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Seeking 50 creatives for unique content sprint
06 November 2017
Seeking 50 creatives for unique
content sprint for 2018 New Zealand Festival
Double
Denim, in partnership with the New Zealand Festival, is
inviting 50 creatives – writers,
artists, website developers, videographers, musicians,
sailors, storytellers, poets, VR producers, historians,
dancers – to be a part of the spectacular
2018 Festival opening A Waka Odyssey in a unique
Content Creation Sprint.
Similar to a "hackathon",
over the course of the weekend of 17–19 November, the
selected creatives will come together to join teams and work
on a chosen theme traversing navigation, voyaging, science,
environment, sustainability, history, journey, home and
belonging.
The resulting content will be developed
and showcased on the New Zealand Festival’s digital
channels and seen by thousands in the lead-up to the opening
of New Zealand’s largest international arts Festival. It
will be presented as part of an unprecedented work by A
Waka Odyssey Creative Team Anna Marbrook, Hoturoa
Barclay-Kerr and Kasia Pol.
Angela Meyer, Double
Denim Co-director, describes the sprint as a mash-up between
the 48Hours film festival and a hackathon or startup sprint.
“We’re gathering compelling, informed and interested
people together to create a range of content with diverse
voices and perspectives to share with the rest of New
Zealand.”
The other half of Double Denim, Anna
Dean, says, "It's incredibly exciting to see what happens
when a range of talented people come together. The project
mirrors the experience of being onboard the waka. You have
to adapt and collaborate and work with the people you're
sharing the journey with.
The waka travelling back
and forth in the Pacific are containers of art, knowledge
and understanding, as well as a form of transport. The
digital waka we are creating together on the sprint will
help share the stories of these journeys with a wide range
of people around the world."
The sprint will
bring a cohort of talented creatives together who are keen
to materialise their perspectives into tangible pieces of
content by the end of this productive weekend – whether
video, writing, photography, dance, illustration or tech.
The pieces of finished content will start
conversations about our history and narratives here in New
Zealand and the Pacific, and be seen as a contributor to the
New Zealand Festival. This project is also an opportunity to
meet, work and collaborate with some of New Zealand’s best
creative talent on a project that focuses on the unity of
the Pacific World View and includes A Waka Odyssey
Creative Team Anna Marbrook, Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr and
Kasia Pol.
The Content Creation Sprint will take
place on 17–19 November at Credenza coworking space, Level
2, 40 Taranaki St, Central
Wellington. Places are limited. Apply now.
Notes about
A Waka Odyssey
A Waka Odyssey is not a one-off event but rather a series of events over five days, beginning with an opening night theatrical spectacle to honour the legacy of famous Pacific explorer, Kupe. The choreographed movements of seven waka hourua, eight waka taua, and a fleet of waka ama will bring the harbour to life, while on land actors, choirs and kapa haka groups welcome the voyagers to the capital. A 1000-strong new haka for Wellington will be performed, and a full musical score is being composed by New Zealand music icon Warren Maxwell.
A Waka Odyssey is not a
one-off event but rather a series of events, beginning with
an opening night theatrical spectacle to honour the legacy
of famous Pacific explorer, Kupe. On the evening of 23
February the choreographed movements of waka hourua, waka
taua, and a fleet of waka ama will bring Wellington harbour
to life, while on land actors, choirs and kapa haka groups
welcome the voyagers to the capital. A 1000-strong new haka
for Wellington will be performed, and a full musical score
is being composed by New Zealand music icon Warren
Maxwell.
A Waka Odyssey is supported
by New Zealand Major Events, Wellington Regional
Amenities Fund, New Zealand Community Trust, Creative New
Zealand and NZ Māori
Tourism.
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