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First Night of the Festival
First Night of the Festival
24th Feb 2012
Photographs by Mark P. Williams
Wellington Arts Festival’s
outdoor events begin in impressive style with Arcane and
Michael Tuffery’s First Contact. Scoop was there for the
full spectacle.
Arcane
First Contact – First Night
Digital art visuals from Linechecker, music and dance from the Whitireia Performing Arts School, The Nomad, Horomona Horo, Rhombus in Dub and Raviah45.
The visuals began with iterative patterns which seemed to vibrate in time with the music.
As the musicians and performers began to add layers of complexity, so too the imagery became more complex, incorporating film samples and live projections:
Mark P. Williams
Political Journalist and Independent Academic Researcher
Journalist and independent academic researcher with primary interests in politics and literature.
As a researcher I am a contributor to various academic publications, including Alluvium journal of 21st century literature, The Literary London Journal, The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, and Critical Engagements: Journal of the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies (UKNMFS).
As a journalist, I have worked as Parliamentary reporter for Scoop Independent Media and International editor for the Scoop Review of Books.
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