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Philippe Petit at 2023 Aquarius50 Festival
Highwire artist Philippe Petit was the most high-profile international guest who performed at the 2023 Aquarius50 festival. His most famous highwire walks were between the towers of the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris in 1971, between the north pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, and between the twin towers of the World…
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Rekindling the Spirit at 2023 Aquarius50 Festival
This report is written in the form of a yarn, or a conversation, with the aim of creating a more culturally safe space for respectful communication between two people who work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities. At the end of the yarn, when we’d switched off the audio recorder, Lisa said that she had…
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Archives and Exhibitions at Aquarius50 Festival
By Gregory Bork, PhD candidate at Southern Cross University (SCU)with Franca Wolfe, Librarian at Richmond Tweed Regional Library (RTRL)Katie Cawcutt, Nimbin Aquarius Foundation Inc. (NAFI)Graeme Batterbury, co-curator of the Rainbow Dreaming exhibitionAdele Wessell, Associate Professor in History at Southern Cross UniversityRob Garbutt, original member of the Aquarian Archives Inc. Acknowledgement I acknowledge the Bundjalung People…
