1. Our video trailer gives a sneak peak of what, where & how you will experience The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge during the 2012 Next Wave Festival!

    We’d like to thank the team who did a fabulous job:

    Director/Producer/DOP: Max Milne www.maxmilne.com
    Editor: Thomas Kinsman www.thomaskinsman.com
    Sound Designer: Adam Hunt

    June 2, 2012
  2. When the City Waves BY ANDY FIELD, Exuent Magazine, 1 June 2012 “in Dan Koop’s The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge I moved gently back and forth across Melbourne’s river, The Yarra, delicately unpicking its influence on the city as a place of fluidity and change; of endings and beginnings.”
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    When the City Waves

    BY ANDY FIELD, Exuent Magazine, 1 June 2012

    “in Dan Koop’s The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge I moved gently back and forth across Melbourne’s river, The Yarra, delicately unpicking its influence on the city as a place of fluidity and change; of endings and beginnings.”

    June 2, 2012
  3. artsHub review by Richard Watts, 25 May 2012 “The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge is a remarkable, life-affirming and engaging work that brings a smile to one’s face many hours after the work itself is over. It is, without doubt, a highlight of the 2012 Next Wave Festival, and comes highly recommended. Rating: 4 stars out of 5”
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    artsHub review by Richard Watts, 25 May 2012

    “The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge is a remarkable, life-affirming and engaging work that brings a smile to one’s face many hours after the work itself is over. It is, without doubt, a highlight of the 2012 Next Wave Festival, and comes highly recommended.

    Rating: 4 stars out of 5”

    May 25, 2012
  4. Next Wave Pegboard, 24 May 2012: Review by Jane Howard AKA No Plain Jane “From a little booth on the Southbank Wharf usually home to river cruises, I took a different kind of tour of the Yarra. For four people at a time, those who explore The Stream/The Boat/The Shore/The Bridge have journeys that are similar and connected, but separate and personal. To talk about it too much is to give away its secrets and surprises, but you might learn some more about the river, how to leave troubles behind, how a city is made, and how to take an unexpected chance on yourself and on others. I left feeling joyed, hopeful, centred and connected.”
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    Next Wave Pegboard, 24 May 2012:

    Review by Jane Howard AKA No Plain Jane

    “From a little booth on the Southbank Wharf usually home to river cruises, I took a different kind of tour of the Yarra. For four people at a time, those who explore The Stream/The Boat/The Shore/The Bridge have journeys that are similar and connected, but separate and personal. To talk about it too much is to give away its secrets and surprises, but you might learn some more about the river, how to leave troubles behind, how a city is made, and how to take an unexpected chance on yourself and on others. I left feeling joyed, hopeful, centred and connected.”

    May 25, 2012
  5. Three Thousand review by Toby Fehily, 20 May 2012 “You’ll show up at Southbank along with three others. Each of you will be sent off to one of four performance sites along the Yarra River to do fun things before moving along to the next point to do more fun things: all sorts of fun things to do with looking, listening, touching, talking, thinking and playing.”
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    Three Thousand review by Toby Fehily, 20 May 2012

    “You’ll show up at Southbank along with three others. Each of you will be sent off to one of four performance sites along the Yarra River to do fun things before moving along to the next point to do more fun things: all sorts of fun things to do with looking, listening, touching, talking, thinking and playing.”

    May 22, 2012
  6. Click HERE to listen to Dan Koop’s radio interview with Richard Watts on RRR’s Smart Arts on Thursday 17 May 2012. The interview also features fellow 2012 Next Wave Festival artists Tiffany Singh (Drums Between The Bells) and Leisel Zink (Fifteen).
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    Click HERE to listen to Dan Koop’s radio interview with Richard Watts on RRR’s Smart Arts on Thursday 17 May 2012. The interview also features fellow 2012 Next Wave Festival artists Tiffany Singh (Drums Between The Bells) and Leisel Zink (Fifteen).

    May 18, 2012
  7. Front Row Seats On The Yarra by Paul Best, The Age, 16 May 2012 “”I’m trying to give a familiar landmark a new perspective,” Koop says, wondering aloud how many of us have crossed our famously murky waterway in an inflatable craft. ”While a lot of Melbourne will cross the river and experience these sites, quite often it’s something you’ll skirt over really quickly. ”By spending time and lingering at these sites, we’re really hoping to expand upon what these things can mean. But also what we’re doing is getting people to linger and spend time with themselves.””
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    Front Row Seats On The Yarra by Paul Best, The Age, 16 May 2012

    “”I’m trying to give a familiar landmark a new perspective,” Koop says, wondering aloud how many of us have crossed our famously murky waterway in an inflatable craft. ”While a lot of Melbourne will cross the river and experience these sites, quite often it’s something you’ll skirt over really quickly.

    ”By spending time and lingering at these sites, we’re really hoping to expand upon what these things can mean. But also what we’re doing is getting people to linger and spend time with themselves.””

    May 16, 2012