next wave

Wake up and wait for the sun to rise
500 methods for a new beginning
2012 Next Wave Festival Keynote Project

  1. Old friends aren't necessarily good friends. Nostalgia is a cult. Let yourself forget. Let yourself change.
    Martyn Pedler , VIC
  2. Make a new friend and make something together.
    Eva Birch , VIC
  3. Spend your entire paycheck on fireworks.
    Genevievie Craig , Auckland
  4. Ask your grandmother if she had any other lovers aside from your grandfather.
    Isabel Dunstan , VIC
  5. Instead of going to the best new restaurant in town, try the oldest least recognised establishment you can find.
    Brett Steel, TAS
  6. Make a sound in a public space.
    Jared Davis , VIC
  7. Draw a picture instead of taking a photo.
    Conor Clark , Berlin
  8. Listen to Roxette.
    Bree Pickering , NSW
  9. Attend a session of banging erasers.
    Imogen Kerr , London
  10. Know that 'luck' is the meeting of opportunity and preparedness.
    Sanjay Fernandes , Berlin
  11. Move to another country to live for awhile. You will know when it is time to come home.
    New York, Avi Lipski
  12. Replace all mirrors with the finger paintings of children.
    James Dalton, NSW
  13. Live on less.
    Helen Andrews , London
  14. Clean your whole house from top to bottom, do your washing and change your sheets. Reward yourself.
    Telia Nevile , VIC
  15. Read your favourite book. Write another last page.
    Isabel Dunstan , VIC
  16. Copy something.
    Liang Luscombe , VIC
  17. Ask people you meet what their star sign is. Judge accordingly.
    Vinisha Mulani , VIC
  18. Build homes - whether virtually or physically - so people can feel belonged, trust, love and be loved and empathy.
    Ehon Chan , VIC
  19. Make a list of jobs that involve a bed in some capacity.
    Tom Polo , NSW
  20. Collect the mail naked.
    Genevievie Craig , Auckland
  21. Forgive someone.
    Catherine Connolly , NSW
  22. Use a piece of urban architecture as a fun slide.
    Jared Davis , VIC
  23. Let's face reality: buy more RAM.
    James West , New York
  24. Do it again, without words.
    Edwin Kemp Attrill , SA
  25. Meditate when the sun hits your skin.
    Claire Martin , WA
  26. Don't turn over a leaf, turn over a forest.
    Sanjay Fernandes , Berlin
  27. Look back at old work. A) it's not as bad as you thought. B) now you're so much better.
    Martyn Pedler , VIC
  28. Relish - the moment, and the condiment.
    Vinisha Mulani , VIC
  29. Create a 'diary' word file and hide it so no-one can find it when they borrow your computer.
    Eva Birch , VIC
  30. Decide not to return to your job, no need to actively quit, just don't go back.
    Brett Steel , TAS
  31. Howl to the full moon holding some rose quartz.
    Genevievie Craig , Auckland
  32. Insert words into conversation that quite obviously do not mean what you appear to think they mean. Just to keep things interesting.
    Morag Dempsey , VIC
  33. Re-organise your book collection in rainbow colour order.
    Conor Clark , Berlin
  34. Run through a sprinkler.
    Jared Davis , VIC
  35. Write a love letter with invisible ink. Deliver it to your secret crush. If they can read it, kiss.
    Julia Reagan , Brooklyn
  36. Revise recent history or commonly agreed upon facts in a spurious and easily refuted manner in casual conversation.
    Julia Lomas , Auckland
  37. Have beers with friends mid week (madness).
    Jane Fontane , NSW
  38. See the sea. It's coming. It washes. It rips. It desolates. Sand and bones. And silence. Your new beginning.
    Elise Hearst , VIC
  39. Burn some bridges to light the way.
    Sanjay Fernandes , Berlin
  40. Compliment people you admire, freely and frequently.
    Vinisha Mulani , VIC
  41. Think about where you live.
    Liang Luscombe , VIC
  42. Fix it yourself.
    Catherine Connolly , NSW
  43. Dream so large that it makes your heart pound harder a little bit everyday.
    Nerida Lennon , VIC
  44. Get off two stops before your destination and walk the last 10 minutes.
    Cat Harrison , London
  45. Organise a "crafternoon" with 5 friends, create something together.
    Jemma Woolmore , VIC
  46. Throw open the living room windows and let the afternoon light in.
    Cherie Vick , Egypt
  47. Go up to a stranger in the street and ask them to join you for a coffee for ten minutes.
    Brett Steel , TAS
  48. DON'T start anything new - just stop and listen.
    Sally Lewry , VIC
  49. Start a downball tournament in your city square.
    Jared Davis , VIC
  50. Grow your own vegetables.
    Conor Clark , Berlin
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