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City of Sydney oral history collection, 1982 - ongoing

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Oral History - Wesley Enoch, 2024

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Unique IDOH-000486SeriesCity of Sydney oral history collection, 1982 - ongoingInterviewerMartin PortusProject nameSydney Festival DirectorsThemeArt and CultureDate of interview12th June 2024Date qualifierexactFormatAudio - DigitalSummary of interviewWesley Enoch shares the artistic desire to work on a larger entrepreneurial and arts-supportive canvas, notably for Indigenous artists, which drove his application to run Sydney Festival, noting also the productions he directed for earlier festivals; and the need to make an impact and build new collaborations from his first festival 2017. He describes his expansion of arts activity and showground novelty in the Festival Village at Hyde Park; trying to reinvent Ferrython, his final withdrawal from the big expense of free Concerts in the Domain, and from the start his development of language learning classes and events, and an Indigenous Vigil and Procession at Barangaroo on the controversial eve of Australia Day, plus the unprecedented number of works big and small which his festivals commissioned and supported in touring, without the common festival concern to keep works exclusive to a city. LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNoBorn digital itemYes

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Wesley Enoch, 2024. Photograph by Cassandra Hannagan

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SurnameEnochGiven namesWesley

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SoundStereoDuration (hr:min:sec)02:09:24

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Subject tagsSydney FestivalPublic access statusOpen to public access

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CollectionArt and CultureFirst Nations Oral Histories

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Oral History - Wesley Enoch, 2024