Platform Papers 11: A Regional State of Mind - Making Art in Remote Australia

Terracini, Lyndon
Platform Papers 11: A Regional State of Mind - Making Art in Remote Australia

Platform Papers 11: A Regional State of Mind - Making Art in Remote Australia

Terracini, Lyndon

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PUBLISHED JANUARY 2007

What is the culture of our place, of our backyard? Lyndon Terracini, who spent thirty years in the opera houses of Europe before settling in the NSW town of Lismore, reveals the rich diversity of Australia’s country-town culture and makes a strong plea for their right to the same respect as metropolitan culture. With the rapid demographic changes presently taking place, he writes, our European traditions are fast becoming irrelevant. Preservation of our stories is as essential to our survival as our flora and fauna. He writes of many months spent in outback towns, building huge collaborative performance works in which whole districts participated; and describes the way the communities took ownership. A creative culture, he argues, should be based in the stories of our backyard and the culture of place. From that grows innovation, skill and professional art practice and at the summit the kind of work that can be life-changing.

Lyndon Terracini is a distinguished operatic baritone with a special interest in new music. He has had a wide influence on the careers of Australian composers and the cultural life of Queensland. In the 1990s he established the Northern Rivers Performing Arts, then the Queensland Music Festival, followed by directorship of the Major Brisbane Festivals. Today he is artistic director of Opera Australia.

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PUBLISHED JANUARY 2007

What is the culture of our place, of our backyard? Lyndon Terracini, who spent thirty years in the opera houses of Europe before settling in the NSW town of Lismore, reveals the rich diversity of Australia’s country-town culture and makes a strong plea for their right to the same respect as metropolitan culture. With the rapid demographic changes presently taking place, he writes, our European traditions are fast becoming irrelevant. Preservation of our stories is as essential to our survival as our flora and fauna. He writes of many months spent in outback towns, building huge collaborative performance works in which whole districts participated; and describes the way the communities took ownership. A creative culture, he argues, should be based in the stories of our backyard and the culture of place. From that grows innovation, skill and professional art practice and at the summit the kind of work that can be life-changing.

Lyndon Terracini is a distinguished operatic baritone with a special interest in new music. He has had a wide influence on the careers of Australian composers and the cultural life of Queensland. In the 1990s he established the Northern Rivers Performing Arts, then the Queensland Music Festival, followed by directorship of the Major Brisbane Festivals. Today he is artistic director of Opera Australia.

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Author:   Terracini, Lyndon
ISBN:  

9780975730195


Bind Format:   Paperback
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