Breakfast Club
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Cross the political divide with Canadian-born artist Deborah Pearson as she navigates the personal, local and global political landscape. Over the course of Next Wave Festival, Deborah observes newly conservative Australia through a series of one-on-one conversations with conservative voters in the form of a co-piloted canoe ride. The project culminates with this special Breakfast Club event examining Australia’s conversation between left and right, and looking to further understand what it means to identify with a country, a group, or a side of the brain.
With your political compasses at the ready, join Deborah, Liberal politician (and canoe rider) Nick McGowan, and sociologist Professor John Carroll.
Start your weekends with big ideas, breakfast by Yoghurt Culture and coffee from Small Batch by donation.
Next Wave Breakfast Club
Kickstart your brain with a dose of stimulation courtesy of Next Wave. Breakfast Club is your morning shot of artistic and intellectual insight. We’re not interested in expert-led formats or a room full of people thinking the same things; we want big opinions, good discussion and personal stories.
Who?
Nick McGowan
Nick McGowan is a member of Liberal Party and a humanitarian. He ran in the 2013 federal election, achieving a 9% swing away from the incumbent and drawing 8.02% toward the Liberal Party in the area of Jagajaga. He lives in Eltham with his wife Allison and their three children.
Deborah Pearson
Deborah Pearson is a live artist and playwright. Her work has toured to four continents and fifteen countries, and has been translated into five languages. She recently published The Future Show with Oberon books. She is the founding co-director of UK artist collective Forest Fringe.
John Carroll
John Carroll is professor of sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne and author of The Existential Jesus.
Breakfast Club
Kickstart your brain with a dose of stimulation courtesy of Next Wave. Breakfast Club is your morning shot of artistic and intellectual insight. We’re not interested in expert-led formats or a room full of people thinking the same things; we want big opinions, good discussion and personal stories.
Light breakfast by Yoghurt Culture and coffee from Small Batch by donation.
More online
Follow #NWbclub to discuss Breakfast Club topics on Twitter (two ‘Live Scribes’ will be tweeting each event); subscribe to the brand new Breakfast Club podcast (via Soundcloud or iTunes) and catch up with blog posts at the Next Wave website.
Where?
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