BTM Karaoke Party

Basement Theatre

Greys Avenue, 1010, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

F.O.L.A.[AKL]

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A HAVEN FOR LIVE ARTWe created F.O.L.A. [AKL] as a space for Live Art: art by the misfits, punks and menaces of the art world. The subversive, funny, and daring creators who make life brighter.To us, the best Live Art in Aotearoa is being made by artists who live in the most potent of political intersections. It is not surprising then that it is underrepresented in the Western-colonial-capitalist regime within which we live today. But the most accurate picture of living in Aotearoa comes straight through the eyes of these very artists, and we want to share that with the world.F.O.L.A. [AKL] is about building a community of artists and safeguarding their artform, livelihoods, and legacies by creating new models within which they can flourish. Neoliberal and capitalist structures have failed to create space for Live Art and artists in general. F.O.L.A. [AKL] is here to change that. What we need are alternative modes that centre care for artists. So apart from innovative content, the festival is by artists, for artists, led through care and responsiveness, upholding Aotearoa’s most forward-thinking Queer and BIPOC makers.F.O.L.A. [AKL] is also our excuse to throw a big goddamn beautiful party with Tāmaki Makaurau, because we think you’re sexy and it’s just not as much fun without you.- Nisha Madhan & Julia Croft, Co-Artistic Directors