The Rest Is Up To You: Melbourne Fringe Festival 1982-2062
The Rest Is Up To You: Melbourne Fringe Festival 1982-2062
Hosted by Melbourne Fringe Creative Director Simon Abrahams and State Library Victoria Curator Kate Rhodes, this podcast unpacks some of the ideas and dilemmas that lie at the heart of Fringe's past, present and future.Follow the podcast:
The future of Fringe
In our final episode we ask: can you institutionalise experimentation? And how can Melbourne Fringe give artists a safe place to fail, as well as to succeed? So far, our focus has been looking back on Fringe’s past searching for clues about its future. As we wrap up this podcast, we throw open the …
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The identity of Fringe
How do different people show up at Melbourne Fringe and what's at stake for them? How has the Fringe held space for First Nations artists, cultural diversity, queerness and disabled people? And does having an open access festival actually make you open and accessible? In this episode we talk about …
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The spaces of Fringe
Over the festival’s 40 years, one of Fringe’s most distinctive practices has been the way it bleeds into public and sometimes private space, in order to engage audiences and offer artists unique and often playful, creative challenges. In today's episode we talk about the places, spaces and neighbou…
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The people of Fringe
In this episode we discuss Melbourne Fringe artists and audiences, popular appeal and the idea of cultural democracy, populism, public space, uncommon venues and creative risk. We explore different artists’ relationships with Fringe and how the festival relates to its audiences, then we dig into th…
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The beginnings of Fringe
In the first episode of The Rest is Up to You, we go back to the very beginnings of Melbourne Fringe and look at some of the foundational ideas that have shaped the festival in the decades since it launched in 1982. Join us for 4 more episodes as we dig deep into fringe DNA and untangle its success…
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Trailer
Our podcast, The Rest Is Up To You: Melbourne Fringe Festival 1982-2062, is coming soon. Learn more: https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/fringe/ This podcast has been made possible with the support of the Robert Salzer Foundation and the Besen Family Foundation.
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