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the Commonwealth games has been a medal collection in Melbourne,
the sports women and men have worked hard to achieve and it sure as hell paid off.

Now for a look at the otherside of Melbourne where the NextWave FestiVaL is being held, Next Wave is about new artists, new voices, new ideas and new possibilities AND ITS ON NOW!
From 15 March – 2 April 2006 Next Wave is bringing together some of the world’s most talented, entertaining and provocative young creative voices in Melbourne. Nineteen days and nights of genre-busting contemporary art practice by the best young talent around the theme of Empire Games.In addition to the biennial insurgency of new artists that Next Wave has presented for over twenty years, in 2006 Next Wave is also delivering the Youth Program of Festival Melbourne2006 – the cultural festival of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.Expect the spontaneity and provocative brilliance that has defined Next Wave combined with a major international program featuring artists from a dozen Commonwealth countries.With more than six hundred artists across over forty major projects including performance, visual and media arts, and a series of art forms they don’t have names for yet, Next Wave’s Empire Games questions and considers, challenges and provokes, explores and incites, entertains and inspires.

Curated by Fiona Maxwell & Rachel Watts Uninhabted Territories
Participating Artists: The Black Heart Gang-Ree Treweek, Markus Wormstorm, Pieter Meintz and Jannes Hendrikix, The Camissa Collective, Alison Kearney, Thando Mama, Zen Marie, Margaret Stone, Nontsikelelo Veleko.





Gallery is hosting the Exhibition.


“The post-apartheid struggle is far from over, but it has shifted. Young South Africans are voicing opinions and creating their own identities in dynamic and creative ways outside of the overtly political arena”. Raffaella Della-Donne, South African writer.
Uninhabited Territories is an exhibition of new work by young contemporary artists from South Africa. Curated by Fiona Maxwell and Rachael Watts, the exhibition features new media, film, photography and works on paper. Macabre, bizarre and morbid visual representations come to the fore as a means of playfully addressing issues close to the heart, such as politics, representation, violence and identity.
The khamissa kollektiv represent a grass roots photographic revolution.
The Blackheart Gang feature stunning illustrations and a fantastical animation, (also showing on the big screen at Horse Bazaar 15-26 March).
Nontsikelelo Veleko and Thando Mama engage in issues of race through fashion photography and video respectively.
In contrast, Margaret Stone’s Cloneurbia presents a warped view of white suburbia while Zen Marie continues his ongoing study of cricket around the world.

Art is Freedom without Limits
Culture is an invisible license and art is a playground. Inspiration comes to it when society needs visions, dreams, and new ideas.

MOPP LIVES AND WILL BE BACK NEWT YEAR> check in on the blog now and again.Grahamstown is around the corner Ghettogether roadtrip exhibition > >>> see you then

new theme out for submission call 2007

and not forgetting to mention those who gave their support.

CAPE TOWN TOURISM

CAPE TOWN FESTIVAL

NEXTWAVE FESTIVAL -Melbourne Australia

ART LIBRARY- CBD

Zayd Minty - Opening address

Paul Hofman for the pics of the opening nite.

NIcky Newman - Video

ALL THE PERFORMERS AND BANDS - THANK U .

All the cafes that is housing some of the MOPPsters.

TO ISSI , XANDER , YASSER , FRANCOIS , MAYA , MIE for staying till the last minute.

and to all that stiekt uit.

much love and respect.