community around art and culture - presented in the lead up to Viva la Gong.

See the flyer below for details of Creative Dialogue events for September:

Viva Creative Dialogues September 2011

Digital Video Screening
A Viva la Gong event

We're calling for expressions of interest from Digital and Film Artists to produce original digital based artworks / short films / animations based on the Viva la Gong 2011 theme of ‘Spirit and Place’.

Successful works will be projected on the night of Viva la Gong Festival in MacCabe Park.

This projects aim to foster creative engagement with the city by the use of exciting and evocative art spaces that embrace the energy of urban life and provide more access for the community to experience the arts

Artists will need to send in the following

Project Description (your ideas and how you will address the project theme).
Artist(s) curriculum vitae
Examples of your previous work.

Instructions

A combination of digital art, film, lighting and music (either live or recorded)
Video Specification:16:9 widescreen
Standard or High Definition (HD 720p or 1080p preferred)
QuickTime H.264 Best Quality codec 48.000 kHz Stereo Audio
Other formats need to be negotiated.

All expressions of interest are to be submitted to Cultural Services by closing date 5pm Monday 5 September.

For further enquiries please contact Cultural Services, by email culturalservices@wollongong.nsw.gov.au or phone (02) 4227 7685.

Pecha Kucha - a night of ideas
A Viva la Gong event

Wednesday 28 September from 6pm
Hideaway Café, Church Street Wollongong

We're calling for expressions of interest to be part of this night of ideas, submissions close Monday 12 September.

Are you full of new ideas? Are you looking for a supportive and creative environment to test them out?

Pecha Kucha - a night for artists, writers, performers, designers, social entrepreneurs, scientists (in fact, anyone!) to pitch their ideas to an audience in a fast PowerPoint presentation format.

About Pecha Kucha

Pecha Kucha (Japanese for the ‘sound of conversation’) is a fun and fast way to ‘pitch’ interesting ideas in a format of 20 slides / 20 seconds per slide for a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Presentations are short, concise and inspirational. Pronounced ‘peh-cha ku-cha’ it was originally founded by Klein Dytham Architects (KDA) in Tokyo in 2003, as a way for young designers to meet, network and show their work in public.

While this approach does require considerable discipline and practice it is a powerful approach to presentations and a forum where creative work can be easily and informally shown.

Instructions for Pecha-Kucha

1. Use PowerPoint to build 20 slides
2. Set the timing for each slide for 20 seconds
3. Use only simple words, or even better no text (the audience won’t have time to read it) and images on each slide
4. Use the slides as a storyboard
5. Each slide is only on the screen for 20 seconds so practice before your presentation.

To Apply

Submit your name and contact details, including phone number
Your occupation
100 words about the idea you plan to pitch
2-3 x images or photographs relating to your presentation, or, examples of your previous work (as jpg files on CD or printed images)

Note: PowerPoint presentations don’t need to be completed for the submission of your proposal.

Submit

All expressions of interest are to be submitted to Cultural Services by the closing date, via email or addressed to:

ATT: Cultural Development Worker
Cultural Services
Locked Bag 8821
Wollongong DC NSW 2500