New Grand Narrative
Artistic Director Emily Sexton has asked artists to respond to the idea of the 'New Grand Narrative' for the 2014 festival taking place between May 1 - 11. Specifically the festival is offering the following ideas to be explored, "How do we come to care about things we’re not interested in? The information we encounter is increasingly curated. And we have increased ability to filter that which doesn’t add to our worldview. There are less pages of the newspaper to turn, more apps to buy and I don’t have to follow you if you’re not relevant. What are the grand narratives of our time? How do we come to understand them and whose voices create their meaning?"
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