WOW at Festival 2018
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PERFORMANCES<br />
Free with day or weekend pass<br />
Turbine Pl<strong>at</strong>form<br />
Friday 11.30am (30 mins)<br />
and S<strong>at</strong>urday 12pm (30 mins)<br />
Songbirds of Childers<br />
Songbirds of Childers involves artists Melinda Wells and<br />
Roz Pappalardo giving regional women a voice through<br />
song comb<strong>at</strong>ing social isol<strong>at</strong>ion, bringing women together<br />
to share their stories and collabor<strong>at</strong>ively write and record<br />
songs. This project was managed by Cre<strong>at</strong>ive Regions and<br />
supported through the Tim Fairfax Family Found<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
The Wall — Powerhouse Plaza<br />
Friday 7.20pm (30 mins) and<br />
S<strong>at</strong>urday 7pm (30 mins)<br />
Ghosts of a Goddess —<br />
Vulcana Women’s Circus<br />
Turbine Pl<strong>at</strong>form<br />
Friday 5.15pm (2 hours)<br />
Knockoff — <strong>WOW</strong> Edition<br />
An exhilar<strong>at</strong>ing vertical performance on the front wall of the<br />
Brisbane Powerhouse <strong>at</strong> dusk, using abseiling and dancing in<br />
harnesses. Wh<strong>at</strong> does it mean to be an icon? Lifted up, looked up to<br />
and imit<strong>at</strong>ed, then pulled and pushed and devoured as they crack<br />
and fall. Be enthralled as the ghosts fly, swing, sail and seduce us.<br />
If there’s one thing Brisbane knows how to do, it’s finish the week<br />
with a bang. For one night <strong>at</strong> <strong>WOW</strong> one of Brisbane’s favourite comedy<br />
events has teamed up with some of the city’s brightest and most<br />
entertaining performers to bring you this special two hour variety<br />
show. This killer all female line up will start your weekend right.<br />
Turbine Pl<strong>at</strong>form<br />
Sunday 12.20pm (40 mins)<br />
Kardajala Kirridarra<br />
The descendants of a mysterious bush woman<br />
from the Northern Territory, these compelling<br />
women are from the communities of Marlinja<br />
and Kulumindini (Elliott) and together with<br />
Melbourne based producer Be<strong>at</strong>rice they form<br />
Kardajala Kirridarra, or ‘Sandhill Women’. Singing<br />
in both Mudburra and English, they tell the story<br />
of the connection between Aboriginal women<br />
and country as a reminder about the importance<br />
of women as cre<strong>at</strong>ors.<br />
Turbine Pl<strong>at</strong>form<br />
Friday 8.30pm<br />
(2 hours)<br />
Up L<strong>at</strong>e — Venus Flytrap<br />
Fe<strong>at</strong>uring a who’s who of Brisbane rap queens:<br />
Miss Blanks, Jesswar, Kaylah Truth, Aywin and<br />
G.Elenil; The Venus Fly Trap is an all femme<br />
hip hop cypher cur<strong>at</strong>ed by visual artist and<br />
DJ, Hannah Brontë. Hannah’s work promotes<br />
First N<strong>at</strong>ion women and sistas of colour being<br />
front and centre and will include a large sitethemed<br />
art install<strong>at</strong>ion to support the femmemilita<br />
crew, whose performance will bring<br />
the sculptures to life. This up-l<strong>at</strong>e show will<br />
celebr<strong>at</strong>e and explore life from very distinct<br />
perspectives of young non-binary, lesbian, trans<br />
and black women reclaiming their space in a<br />
male-domin<strong>at</strong>ed genre th<strong>at</strong> objectifies women.<br />
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