25 min
Business as unusual: Lessons from lockdown with Sydney Writers' Festival's Michaela McGuire ArtsHubbub
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Artists and arts organisations have had to be resourceful, innovative and resilient with their practices due to COVID-19. For some, these changes have been welcome while others bemoan this ‘new normal’. Sydney Writers' Festival Artistic Director Michaela McGuire tells us what it's like to have your festival cancelled just as tickets go on sale and how the festival fought back with a digital programme. Little Foot and Company’s Josh Carell explains how streaming a spoken word event expanded his audience. Musician and entrepreneur Matt Walters tells us how fans hosting musicians in their backyard may be a future business model and sound designer Steph O’Hara wants to give isolated artists sonic appreciation for their virtual performances with his new app Clappi.
Our theme music is ‘Chasing Waterfalls’ by Tim Shiel. Also featuring music by The Other Stars.
Artists and arts organisations have had to be resourceful, innovative and resilient with their practices due to COVID-19. For some, these changes have been welcome while others bemoan this ‘new normal’. Sydney Writers' Festival Artistic Director Michaela McGuire tells us what it's like to have your festival cancelled just as tickets go on sale and how the festival fought back with a digital programme. Little Foot and Company’s Josh Carell explains how streaming a spoken word event expanded his audience. Musician and entrepreneur Matt Walters tells us how fans hosting musicians in their backyard may be a future business model and sound designer Steph O’Hara wants to give isolated artists sonic appreciation for their virtual performances with his new app Clappi.
Our theme music is ‘Chasing Waterfalls’ by Tim Shiel. Also featuring music by The Other Stars.
25 min