It doesn’t matter that there are people who have been here for tens of thousands of years, because Australia will still resonate as a young place in terms of contemporary culture. Who can say why for sure, there probably are some colonialist remnants of ideas that won’t go away, and the distance between the continent and other countries is still a bit too far to travel for a lot of would-be visitors. However, as the years go by, it reveals itself as a major contender in world culture, and the world gets smaller still, so that the distance is less of a problem than it once was.
It still takes some careful planning to visit, but every visit is absolutely worth it, and most travelers leave wishing they’d had just one more day, or one more week, or one more month. When fall comes around, though, five days is just enough time to catch all there is to see and hear at the Sound Summit . It’s impossible to catch everything, but after five days, it’s all over, and we’ll all have to wait one more year for the next incarnation.
There are national and international acts and individuals playing here, and the atmosphere is absolutely electric with experiment and innovation. Here is where the youthfulness of Australia really comes in handy, because it can be an easy excuse to push things further, to play a little too loud, or a little too fast, or to make things weird. New Weird Australia is, in fact, one of the arms of the festival, where the strangest indie works get their chance to really shine. It’s all part of the excellent This is Not Art Festival, which includes visual art and theater as well as music under its large, strange umbrella. Anyone who might be lamenting the lack of avant-garde art in their home town would do well to book one of the New Southwales hotels and spend some time with the new avant-garde. It’s refreshing for the soul, mind, and body.
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