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This is Not CARAVAN SLAM

Event Details

Time: October 2, 2011 from 12pm to 1pm
Location: Sunday Zine Fair
Street: NCC King St Carpark
City/Town: Newcastle
Website or Map: https://www.facebook.com/even…
Event Type: performance, slam, tina, caravan slam, festival, out of town, newcastle
Organized By: Jade Oldfield
Latest Activity: Sep 27, 2011

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Event Description

The caravan is heading up to T.I.N.A. Want to come? Get in contact if you'd like to perform, and we'll pay for your return train ticket from Sydney to Newcastle.

T.I.N.A is a well established FREE festival, nurturing independent, emerging and experimental artists and collectives. We're stoked to be able to take part this year.

http://thisisnotart.org/

What better way to spend the long weekend?

"Slam. It’s a fairly violent verb. But when teamed with the flowery noun poetry, it takes on a whole new meaning. The Caravan Poetry Slam brings together around 20 local poets, a panel of judges, and a room full of what they hope to be, “open hearts instead of roses, open minds instead of rotten tomatoes.” Anyone can sign up and sacrifice their three-minute slam to the open space. Each poem will be scored and then the top four poets compete in a finalist round to decide the winner. Interactivity is integral, with other elements of ‘Emergency Art’ integrated into the night in the form of written confessionals and ‘coughed up’ soapbox-style Emergency Slams.

This will be the most fun you’ve had in a mobile travelling unit in a long time."

- Angela Bennetts (Alternative Media Group)

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