Lights out for Parrtjima 2020, after festival shines for 17,000
MORE than 17,000 people visited Parrtjima — A Festival of Light in Alice Springs over its 10 day duration.
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MORE than 17,000 people visited Parrtjima — A Festival of Light in Alice Springs over its 10 day duration.
NT Major Events Company CEO Tim Watsford said the thousands visiting the Red Centre was “great news for local businesses who have benefited from the accompanying spend”.
“We’ve also seen widespread national news coverage, ranging from television and radio to print publications and online outlets. This has provided incredible exposure not just for Parrtjima, but the entire Red Centre region,” he said.
“Combined with coverage of the Red CentreNATS and AFL game the weekend before, Desert Festival commencing on September 24 and the Desert Mob festival, which runs until October 25, Alice has been the talk of the country with so many events taking place at a time when events are few and far between.”
Parrtjima will return from April 9-18 next year, and on Monday night the theme for next year’s festival was confirmed as Future Kultcha.
The 2021 festival will focus on intergenerational wisdom told through light, installations, art, music, dance, performance, digital mediums, deep-listening conversations and the spoken word.
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An inclusive two-way exchange between young and old, the theme will give young and emerging artists a new sense of agency, working side-by-side with cultural guides, while senior artists and performers will pass on their wisdom to the next generation.
Parrtjima curator and AGB First Nations adviser Rhoda Roberts said Parrtjima 2020 showed “the importance of listening and learning the oral way – encouraged by elders, custodians and guardians of language”.
“Parrtjima is definitely a pilgrimage all Australians should make. Under the desert skies, surrounded by ancient landscapes that shift and shape each generation, the oldest living culture on Earth continues to share its lessons, as they have since time immemorial,” she said.
“A favourite has been seeing the joy of children playing on a carpet of art works projected on to the desert sands as part of our ‘Grounded’ installation.”
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