By MATTHEW VARI
Sunday, May 10, 2015 (Sunday Weekly Magazine, PNG)
A new festival to be called “Muzic, Danis, na Piksa”, or for short (Mus Dan Pik) Festival will, possibly, be added to the nation’s capital festival calendar, starting later this year.
Reliable sources have touted the first of it kind festival targeted at the contemporary arts of music, dance, and films to coincide with the World Indigenous Day on the 9th of August, celebrating Papua New Guinea art and culture.
With Port Moresby only hosting two festivals consistent annual festivals in the Hiri Moale Festival and the Independence Festivities, the Mus Dan Pik will sure add more flavor to liven up the city’s festivities calendar.
It will be aimed at providing a platform also at an industrial point of view to market local contemporary arts, with discussions now underway to include the city authority and corporate sponsorship.
According to one official within the cultural authority circles who labeled the need to market PNG artists in the genres mentioned… “in NCD more looking at promoting contemporary art at the same time grabbing artists into the creative industry, because when you talk about creative industry there is not actually anyone doing it,” he said.
“There is no place for it- so the Muse Dan Pik festival is hoped to be a platform for all the artists to gather for one purpose.”
Big name established artists will perform and will have the avenue to sell their merchandise. For New upcoming bands, the festival will try to drive more live performances than the new trend of computerized musical performances.
“We will also run a competition for this to discover new young talent through the organizers,” the official said.
He added that the festival was previously aimed as a preview event for the South Pacific Games, but due to funding constraints the idea was dropped.
Most of the time festivals have been hosted to drive culture, it is about time we industrialize the arts.
It will also feature local film productions, feature films, and also encourage two short film segments.
Anticipated to run for two days- the biggest factor, as in all things in life, is the confirmation and availability of fund.
One planned segment that is sure to turn a lot of heads, is a competition tailored for your average mobile video camera to your camcorder. That is a short film competition for entries that will center on the much controversial title of “Betelnut and the City”.
Entries will be encouraged to come up with anything for a 2 minute clip on how betelnut and the city for the various views on those in the city. There will be some for, and those against.
“We will have the winning entry televised, just to use your phones or basic videos to promote film making in the country,” the official added.
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