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Today on Various Artists, We go over our wonderful WOMAD weekend! We have a little audio documentary capturing the sounds, sights, tastes and people of WOMAD 2023, featuring the wonderful Joe Wickins from The Thrift Store and every other corner of bFM.
Frances talks to Professor Hinke Osinga from the University of Auckland about how mathematical chaos and weather systems translate into art and craft.
Liam also had a kōrero with the team at 4phase Games, a dev studio based in taranaki working on their first Māori futurist console title implementing Te Ao Māori, Te Reo, and more!
We also have an interview with MEUTE where we talk about marching bands, techno, sunglasses, and jokes about dogs that get lost in translation.
On Friday last week, myself (Frances), Joe and Liam jumped in the car and drove down the West Coast to WOMAD.
WOMAD is an international arts festival. The central aim of WOMAD is to celebrate the world's many forms of music, arts and dance. This year saw a line up with the likes of Youssu N’Dor, Avantdale Bowling Club, Sampa the Great and a whole bunch more.
There was also a range of food, market stalls, and workshops. Interviews were taking place with writers, vendors were selling salt grinders, and local chefs came together to sell food from Venezuelan Arepas to Hungarian Langos.
After pitching some tents in the mud, we grabbed our mics and headed out to enjoy the festival and talk to the people of WOMAD.
Another group present at WOMAD this year was the team behind 4Phase games, who were speaking as a part of the OMV Steam Lab.
4Phase games are a new Ngāmotu/New Plymouth based game development team working on their very first title; a Maori futurist action adventure RPG to be released on consoles.
The mahi 4Phase games are doing is so awesome and fresh in the Aotearoa gaming sphere, so Liam had a chat with them over the weekend to learn more about their team and the game they’re developing.