Hello and howdy!
Welcome to the Fusebox Blog. We’ll be posting frequently leading up to the festival.
What’s new this year?
Lots lots lots! I’ll be posting with new programming developments over the next few weeks. Should have everything finalized by March 7th. But for a quick teaser, we’re implementing a New Music/Creative Music Symposium (called MASSS) as well as a new arts writing component, which is of particular interest here. Here’s the scoop:
We’re inviting a small group of arts writers from around the country to participate in the festival. We were interested in expanding the public discussion as well as re-examining what that means. Essentially, we wanted to create a place for writers to convene, talk and scheme about new approaches to arts writing. New ways of describing work that often defies categorization. They’ll be posting their thoughts/writings here on our blog.
Bigger picture
In a larger sense, we like to think of the festival as a hub. A place for audiences and artists alike to come together and explore ideas together and break rules and talk shop. It’s an idea engine. A place to take risks and play and make discoveries.
Why here? Why Austin?
I think about this a lot. I think about Austin’s relationship with the world and what it is that we have to offer the larger community. This is of course a ridiculously large question, but fun/important to ponder. To me, Austin is a great place to heave ideas into a room and see what happens. I admire that sense of “possibility” that seems woven into the fabric of things here. I also admire the sense of adventure that so many Austinites embrace. Audiences are (generally speaking!) game. They’re up for new experiences. They’re up for it.
So that for me is where it starts…this place that embraces new experiences and possibility.
More soon
