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All-round fun in the square Footscray’s Maddern Square will light up this Friday night with vivid projections, roving performers and the launch of a street art project by French artist Aline Brugel that’s truly one out of the box. Brugel says her Australian premiere paste-up project, Corps in Situ in Footscray, features life-size images of Footscray people in boxes, placed in surprising locations. “The project started with a walk around Footscray, trying to get to know the city better, working and playing with the colour blue,” the artist says. Fifteen sites have been selected and they will tie in with the colour-blue theme of Victoria University’s ‘Bluscray’ centenary celebrations. Friday night’s celebrations are being held as part of the ongoing West Projections Festival. The entertainment, from 6-9pm, will also feature DJ and VJ entertainment, food trucks and a bar hosted by Two Birds Brewing. Benjamin Millar ALINE BRUGEL
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Footscray Community Arts Centre chief executive Jade Lillie, a member of the executive of the Arts West alliance, said Arts West had been working on an alternative model to Big West. “It’s unclear as to whether we will be able to realise this possibility, but we are certainly interested in ensuring that resources are available for artists and communities in and across Melbourne’s west.” Save Big West members Merophie Carr and Hoang Nguyen cautiously welcomed the council’s commitment. Ms Carr said it showed goodwill on the
part of the council, while Mr Nguyen said moving to get an arts-based festival must happen sooner than later. “Actions speak louder than words,” he added. Among almost 20 events allocated more than $300,000 in total, the council included triennial funding of $60,000 a year for the East Meets West Lunar New Year Festival and $13,000 for the Quan Minh Tet Festival. Further festival funding includes $27,000 for the Yarraville Festival, $25,000 for Wominjeka, $19,000 for the Seddon Festival, and $17,000 for Carols in the Gardens.
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A new arts-based festival could replace the scuppered Big West after Maribyrnong council set aside up to $85,000 to support a new event. A motion put to last week’s council meeting by councillor Grant Miles suggested the council provide the full $85,000 that had been due to go to Big West before its sudden demise, rather than the $45,000 initially proposed. The motion was carried unanimously. Cr Miles said he had “never seen a more bizarre episode” than the decision by the Big West Festival board to retire the organisation
and festival. “The attempted destruction of a healthy, vibrant festival just perplexes me,” he said. Cr Miles said investment by the council was essential if it was serious about its Festival City tag. Cr Nam Quach said Maribyrnong could not call itself a festival city unless it was prepared to “walk the walk” and “put our money where our mouth is”. Cr Sarah Carter said the local artistic community had “really made their voices heard and we have listened”. Cr Michael Clarke said there was “a level of madness here” that defied belief. 1219971-HM10-16
By Benjamin Millar