An introduction to 'Ships in the Night', a project developed for the Next Wave Festival 2016 program. It’s part of an ongoing project called On the beach a new podcast, that among other things, is interested in the intersection of contemporary art practice and fiction.

Ships in the Night — An introduction

This fictional letter is part of the Ships in the Night project and has been written in response to Emma Fishwick’s 'Microlandscapes', which features at the Northcote Town Hall from the 4th until 8th of May as part of Next Wave Festival 2016. 

It is written, edited and produced by Kelly Fliedner and spoken by Holly McNaught. 

Ships in the Night — A letter to microLandscapes

This fictional letter is part of the Ships in the Night project and has been written in response to Hannah Brontë's Still I Rise, which features at Blak Dot Gallery from the 6th until 22nd of May as part of Next Wave Festival 2016. 

It is written, edited and produced by Kelly Fliedner and spoken by Sarah crowEST. 

Ships in the Night — A letter to Still I Rise

This fictional letter is part of the 'Ships in the Night' project and has been written in response to 'Ua Numi Le Fau', a group exhibition curated by Léuli Eshraghi at Gertrude Contemporary from the 6th of May until the 18th of June, as part of Next Wave Festival 2016. 

It is written, edited and produced by Kelly Fliedner and spoken by Fayen d’Evie. 

Ships in the Night - A letter to Ua Numi Le Fau

This fictional letter is part of the Ships in the Night project and has been written in response to The Fraud Complex, a group exhibition curated by Johnson+Thwaites at West Space from the 6th of May until the 4th of June as part of Next Wave Festival 2016. 

It is written, edited and produced by Kelly Fliedner and spoken by Aodhan Madden. 

Ships in the Night - A letter to The Fraud Complex

This fictional letter is part of the Ships in the Night project and has been written in response Far from here, a project by Claire Robertson at the Meat Market in North Melbourne from the 12th un til 22nd of May as part of Next Wave Festival 2016. 

It is written, edited and produced by Kelly Fliedner and spoken by Robert Wood.

Ships in the Night - A letter to Far From Here

Synopsis: a journey to Cockatoo Island; bodies in spaces, bodies being led around spaces, bodies being directed through spaces; parallel narratives; some shit about Žižek; layers of reality; the view from Balmain Sailing Club; and, small acts of resistance.

Characters (in order of appearance): Stephanie Rosenthal, Kelly Fliedner, Agatha Gothe-Snape and William Forsythe.

Biennale of Sydney: Fan Fiction has been written for The Bureau of Writing, a collaborative writing program designed for artists and presented alongside the 20th Biennale in association with Artspace, Sydney.

BoS Fan Fiction — Episode 1

Synopsis: what is said and unsaid at Artspace, Sydney; possession and control; Hainish Cycle fan fiction; uncomfortable artist talks; in-between spaces; memories of a boycott; the possibilities and limits of communication; and, the gaze of a disconcerting bust.

Characters (in order of appearance): Ursula K. Le Guin, Kyrafic, Stephanie Rosenthal, Michel de Certeau, Benjamin Forster, Franco Belgiorno-Nettis, Karen Mirza and Brad Butler, and Sarinah Masukor.

Biennale of Sydney: Fan Fiction has been written for The Bureau of Writing, a collaborative writing program designed for artists and presented alongside the 20th Biennale in association with Artspace, Sydney.

BoS Fan Fiction — Episode 2

Synopsis: an afternoon at the Art Gallery of New South Wales; listening to Scaffold; galaxies; ghosts and telephones; an afternoon at the MCA; intermediary zones between public and private; and, forward, backwards, sidestep, sideways, abstracted.

Characters (in order of appearance): Adrian Heathfield, Sidney Nolan, Aodhan Madden, Beth Caird, Adam Linder, Sarinah Masukor, Robert Wood.

Biennale of Sydney: Fan Fiction has been written for The Bureau of Writing, a collaborative writing program designed for artists and presented alongside the 20th Biennale in association with Artspace, Sydney.

BoS Fan Fiction — Episode 3

Synopsis: in-between writing, performative writing, affect theory and ficto-criticism; continuously-searching movement; decentering ‘vision’, making room for other modes of encounter and perception; spaces, and holes and pauses.

Characters (in order of appearance): Andrew Brooks, Beth Caird and Aodhan Madden, Kelly Fliedner, Benjamin Forster, Astrid Lorange, Sarah Rodigari, Stephanie Rosenthal, Adrian Heathfield, Gerry Bibby, Heman Chong, Eileen Myles, Rhiannon Newton, Della Pollack.

Biennale of Sydney: Fan Fiction has been written for The Bureau of Writing, a collaborative writing program designed for artists and presented alongside the 20th Biennale in association with Artspace, Sydney.

BoS Fan Fiction — Episode 4

ON THE BEACH is a podcast that is interested in the intersection of contemporary art and fiction. It is a space to record and publish writing that lies between art criticism, fiction, poetry and script writing. It takes an idea, an exhibition, or an artist’s work or practice as a departure point and creates something poetic from both the aesthetic and the conceptual elements. It is a kind of writing that reflects upon artistic practice, broader cultural themes and issues, and also examines formal structures and the mode of writing itself, what writing can be, and what it can provide visual art. It’s a kind of writing that is intended to be listened to and not read. It is released in seasons, with intermittent episodes of reviews and opinions that fall in-between.

More info: http://onthebeachpodcast.info 

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