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This Is Not Art 2008: 2 - 6 October

by Marni Jackson last modified 2008-05-09 13:10

This Is Not Art is Australia’s premier independent, emerging and experimental arts festival held in Newcastle, Australia.

Positions Available

This Is Not Art is looking for committed people to fill key organisational (volunteer) roles for 2008. Its an amazing opportunity for you to get involved in a vibrant, independent national festival, meet amazing people, develop your skills - everything except get paid!

So, if you're a keen and committed character who wants to roll up their sleeves and get involved in the country's most exciting cross-practice arts festival we want you to join our team. Getting involved at this stage means you can contribute to planning, promoting and developing the festival – a perfect opportunity to get hands-on experience, test yourself, or share your talents. More ...

For opportunities to join the National Young Writers' Festival, Electrofringe, Critical Animals or Sound Summit teams contact the festival's directly.



Call for Proposals: 2008

The first proposals deadline has now closed - thank you for your inspiring ideas and for being so whacky and amazing. The Directors are now  looking at submissions, developing the ideas and curating a program of events - we can't wait to see what's been thrown into the mix!

ELECTRO-ONLINE AND ELECTRO-PROJECTIONS SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY THE 31ST OF MAY 2008. See www.electrofringe.net for more details on how to submit a proposal - summary here.

Getting a gig at This Is Not Art

Electrofringe and Sound Summit curate a series of gigs and special performances, to allow presenting artists a performance opportunity at the festival. Electrofringe gigs are by invitation only and are drawn from the festival program. Proposals to Electrofringe are now closed. So, maybe next year! Sound Summit programming arrangements are different but you will need to submit an Expression of Interest along with a sample of your work – head to the Sound Summit website.

Running a special event

For a special event to be considered it must be a fully formed project proposal, and submissions are closed.

How good was TINA07?

Check out last year's shenanigins here:

2007 festival fotos on flickr

2007 festival downloads - The Night Air This Is Not Art Live to Air broadcast 30 September
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/nightair/stories/2007/2037988.htm
Laptop audio mulch-verk, slam poets and circuit bent Barbie dolls!



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Sponsors & Supporters

This Is Not Art is produced with the support of The Octapod Association Inc, Tourism NSW - Regional Flagship Events, Newcastle City Council and ArtsNSW.

octapod      artsnsw           rfe          ncc




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Sunday Fair

SUNDAY 30th SEPTEMBER
ZINE AND INDEPENDENT PRESS FAIR @ CIVIC PARK – 12pm-6pm.
Bring your wallet, your picnic blanket and cool things to swap at Australia's largest Zine and Independent publishing fair. Be delighted by table after table of amazing home-grown writing, illustration, comics, zines, badges, posters and more.


BAD WRITING PINATA OF CATHARTIC SHAME @ CIVIC PARK – 3.30pm-4pm. FREE
Bring your worst writing to the zine fair to add to the Bad Writing Pinata. It's your chance to redeem yourself through trial by papier mache. Offenders on trial will be required to read their work. The sentence will be an appropriate number of Pinata lashes. Bring a stick. Gluing begins at 12pm. Free fun for all.


SUNDAY FAIR EVENING GIG @ CIVIC PARK – 5pm-8pm. FREE
An evening of performances from Electrofringe artists in the great outdoors. With: Gail Priest, Secret Killer Of Names, Ross F Manning, Hetleveiker, Fugal Quese, Undecisive God, Anna Chase. Event is free.

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