Gideon Obarzanek, co-Artistic Director of Melbourne’s winter arts festival RISING, is in a reflective mood as he explains what he and co-Artistic Director Hannah Fox have learned from previous editions of the festival and what is different about this year’s program.
‘In a city of five million people that’s very, very spread out, having a critical mass and having a walkable footprint is really important for a festival. We didn’t begin with that last year, so now we’ve really reinforced our commitment to that [concept],’ Obarzanek explains.
