The Government have announced that 14 projects will share in $1.14 million made available through the International Cultural Diplomacy Arts Fund.

Electric Fields courtesy of Morgan Sette.
Electric Fields courtesy of Morgan Sette.

The Australian Government is helping local talent get off the ground and engage with global audiences through the International Cultural Diplomacy Fund (ICDAF).

Amongst the recipients is talented duo Electric Fields, who are set to represent Australia at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden with their song One Milkali (One Blood). The first duo to represent Australia at the competition, their music merges First Nations culture with soulful dance pop electronica. Electric Fields’ participation in Eurovision is being supported with a $50,000 grant from the Government.

Other projects to receive funding include:

  • Red Room Poetry will receive $98,831 to support participation of Australian poets in the international Contains Strong Language festival 2024 in Sydney, in partnership with the ABC and BBC.
  • Agency Projects will receive $60,400 to support First Nations and Pacific artists and curators to lead events at the TATE Modern in 2024 and 2025.
  • Adelaide Festival Corporation will receive $90,000 to support Adelaide Writers Week events at the Hay Literary Festival in Wales.
  • Gravity and Other Myths will receive $115,000 to support performances of The Pulse at festivals in Germany and France.
  • Running Water Community Press will receive $12,650 to support the translation of First Nations poetry into French sign language as part of a major project by French publishing house, Actes Sud.
  • PHOTO Australia will receive $148,120 to support Australian photographers to exhibit internationally.
  • Seven key performance projects that include commissions by First Nations artists and significant inbound and outbound engagement in the Asia Pacific region will share in $569,779 for the development of collaborative performances at Art Centre Melbourne’s Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts (Asia TOPA) in 2025.

The Fund helps reinforce Australia’s creative connections across the world, providing opportunities for Australian stories to connect with different audiences.