Australia: ”South Australia’s arts community is still hoping for a COVID lifeline”

Adelaide musician Motez tells CityMag the State Government’s priorities in its COVID-19 recovery have put South Australia’s arts industry at risk. Two South Australian academics looking at COVID responses for creative industries around the world agree.

Electronic musician Motez, real name Moutaiz Al-Obaidi, meets CityMag two days after he wins three gongs at the state’s premier music industry event, the South Australian Music Awards, in early November.

Whatever hangover he may have incurred at the event has subsided by the day we meet, and instead we find him frustrated at the state of the South Australian arts industry.