The Unconformity Explained

The Unconformity (formerly the Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival) is an arts festival held in Queenstown, Tasmania in Australia.

Held on the West Coast, the festival is a biennial event. Elements of the festival capture a change in the fate of Western Tasmanian communities, where mining ventures and other industries are reduced and population declines, but where the heritage and legacy of the communities remains.

History

The festival commenced in 2010.

2012 event

The 2012 event included events and exhibitions which commemorated the centenary of the North Mount Lyell disaster, with enactments that echoed the events of 1912.[1] [2] [3]

The West Coast Wilderness Railway was involved in the 2012 celebrations, with a re-enactment of transporting victims to the Queenstown cemetery.[4]

Tasmanian artists have utilised old buildings and space in Queenstown for working with their artworks.[5]

The Friday forum at the Queenstown RSL "North Lyell Mine Disaster Forum" included Geoffrey Blainey. The wide range of sponsors for the festival include local businesses such as the historic Empire Hotel.[6]

2014 event

The event was held again in 2014.

2016 event

The festival changed its name to The Unconformity[7] and was held on 14 and 16 October,[8] [9] [10] [11] with a substantial crowd at the opening events.[12] [13]

The grand finale of the festival is a football match on the Queenstown Oval.[14]

2018 event

The second event with the new name was held in October 2018.[15]

2020 and 2021 event

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 event was postponed until 2021. The 2021 event was cancelled the day it was due to start as that day Tasmanias' southern region of 11 LGAs, went into a 3-day lockdown at 6pm. It was triggered when a man with the Delta variant escaped from hotel quarantine and was moving about in the community, before police located him the next day.[16]

2020s

In 2022 the regional director in Queenstown is artist Helena Demczuk.[17]

Artistic director and chief executive Travis Tiddy stepped down from their position in 2024 after 15 years working with the Queenstown Heritage and Art Festival and Unconformity.[18]

Records

Notes and References

  1. News: Bryan . Selina . Mine disaster remembered - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . ABC News . Abc.net.au . 2012-10-12 . 2014-02-04.
  2. News: Bryan . Selina . Queenstown to mark mining disaster centenary - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . ABC News . 18 July 2012 . Abc.net.au . 2014-02-04.
  3. Web site: Marking a mining disaster . TAS . Open.abc.net.au . 2014-02-04.
  4. Web site: Selina Bryan . A steam train re-enacts the funeral procession for miners killed at Queenstown in 1912. - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . Abc.net.au . 2012-10-12 . 2014-02-04.
  5. Web site: Elizabeth Lord . Reflecting on mining town . 12 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130127215950/http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/10/05/363169_style.html . 27 January 2013 .
  6. Web site: Queenstown, Tasmania . The Empire Hotel . 2014-02-04.
  7. Web site: Product.
  8. Web site: Home . theunconformity.com.au.
  9. News: Arts festival drills down to heart of Tasmania's mining west coast. ABC News. 31 August 2016. Lehman. Ros. Gibson. Sallese.
  10. News: Arts festival seeks cooler customer. The Mercury. 12 September 2015.
  11. Web site: Home - Tasmanian Times. 21 August 2015 .
  12. News: Queenstown's the Unconformity arts festival helping reshape mining region. ABC News. 15 October 2016. Howarth. Carla.
  13. Web site: 7AD 98.9FM Devonport - 7AD. 15 October 2016. 18 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018204932/http://www.7ad.com.au/breakfast-with-darren/58340-the-unconformity-queenstown. dead.
  14. http://theunconformity.com.au/events/grand-finale-unconformity-cup/Grand Finale – The Unconformity Cup - Queenstown Crows Football Club
  15. Web site: The Unconformity 2018 | pictures, photos. 20 October 2018.
  16. News: Hobart region enters three-day lockdown after COVID hotel quarantine breach . 15 October 2021 . ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 15 October 2021 . en-AU.
  17. Web site: Watts . Richard . 2022-11-13 . On the move: Latest sector appointments . 2023-01-22 . Arts.
  18. News: Dalton . Stephanie . 29 February 2024 . The Unconformity festival artistic director and chief executive Travis Tiddy calls time . 2 March 2024 . The Mercury.

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