Thematically speaking

Note: This is the first of a series of posts, drawing from and responding too the report for Mudfest11 in 2009. This was emailed anonymously to Muddy Leaks through a contact associated with Joan.

From the 2009 Mudfest report:

“MUDFEST was given a theme. This theme was decided so as to challenge students to create new work and not just put work into MUDFEST which is part of their annual programming. In my view the best work for MUDFEST11 was the projects that fully worked with the theme. The theme also challenged the artists to see the university with new eyes.

The theme was the hidden spaces. Attached to the theme was a quote as well as a page of definitions of the words Hidden and spaces “Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.” Rene Magritte”

[Before this post continues Lilly would like to mention that she didn’t find a single hidden space artwork on campus during the festival despite overdosing on the theatre and performance work and a treasure map would have been a great idea]

This year in 2011 Mudfest has the theme Kaleidoscope, here is the 2011 Mudfest Vision as listed on the application form:

"Kaleidoscope – Greek kalos “beautiful” + eidos “shape” + scope “instrument for seeing” The Mudfest vision for 2011 is the kaleidoscope of imagination. What do you see when you look at the world?

A kaleidoscope offers an infinity of vision – so does the mind.

We are looking for work that is beautiful, ugly, political, rebellious, spontaneous, accidental, fun, and alive. Be playful with your art – mess with its form, its story, its location. Challenge the audience, challenge your form, but most importantly, challenge yourself."

Add your unique shape to the growing Mudfest kaleidoscope. So wear something gorgeous to an opening night; dye your hair for your audition and remember us here at Muddy Leaks  - we want to share in your colour.