Ep 24: CHANCE-ENCOUNTERS with Kate Berry - a podcast by ALTS Projects

Joining as the first guest of the the relaunch of A Lot To Say is artist and adventurer Kate Berry, the founder of OK Motels, bringing Music, Art and Friendship down the highway to Motels all across regional Victoria.

From Charlton to Geelong and beyond, OK Motels brings locals and out-of-towners together in the most memorable ways, set against a curated backdrop of Australia's best musical acts- Amyl and the Sniffers, Rolling Blackout Coastal Fever, Cash Savage, The Nation Blue to name just a few.

From photographing for Frankie & Smith Journal, to launching blogs, books, records and more - Kate's creative spark is spontaneous and infectious, inspired by the environments she surrounds herself with.

A few points in the chit-chat:

1. OK Motels
2. The charm of small regional towns
3. Combining country & city crowds
4. Post-massive event exhaustion
5. Where the affection for small towns came from
6. Never give away your ideas for nothing'
7. Projects for Food & Family
8. Bringing People Together
9. Upcoming projects on the horizon
10. Favourite curatorial moments

Notes and Links:

• Kate Berry
• OK Motels
• ACMI Accelerator- Foundry 658
• Affordable Repayments
• Amyl & The Sniffers
• Batpiss
• Bendigo Hotel
• Bitch Diesel
• Blake Scott
• Cable Ties
• Callum Preston
• Charlton Motel
• Erica Dunn
• Frankie
• FuckUp Nights
• Heaps Normal
• Lunchlady
• Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
• Tell Your Friends You Love Them
• The Nation Blue
• The Peep Tempel
• The Tote
• Tropical Fuck Storm

Follow Kate on Instagram @hellokateberry

Follow OK Motels on Instagram: @okmotels

Follow Kate online: hellokateberry.com

Follow OK Motels online: okmotels.com.au

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