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A four-day programme of events celebrating the unique communities which form the culture of Brisbane's most bohemian urban village. West End… LIVE proves art can be anywhere - on the street, in lounge rooms or shop windows, in nooks and crannies and down laneways. Cinemas spring up in car parks, the paving of paradise is temporarily reversed and obstacles are overcome as parkour practitioners run free.
From Wednesday 30 September, an evening visit to the heart of West End will reveal the suburb's hidden secrets in a series of ‘happenings’. These include an outdoor cinema at the rear of 9 Wilson Street, a shop-front art installation that evolves over the four days of West End… LIVE and the ultimate tableau vivant – a retelling of the unnerving history of the boarding house at 17 Browning Street using sound and performance.
In the afternoon on Saturday 3 October, the party really gets started with two stages featuring Brisbane's most exciting emerging music from Indigenous hip hop to jazz combos and visiting artists Way Out West, Kev Carmody and Archie Roach. Two Local Lounge Rooms play host to quirky installations and performances. An interactive walking tour of West End reveals untold stories and local artists create a huge artwork on the side of a truck.
At 6pm the participants from The Cherbourg Walk arrive in Boundary Street, following a symbolic 275km journey. Tuning in live via the internet to witness this historic moment are delegates of the International Academy of Environmental Sciences World Forum in Venice, including heads of state and Nobel Laureates.
For the full programme of events taking place on Saturday 3 October click here.
CityCat: Southbank Bus: Browning Street and Vulture Street, near Boundary Street, West End TRANSLink - 13 12 30 or www.translink.com.au
There will be road closures affecting Boundary Street between Vulture and Mollison Streets. Wilson Street, Jane Street between Thomas and Boundary Streets and Russell Street between O’Connell and Boundary Streets will also be closed to traffic.
All road closures will occur between 5.00am on Saturday 3 September and 1.00am Sunday 4 September.
Bus Route 199 will be diverted through Browning Street.
Soak up live music, performance and installation art that reveals the suburbs hidden secrets.
Have your say in this fun and quirky art piece about a shared vision of place. Over four days, this Melbourne Street shopfront window will house an evolving multimedia art installation. It’s up to you to put pen to paper to tell visual artist Fleur Noble your thoughts and responses to the artwork. Fleur will then incorporate this into the work to track the journey of the community and its relationship to the artwork.
This tableau vivant audio and performance installation has been inspired by the deeply rich iconic boarding house that was run by the Jeff’s family for three generations at 17 Browning Street. Since closing in 2001 it has frozen in time to gather dust. Beds are made, suitcases are packed, kettles are left on the stove and the rooms still contain the personal belongings of the past dwellers.
Allow yourself to imagine what might have been as local performers bring to life the eerily present and evocative past of the boarders who once filled the rooms of this rambling old weatherboard house. Everyone is welcome, so come and embark on this wondrous tour.
Direction: Elena Vereker Performers: Students from Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts Design and sound installation: ABC Radio National Based on stories from the book 17 Browning Street, written by Liz Jeffs. All the stories and characters are based on real people and actual events.
For that freshly ground sweet taste of revolution in a cup, check out a jam packed and eclectic line up of grassroots talent bought to you by the Blackstar Coffee Roasters. In the intimate and vibrant surrounds of Blackstar these pioneering fairtraders play host to the fresh sounds of Lesson MC, Dissent of Didymus (UK), Triks, Suria (Grassroots Street Orchestra), Euan Gray (Rooftops, Dubdoubt), Joel Saunders (Ambitious Lovers) and Peter B and The Homeless Soul.
The presentation of Way Out West is proudly supported by Kultour: touring multicultural arts, changing Australian culture – an initiative of the Australia Council for the Arts.Way out West 2009 Tour has been developed in partnership with Footscray Community Arts Centre (a Kultour Company Member)