The countdown is on: this time next week The Brick Box Ladies will be at SXSW, untrained and on the loose. One of us has been before, two of us are first timers, we are all really excited.

Navigating such a smorgasbord of exciting things to see and do is a challenge in itself so we’ve spent our recent snow days perusing the conference programme. The Cities Summit events look right up our street with talks on everything from reimagining the civic commons to community co-design and co-creating feminist cities. Also, there are ‘recap raps’ courtesy of SaulPaul – a handy musical catch up on what you missed. Genius.

But it’s the SXSW art programme which is really intriguing. Not only will we be sharpening our elbows to get in to see Shamir and the North American premiere of Mac Richter’s ‘Sleep’ concert, an 8-hour snoozey music thing, but the immersive tech-art smash ups looks brilliant. Top of our list is to see A Colossal Wave! by Marshmallow Laser Feast…

Plunge into a sub-aquatic virtual world that reacts to your every action. Sing unique marine “voicefruits” into life. Witness an explosion of colour under VR umbrellas as the giant virtual wave crashes over you. Merging slapstick with immersive technologies, A Colossal Wave! is a mixed reality experience exploring human impact on the natural world. Taking Newton’s third law as its inspiration, A Colossal Wave! serves as a timely reminder that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Singing unique marine voicefruits in to life? WE ARE IN.

Another thing that has really piqued our interest is Floating Destiny by Wan Who. This is an interactive art installation with live performance, where the audience can experience the hybrid melding of ancient and futuristic Chinese culture by changing geometric shapes which correspond to music.

On top of this, we can’t wait to see Ellsworth Kelly’s chapel of coloured light at the Blanton gallery. The late Kelly described the piece as “an experience akin to visiting the Rothko and Matisse chapels, in Houston and Vence, France, respectively.” Oh and then there’s the UNSECO Media Arts Installations, Herve Cohen’s Live Underground, The Notorious Art Collector of Amsterdam’s The Living Museum, the Faces of Austin Community Screening… you get the picture.

We’re also bringing a bit of live art of our own in the form of these SXSW FOMO Fortune Tellers. They’ll help you to avoid the ‘fear of missing out’ by magically guiding you on your way, so if you’re at SXSW do pick one up or Tweet us to find out where you can get one.

And if you ARE at SXSW, give us a shout and let’s do some art crimes together. If you’re not, we’ll report back soon.