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Seeking to Care

The Artistic Directorate
25. May 2024

Come on a journey under the care-filled guidance of Next Wave’s Artistic Directorate to consider how motivations like time, Country and experimentation influence our approach to curatorial practice and intergenerational knowledge.

In small groups, you will explore the library and surrounding areas to re-imagine Next Wave’s Curation as Care model together. Through conversation and playful prompts from the Artistic Director leading your group, you’re invited to uncover new ways to connect and relate with others.

This event explores Next Wave’s ‘Curation as Care’ model, guided by values of Justice, Friendship and Care. The model itself seeks to ask more questions than providing answers. It sparks curiosity about our understanding of concepts such as trust, connectedness, pace, and productivity, ultimately urging us to challenge the inherent bias that exists in curation. Is information always what it seems? Does knowledge alone invite change?

Time: 11am
Duration: 90 minutes


Location: narrm ngarrgu Library
141 Therry St, Melbourne
Level 1 Events Space

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  • Ages 18+

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The Artistic Directorate

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The Artistic Directorate is Next Wave’s decentralised leadership model that extends our curatorial reach beyond Narrm/Melbourne.

In 2021, when Next Wave transitioned from a festival to an annual programming model, rather than having one artistic director, we
asked for eight – one from each state and territory.

The Artistic Directorate works collectively over a two-year period to mentor early-career artists, working with Young Artistic Directorate and a Kickstart artist from their region, as well as contributing to Next Wave’s annual program. The Artistic Directorate in 2024-25 are made up of Bruno Booth (WA), Libby Harward (QLD), Lucy Bleach (TAS), Marian Abboud (NSW), Rosealee Pearson (NT), Sally Golding (ACT), Yuhi Ng-Rodriguez (VIC) and Yusuf Hayat (SA).