[Imc-aotearoa-ed] Opportunities for young talent - media release

[Chris King]

Hi,

I really like what you guys do - and I thought that this might be of 
interest to you - both for it's media angle, and for the creativity 
aspect.

Any promotion you could do through Indymedia would be great.


Media Release
21 July 2003

Subvert Youth Festival to Create Opportunities for Emerging Creative 
Talent

Subvert – Young, Creative, Ambitious
Youth Media Festival, July – September 2003
www.subvert.net.nz

Upcoming youth media festival ‘Subvert will provide young aspiring 
artists, musicians, filmmakers and designers with the opportunity to 
have their creative work profiled, promoted and exhibited nationwide in 
September 2003.

The aim of Subvert is to get more young people using and developing 
their creative talents with a view to building creative portfolios, 
ultimately launching careers and boosting New Zealand’s growing 
creative industries, Ralph Walker, Project Manager of Subvert says.

“When looking for opportunities to show or publish their work, young 
people often don’t know where to begin, or have the confidence to do 
so,” Ralph Walker says.

“New Zealand is full of really talented creative people, but too many 
of them don’t push to get their work published or exhibited. They just 
don’t think they’re good enough and there’s nobody telling them they’re 
wrong about that.”

Over the next few months, young people will be able to enter work for a 
number of creative projects. The best work submitted for each project 
will be selected and promoted using mass media during the festival 
month of September.

There are ten different creative projects each with a media sponsor and 
a guarantee of nationwide exposure. The projects cover a wide range of 
creative fields from music and film to art and design. Information on 
the different projects and how to get involved is available at 
www.subvert.net.nz.

This makes Subvert a significant opportunity for emerging talent from a 
range of creative fields. The projects also cater for different levels 
of skill and experience, Mr Walker says.

All New Zealanders aged 12 – 25 can enter their creative work for the 
festival.

Subvert has the support of some of New Zealand’s largest and most 
established media organisations. Space TV, Tearaway magazine, The ZM 
network, Stagecoach, Radio New Zealand, Huffer and others have donated 
their valuable media space to profile and promote the young creative 
work.

This exposure is an invaluable and often hard to come by opportunity 
for young people in creative fields.

“It’s really hard when you first start trying to get your work out 
there – and you get stage-fright. But you’ve got to find the 
opportunities – the hardest time is the first time – but it’s really 
important,” Wellington based artist Arlo Edwards says.

By creating opportunities for emerging talent, Subvert also has the 
potential to boost New Zealand’s creative industries.

“Subvert is a brilliant idea because, if we are to prosper as a nation 
through innovation and creativity, then it s vital that we unlock the 
creative energy of our enormously talented young people,” Chairman of 
Creative New Zealand Peter Biggs says.

Subvert is an initiative of Ydub – a sub-brand of the YWCA of Aotearoa 
New Zealand focussed specifically on young people.


ENDS

Contact:

Chris King
Communications Director
(04) 384 6565


Ralph Walker
Project Manager
(04) 384 6566


General information, and details on the 10 different briefs is also 
available at www.subvert.net.nz

The four image files attached are works by four young artists. These 
images are available at a higher resolution for print as downloads at 
<www.subvert.net.nz/media_images>

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CHRIS KING
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

WWW.SUBVERT.NET.NZ
PO BOX 9315
WELLINGTON

PHONE 04 384 6565
FAX 04 384 3301
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