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Next Wave 2014 Festival Set for 16 April - 11 May

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The endless possibilities of tomorrow are set to unfold in Melbourne from 16 April - 11 May, 2014 as part of Next Wave Festival 2014. A city-wide, month-long celebration of cutting-edge arts and culture from around Australia and the globe, in 2014 Next Wave celebrates its 30th anniversary with a tightly curated selection of the most ambitious, risky and surprising new art, including performance, dance, visual art, sound art - and ideas impossible to categorise.

Occurring every two years, Next Wave Festival 2014 spans 28 days and features the work of 239 artists. Next Wave will unveil an exciting and experimental season of never-before-seen art projects that have been created especially for the Festival and will enliven Melbourne's theatres, galleries, laneways, beaches, rivers, the side of Trades Hall, gardens, private homes and bathrooms.

"Our theme for Next Wave Festival 2014 is a rallying call," said Emily Sexton, Next Wave Artistic Director. "We seek a New Grand Narrative. Or new grand narratives.

"Many institutions that operated throughout the 20th century are cracking, experiencing repeated challenges as to their relevance for modern life. From newspapers to marriage, or a two-party political system, or our relationship to the planet and animals - or even the constitution itself, which still does not equally acknowledge our Aboriginal peoples."

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