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Expressions of Interested EXTENDED!!!!
You've asked, and we have listened.
We understand the busy, buzzing and intricate lives of artists and creatives.
You now have until midnight Sunday 4 June to submit your EOI!
To help you out with this fast turn around, here's some provocations. You do not need to answer all these questions, they are here to help you delve into your idea and give you an understanding of what hillsceneLIVE is looking for.

What is your idea?
  • What form(s) are you exploring? Is your work interdisciplinary. Are you challenging the expectations of the form? 
  • What theme(s) are you exploring? What is within these themes that excites or that you wish to uncover?
  • How does your idea challenge you/the audience?
  • What makes it risky?
  • How is it performative?

​What is an elevator pitch?
You have a very limited time (or 50 words) get us excited. Think marketing, think passion, think juicy.

Why now, why hillsceneLIVE?
hillsceneLIVE is a live art performance festival inspired by the brave, and excited by the bold. How does your idea relate to this? We use unconventional spaces and engage audiences in unusual ways - if this is something that would enhance your work, then talk about how.

Because we don’t know what it is yet
We selected this abstract theme to enable exploration and encourage curiosity. To look into the space between, knowing that there is something to be found. 
It could be good to sit with this theme, create a mind map that connects your idea to the theme. It can be abstract, it can be direct, it can be poetical. Think about a broader connection to ‘because we don’t know what it is yet’.

Call or email us! Have a chat about your ideas.
hello@hillscenelive.com
Toni 0402 301 701
Justine 0421 351 944
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Expressions of Interest NOW OPEN!
The 2017 festival theme is: because we don't know what it is yet
Driven by a desire to support the experimental, empower the risky, encourage the challenging and sit outside of the easily definable, hillsceneLIVE is a feast of live / time-based art practice that supports artists to experiment and realise creative ideas.

We are now calling out to all makers working in:  theatre, dance, sound, spoken word, situational arts, live art, visual art, activist art and especially those that do not fit easily within these categories.
We are asking you to ask us.  Ask us all a question through your work.  We are not seeking shiny, polished pieces of work that fit nicely into traditionally digestible modes.  We are excited by experimentation, boldness, aversion to the straight-and-narrow, complexity and challenge. We don't know what it is yet. We will seek to find...

APPLY HERE

For more info contact us here - hello@hillscenelive.com

We await your juicy ideas... EOIs close 31st May 2017 so get amongst it!
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THE NEW DIRECTORS OF HILLSCENELIVE
Since February 2014, under the leadership and vision of Founder/Festival Director Gareth Hart, hillsceneLIVE has grown from a small 4 hour event, to a major live art festival in the Dandenong Ranges supporting over 100 artists. In 2015, Hart established a cultural leadership committee of 5 emerging artists/arts managers, who gained extensive experience in arts leadership and festival management. The festival now comprises a range of performance, workshop and professional development opportunities, supporting emerging and experimental artists through an annual 3 day festival and satellite activities. hillsceneLIVE has become a renowned live art festival that supports the local arts community and questions deeply, pushing at the borders of creative territories.

It gives us great pride to announce that two members of the original Cultural Leadership Team, Toni Main and Justine Walsh, will take over from outgoing Festival Director Gareth Hart from April 2017.
To find out more go here.
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THE HILLSCENELIVE CREATIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Applications are now closed

​An exciting 8 month program that sees participants develop critical awareness of leadership, practical skills in festival management, and endless networking and professional development opportunities. This program is designed to support the obsessed, nurture the curious, and empower the future creative leaders of our community. Through a series of industry workshops and mentorships, participants will develop skills in festival management and cultural leadership, and then apply these skills to aid in shaping and managing the 2017 festival in the latter half of the year.
Click here for more info.
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Some final thoughts on 2016
We were ambitious.  We will be the first to acknowledge that.
In 2016 we took a giant leap, from a 5 hour live art marathon, into a full three day arts festival.
And what an incredible weekend!
We cannot thank you enough for your willingness to venture into more subconscious territories with us, and unravel something deeper in our shared experience.
The to incredible artists who created this years program:  words fail us.  You have all contributed to something very special.
Now 
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2016 FESTIVAL PROGRAM RELEASED!!
Oh my, oh my, OH MY!
This is the moment we have all been waiting for.
The full artistic program for the weekend has been released.
Hurrah! Click here to see the whole program!
Check it out here, get excited, tag your friends, and book your tickets to the biggest weekend of live art and performance in the Dandenong Ranges!
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Join our family!

We are now seeking festival interns to help us deliver our 2016 dream.
We want to hear from you, and would love to have you join our family.
We are offering internships in production, producing, marketing and more!

More info via our Opportunities Page.
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hillsceneLIVE goes OFF THE MOUNT

Yes indeed.  We branch out, brach off (the mount) and bring you a month long pop-up theatre space in Lilydale.
For four nights in October 2016, a secret warehouse in Lilydale is converted into a pop-up theatre space.
Best of all?  The whole program is FREE.
Limited capacity
Full line up details and secure your tickets now.  Click here.

4 nights // 10+ incredible artists // 4 live performances // 1 exhibition // 1 makeshift stage in a secret warehouse
Featuring Dave Thomson // Justine Walsh & Thomas Webster // Viv Rogis // Melbourne Steam Theatre // Amy Middleton
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hillsceneLIVE's sincere thanks - our successful crowdfunding campaign

We asked, humbly, for your help.  As the major form of funding for the festival in 2016, we, quite literally, would not have a festival this year if not for our incredible community of backers.  We sincerely thank you for your ongoing support of this burgeoning initiative.  

Please see: http://www.pozible.com/project/205515 for full details.

Your pledge to this campaign has helped to create a vibrant and dynamic creative sector in Australia. 

hillsceneLIVE has been made possible through the support and partnership of Burrinja Cultural Centre.  We have also been fortunate enough to be supported by Creative Partnerships Australia, through their MATCH program.
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We are thrilled to announce TWO important pieces of information....

Our 2016 festival dates: Friday October 28 - Sunday October 30
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Our 2016 festival theme: mapping immediacy

Yes, that's right!  In 2016, hillsceneLIVE will be a full weekend festival, diving head-first into artist-led worlds of the immediate.