Science fiction stories routinely depict wars over water rather than oil. Water is going to be one of the killer apps of the twenty first century, and providing it to increasing numbers of people is going to be one of the most important challenges in history.

Described by PIAF as Australia’s first ‘art hack’, participating entrants have 24 hours to create a digitally interactive artwork. Whether an app, website, robotics or a projected presentation, if it’s interactive and it’s art, it will find a place in Hack The Festival.

“Fathers, uncles, schoolteachers and active men in the community need to spend thousands of hours with boys,” Biddulph explains. “Masculinity isn’t something you’re born with or that you suddenly get at 18 or 25. It has to be carefully and intensively taught.”