Entropy Magazine - Issue 1605

ISSUE 1605 . JULY 2008

July 2008

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Alexander Bloom CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Gjoko Muratovski MARKETING MANAGER: Jasha Bowe TEXT CONTRIBUTORS: Lauren Rose (MG); Taylor Matheson (MG); Pippa Salaman (MG); Navneet Vishnay Singh (ML); Mark Ledlush (CE); Danielle Schulz (MG); Aaron MacDonald (MG); Michelle Kavanagh (UniSA) FASHION CONSULTANT: Jelena Vujicic ART PHOTOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTOR: Wend Lear [www.iwish.org] (UniSA) ILLUSTRATION CONTRIBUTOR: Michael Ziersch (CW) COVER PHOTO: Andrew Smart (CW) PRINTED BY: Finsbury Green ENTROPY MAGAZINE IS PRINTED BY A CARBON-NEUTRAL PROCESS USING VEGTABLE BASED INKS ON SUSTAINABLE FOREST FIBER. DISCLAIMER: ENTROPY MAGAZINE RECOGNIZES THAT THERE IS A WIDE AND DIVERSE RANGE OF VIEWPOINTS AND BELIEFS ON RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND MORAL ISSUES. HOWEVER, WE FEEL THAT THE NOTION THAT ANYBODY NEEDS TIPTOE AROUND ALL THESE BELIEFS IN THE HOPE OF NOT OFFENDING ANYONE IS, IN SHORT, RIDICULOUS. THEREFORE, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WARN YOU THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS MAGAZINE MAY OFFEND. READERS DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

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KEVIN RUDD has made some of the most populist decisions in Australian political history: ratifying Kyoto, apolo gizing for the Stolen Generation, rollin g back WorkChoices… and yet, his support – the waves of people who bore him into the Capitol on their shoulders – is rapidly crumbling. Why? Because he is allegedly tryin g to foist his morality upon the Australian public.

First came the alcopop tax. In an effor t to curb youth binge drinking, the price of alcopop drink s – Vodka Cruisers, Lemo n Ruskis and the like – jumped dramatica lly.

Instantly, Facebook was flooded with groups decrying the PM. Reac tionary paranoiacs swore that it would lead to increased drug use in teenagers. Then , the Bill Henson child-exploitation controvers y, as the PM himself publically slammed the photos of a naked preteen girl displayed at a Sydney gallery; this was followed by the most recent cover of Art Monthly, a feder ally-funded art magazine, which ran a cove r featuring a naked six-year-old girl. Edito r Maurice O’Riordan stated that he hope d the cover would restore some dignity to the debate. (How, Maurice? After all the dama ge control the Australian art industry had to do after the Henson controversy, you decide to come along and thrown petro l on the fire.)

Rudd isn’t foisting his morality on us.

He’s trying to curb the decay of socie ty – not the moral decay so much as the actua l decay. Binge drinking is an health issue – visit a hospital emergenc y room on a Saturday night if you don’t believe me.

And the exploitation of children, supposed ly in the name of art? I cannot conceive of a situation in which child exploitation woul d be justifiable. I challenge you to come up with one.

It saddens me to live in a country whic h is so fickle as to hate a leader for no better reason than his trying to curb binge drink ing, and it disturbs me to live amongst people who criticize a leader for takin g a stand against the exploitation of child ren.

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article by lauren rose

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s no restrictions, istic expression see In an age where art ked thirteen year na a of photographs artist Bill Henson’s een the arts a moral divide betw old girl have caused . The Melbourne sts ivi act ht ildren’s rig community and ch rt of his pa as s were displayed artist ’s photograph ry, and were lle Ga ley Ox n sly ey ’s Ro exhibition at Sydn od innocence. the loss of childho intended to reflect

DISMISSING THE PHOTOG RAPHS as child pornograph y, criticizers failed to see that they are needed to understand the totality of the exhibition.

There is a certain morality of truthfulness which puts thes e images into context. They are important pieces of art which powerfully expose the raw fear and uncertainty that com es with the mark of maturit y and awakening of sexu ality.

After NSW police raided the gallery and confiscated Hen son’s works, the decision was made not to pursue indecen cy charges because mat ters to do with art and the law are notoriously difficult to prove.

This decision sparked even mor e debate, with one child’s rights activist saying it was “a great day for pedophiles, a sad day for Australia”. Even Prime Minister Kevin Rudd got in on the action, declaring the pho tos he had not yet seen to be revolting.

The controversy surrounding Henson’s work reflects the wor ld we live in. Yes, it must be a sad day for Australia when the vulnerability of a girl mak ing the difficult transition into womanhood cannot be visu ally recorded without the artis t bein g deemed a pedophile.

Henson’s work is renowned for being before its time, and has alre ady been susceptible to vilification is does not des erve. As National Association for the Visu al Arts (NAVA) executive director Tamara Win ikoff concludes, “we have seen too many cases of artworks being misjudged or suppres sed in their own time and late r recognized as the defining cultural icons of their age”.

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article by taylor matheson

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their acts is oy in defense of edophiles empl re once pa we t s en an m bi gu les ar d The same. Gays an e th s accepted ay w alw no d e ar age-old an s, they say, but nt via de d ion – or te ct er reviled as perv e same-sex attra of society. If th the rs ay be ed em m m so ed en as valu ilia – is okay, th ph ra way. pa e al m xu sa e se any kind of looked upon th ionship will be lat re ld hi t-c ul ad

OF COURSE , the argument ignores the vast difference bet ween a pair of adults who wish to express their love, and an adult who wishes to “exp ress his love” to a child. By the same token, it is one thing for an adult to pose nude for an artis t; it is quite another for a child.

Former Bill Henson child mod el Zahava Elenberg – who pos ed for Henson at age twelve – says that at no point did she feel uncomfortable when wor king with Henson. In fact, he made her feel incredibly safe and calm. But is this not the mod us operandi of the paedophile, to make his prey feel secure in his presence?

Elenberg decries critics of Hen son who brand his work chil d pornography. She states categorically that it is not; rath er, it is artistic and creative. But are art and creativit y mutually exclusive with pornog raphy? There have been artis tic and creative stag films… but they ’re still just that – por n.

Of course, sexual paraphilia has been a central theme of art for all of humanit y’s history.

Roman etchings, Greek statues and Japanese paintings all dep ict pederasty; Yeats and Shakespeare sexualized animals in Leda and the Swa n and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Controversy rages ove r pseudo -religious art (or relig ious pseudo -art), like Andres Serrano’s Piss Christ and Elisa beth Wallin’s Ecce Homo, the Jylla nds -Posten Muhammed cartoons, Rushdie’s Satanic Vers es, and even Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

But all of these artists have bee n reviled at some point by som e people for their works.

Until now, paedophilia was seen as the final taboo – som ethi ng everybody could agree that was fundamentally wro ng. Until now.

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article by jelena vujicic

yves sa nt laurein t

On 1st of June , this year, th e fashion wor has said fare ld well to one of its leading ic the trend-sett ons, ing Yves Sain t Laurent.

, during his childhood, YSL BORN IN ORAN, ALGERIA in 1936 r, rather than playing football. Late preferred making clothes for dolls ion fash a in part took he re emy, whe he applied at the local Art Acad nizers were looking to discover orga the re whe tion peti design com dress ld. YSL designed a black cock tail new talents for the fashion wor and won the first prize. he moved to Paris to attend the In 1954 , when YSL was only 19, or was discovered by the Vogue edit cutting and sewing course, and and ches sket YSL’s of few saw , who of the time – Michel de Brunhoff k. resemblance to Dior’s secret wor g risin surp were they that realized ion fash test grea the of assistant And that is how YSL became the .

Dior – s tme all of rs designe became a chief designer at her After Dior’s death, 2 years later YSL he own fashion house, and in 1962 company. In 1961 YSL founded his his ned ope 1966 In e. nam own er his presented his first collection und his of e nam the also was h whic che, ready–to -wear boutique Rive Gau first perfume. ched fashion for high heels and He was the first designer who laun ts, to put them together), safari jacke trousers (before it was a shocking and t jacke len woo blue shirt and the first to mix jeans with white many years. for men for s dres ble suita make it International Award of the Council Years later, in 1982 he received an and only a year later held an of Fashion Designers of America, of Art in New York , becoming the exhibition in Metropolitan Museum died in 71 years of age. first living designer to do that. He

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article by pippa salaman

axis of good tailoring

the histor y of hatred, it Looking back through worst perpetrators of is clear that some of the king uniforms. Is there loo t bes the re violence wo dressing well? Or and l evi ng a link between bei to going be committing is it a fact that if you’re it’s best to do it in style? ty ani hum t crimes agains

m order in a fascist state. Wearing a swank y unifor POWER AND STATUS is vital in maintaining lower and s victim ns, civilia dating , and of intimi is a way of communicating rank and importance so people don’t realise how bad they are until well dress ies’ ‘badd that is y theor ranks. Another it’s too late.

Nazi Germany’s uniforms showed some fine tailoring; but what do you expect when they were designed and made by Hugo Boss? The dashing SS were a little let down by their leader, though; Hitler’s brownshirt would have been difficult even for the most aesthetically-pleasing man to pull off. Then again, not even wearing exclusive designer threads can compensate for murdering six million Jews. The Imperial Japanese army were well-known for their cruelty, but also had style.

Highlights of the collection included mandarin collars and tassled swords. The officers’ dress uniform was certainly impressive – stunning detail, down to cherry blossom embossed buttons.

Stalin, the greatest mass-murderer in modern history, killed twenty million people (at the very least) through purges and war. Millions more died in terrible conditions under his rule, such as the artificially created Ukrainian famine. Much of this destruction was enforced by minions in well-tailored uniforms, as can be seen in any decent James Bond film. Once again, high collars were a feature. Officers outdid their noncom counterparts as usual, particularly during war time.

The Russian’s WWII ordinary uniforms included a particularly hideous poncho.

Part of the style factor may come from these baddies having cold climate origins. While the Axis of Evil cover up to avoid melanoma, the Nazis and the Reds were able to make use of leather and fur. Nothing says style quite like a beautifully-cut coat. On the other hand, guerrilla soldiers who generally have no set uniform often look pretty good. Maybe it’s the dirt, the ruggedness or the air of rebellion. Often their outfits combine battlefield trophies with whatever they happen to have lying around the camp. But then again, maybe it’s just the badness.

Has the Golden Age of well-presented evil been and gone? Sadly for fashion’s sake it appears so. Look at Mugabe and Bin Laden – lazy eye and bedraggled beard. These leaders and their armies lack even the most basic principles of style. Yet the killings, atrocities and ethnic cleansing continue in many parts of the world. If only all problems could be easily solved with a makeover.

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article by gjoko muratovski

ariel hassan

It is always refreshing to see something more then the ever-annoying wannab e-conceptual video artists that seem to be abs olutely everywhere (with due respect to the few goo d ones in the field). But enough about them‌ let us present you with one refreshingly good artist, by the name of Ariel Hassan .

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ARIEL HASSAN recent ly had an exhibition at the Adelaide’s Greenaway Art Gallery (39 Rundle Street, Kent Tow n) and we were pleasantly surpris ed by the quality of his wo rks . Hassan deals with deconstructiv ism, both in sculpture and pai nting, and although deconstru ctivism as a style is ver y har d to practice as it requires kee n multidimensional und erstanding of the space, his works appear to be done with an ease. The meticulous compositio nal balance of his works , as well as the contrasting choices of col ours and forms has sho wn us that he has mastered the art of deconstructivism in its fine st. He is definitely one to watch for. Well, I guess we can tha nk Paul Greenaway for organising this exhibition, and we hop e to see other high level artists such as Hassan in the futu re. For more informations on Ariel Has san and Greenaway Gal lery, visit: ww w.greenaway.com.au .

July 2008

article by Navneet Vishnay Singh

the iphone

As the iPhone, at time of writing, is just being released onto the Australian market, the media is peppered with puff pieces detailing how cell phones are the new status symbol for the noveau riche.

THIS IS LUDICROUS, of course. Cell phones have always been a status symbol.

In the Eighties, where their moniker of ‘brick’ phones described their weight and dimensions, not just their size. In the Nineties, with the proliferation, and subsequent ubiquity, of affordable phones. Now, in the Noughties, with the advent of the smartphone.

If society’s curmudgeons ridiculed phones for ‘also making calls’ before, they’ll go positively peptic over smartphones. Check email with POP3 clients, browse the web, download and listen to music, balance your checking account, write a short story, read the paper, look up directions on a GPS navigator, display messages via Bluetooth on your rearview mirror – oh, and it also makes calls.

Which brings us back to the aforementioned puff pieces and the iPhone.

According to the Four-and-a-half Estate, the iPhone is vanguard for the legion of smartphones about to hit the market. Clearly, journalism at its finest – BlackBerry already blazed that trail in 2002. Noted social commentator and generally unlikable chap Maddox pointed out that the iPhone had already been surpassed, feature-wise, by Nokia’s E series before Apple’s baby was even released. However, this brings us, in a roundabout way, to the point. Apple’s products have never been about power or features. Dollar for dollar, Apple is outclassed by its competitors in nearly every one of its lines. But that’s not important, because Apple is all about class. Panache. Aesthetic. Style.

Every single one of Apple’s products isn’t just a piece of tech; it’s an piece of modern minimalist art. Clean lines, curved corners and lots and lots of white.

Laptops barely a centimetre thick. Mice that look like bars of soap. GUIs made from LSD and awesome. And now, a phone which is the physical manifestation of cool. Your Mercedes-Benz and your BMWs may be powerful. But damn it if your Rolls-Royce doesn’t just exude class and cool. And that’s Apple – the RollsRoyce of tech.

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article by alexander bloom

italian spiderman

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INTRODUCING the world’s newest, and unlikeliest, superhero: Italian Spiderman.

He’s a high-cholesterol, chain-smoking, macchiato-sip ping uomo del mister, and he’s gaining popularity in the same way an avalanche gains momentum. The long and intricate backstory behind the Italian Spiderman movie s – involving shipwrecks, lost cans of film and millions upon millions of dollars – is just viral marketing; the movies were actually created by a group of Flinders Uni studen ts satirising the 60s Spaghetti B-movie, with Marvel Comic’s Spiderman as the rip-off du jour. But the three minute, no-budget trailer alone has been seen by more people than the entire combined audience of the major contenders at the AFI Award s - five times as many, in fact.

The Internet is causing a renaissance to the movie industry. Never before has the viewer had so much power. Cult high-concept film Snakes On A Plane relied heavily on Internet hype, and much dialogue - including the film’s iconic line - were taken straight from online forums. Massive blockbusters like Clover field relied solely on viral marketing for publicity. Infamous videogame-to -movie schlock director Uwe Boll has agreed - jokingly, perhaps - to stop directing films if an online petition against him reaches a million votes; because of that statement, perhaps, the uptake has surged to over 250,000.

For filmmakers, cameras are easily attainable. Videoediting software is distributed with modern operating systems, with high-end progra ms available as a quick torrent download. Actors are a dime a dozen. But the crowning glory of it all is the phenomenally successful YouTube, which allows budding filmmakers to post their videos to the web and a potential audience of tens of millions, videos which would otherwise be unseen. If you want to check out Italian Spiderman’s exploits, go to www.alrugo.com

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Illustration by michael ziersch

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article by danielle schulz

eighty-thousand trees the ready, more With gumboots on and raincoats at to Kangaroo than 150 UniSA students travelled th. Even the Island to plant 80,000 trees last mon group banded rain could not dampen spirits as the e Aussie nativ with ares hect 20 fill to ther toge g was offered seein sight day’s a n, seedlings. In retur ting. although some chose to continue plan

THE STUDENTS joined with more than 150 other volunteers to make this year’s tree planting season three times bigger than last year and 20 times bigger than the first planting effort in 2004. Planting took place over three days with around 50 students on deck each day. Sunday’s group contributed a whopping 26,000 trees to the total. ts from the work , but there were no complain It might sound like back-breaking e, came on Bridg ay Murr of Kerry-Ann Lienert, team. Applied Languages student, suck , but to g goin was ting “I thought tree plan the trip as a cheap way to see KI. d on raine ing gett from t apar y enjoyed it… it turned out to be really good. I reall really “I ed: agre UK, the from on a visit all the way heaps and heaps.” John Gregory, ul derf won a was it there got I n planting but whe didn’t know what to expect with be to n dow d boile it but re like that befo experience. I’ve never done anything my mates.” all with h laug a of good fun and a bit The camaraderie was widely remarked upon. Project officer Dave Taylor commended the group for their enthusiasm: “The attitude has been fantastic.

They’ve been keen to get in and learn and try something new. And even if they’ve never planted anything in their life, they’ve got stuck into it …We’ve been really happy with that and have appreciated the help,” he said. Mr Taylor has been with the KI Threatened Plant Project since 2002, developing and testing ways to keep many native plants from extinction.

this trip’s a part of the project, but following This the first time UniLife has been ant Joshi Prash t iden s for next year. UniLife Pres success plans are already in the work met been had h rget table experience” whic said the trip was an “unique and unfo ble arka Rem Bay, tseeing highlights included Seal with 100% positive feedback . Sigh island wildlife.

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ARTICLE BY MICHELLE KAVANAGH

uniNEWS

The 2006 Student Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) found that students rated their campus surroundings (shelter, landscaping) and the availability of recreation areas as the foremost infrastructure issues at City West campus. Each was raised by students as an area for improvement.

re rsity has commenced two major infrastructu IN RESPONSE to the findings, the Unive the with SEQ, the in raised ss the issues projects. Each project is designed to addre al and g to improve the availability of both intern aimin s space nt stude new of development campus. external social environments on City West the aim Law Building is scheduled for upgrade, with The rear court yard of the Hindley Street be will area g seatin Each . areas g undercover seatin to provide students with three separate ble availa be will use p lapto l casua for beds. Power established adjacent landscaped garden r bench style seats, and secure undercove park of er numb a will as yard, from the court from ble availa be will ramp s acces ility les. A disab parking for approximately thirty-five bicyc have us camp West City from ty ectivi building conn the rear of the building. Improvements in nt, prese At ay. walkw est east-w main d via the also been planned, with access to be create ber 2008.

Octo in letion comp for uled work s are sched ure’ environments, the recently purchased ‘Rapt With regard to improving internal social rted conve and ished refurb be to Terrace, is night club building, located at 58-60 North from y will be available for casual student use facilit e loung new The e. loung into a student to nts stude le enab to areas g seatin y of casual Monday to Friday, and will provide a variet in use for open be to cted expe is . The lounge study or relax in groups, or as individuals 2009.

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article by Mark Ledlush

good idea bad idea

There’s often only a very fine line between a good idea and a bad idea.

in bed ak fast ser ved to you Good idea: Having bre d be balls ser ved to you in pool Bad idea: Having tennis ping into a swimming jum deep breath before a ing Tak a: ide od ol Go g into a swimming po ep breath after jumpin Bad idea: Taking a de Dental Plan!

Good idea: So Long ces.

Bad idea: Lisa needs bra smell the roses to Good idea: Stopping roses the eat Bad idea: Stopping to a marching band in te flu a Good idea: Playing d no in a marching ban Bad idea: Playing a pia rk stray kittens in the pa Good idea: Feeding bear a y kittens in the park to Bad idea: Feeding stra a mountain Good idea: Climbing mountain lion Bad idea: Climbing a rity Good idea: Give to cha charity to Bad idea: Give semen the scales on a piano Good idea: Playing scales on a fish Bad idea: Playing the ur own auto work Good idea: Doing yo n dental work ow Bad idea: Doing your rning ter eggs on Easter mo Eas Good idea: Finding ng rni mo s ter eggs on Christma Bad idea: Finding Eas g while you work Good idea: Whistlin ile you eat Bad idea: Whistling wh ur dog a bath Good idea: Giving yo g dry-cleaned do r Bad idea: Having you rk s & robbers in the pa cop Good idea: Playing k s & robbers in the ban Bad idea: Playing cop in to make a wish a penny into a founta Good idea: Throwing in to make a wish sin Penny into a founta Bad idea: Throwing cou the circus Good idea: Visiting circus visit you Bad idea: Having the w-skiing in the winter Good idea: Going sno kiing in the summer Bad idea: Going snow-s nd in park Good idea: Meet frie friend in Bad idea: Park meat August 2008 |

ARTICLE BY AARON MACDONALD

OH BROTHER...

Thankfully, after almost a decade, the torture is over. Big Brother is being taken off the air.

OPINION IS DIVIDED as to when the show actual ly jumped the proverbia Some think it was with l shark.

Sara-Marie’s inexplicably pop ular Bum Dance (which released as a single); oth was later ers think it was the whole Camilla turkey slap incide others – the sane people nt.

Still – think that the show jum ped the minute it was con But even the show’s mo ceiv ed. st die-hard fan agrees tha t this year, as the house into a veritable freak-sh wa s turn ed ow, was the final nail in the show’s coffin. Desper increasing flagging ratings ate to , the show’s producers – presumably suffering the from late-stage syphilis mselves – made increasingly unb elie vable introductions into house, including spoiled the brat Corey Delaney, the inflatable Pam Anderson ugly-as-sin midget belly-d and some ancer.

The situation outside the house was deteriorating rapidly, as preser ved-informaldehyde hostess Gre tel Killeen, herself a laughi ng stock because of the metaphors (“Gretaphores bizarre ”) with which she punctu ate d every sentence, was rep

by Jackie O and Kyle San laced dilands – a fat, ugly and talentless radio host and Australia’s most hated ide offi cial ly ntit y.

A lot of people – people who aren’t their mothe r’s brother – can’t compre appeal of giving up sev hend the eral hours of your life to wa tch several hours of som life. Some watch it to be eone else’s entertained; some watch it to be ironic. Cut through justification and the exc the uses, though, and everyo ne watches for a little bit The lowest common den of esc apism. ominator nature of the show ensures that viewe about their own pathet rs felt bet ter ic lives as they sat glued to their television sets wa menagerie of mediocrit tch ing a y rut about like animals.

And at the same time, fan show were wishing it wa s of the s them inside the house; the allure of the 15 minute is hard to resist. Instant s of fame fame, just add water, no experience needed. Fam famous. ous for being The show has been wid ely reviled as “toxic tele vision” since it premiered Despite repeated calls for in 2001. its axing from people from all walks of life (including one point, the Prime Min , at ister and Leader of the Op position as well as severa Premiers), the show has l Sta te doggedly clung to life. But now a great many people going to have to find som are ething else to do in the evening. Perhaps they’ll enjoy their own lives. go out and (Endemol Southern Star is in talks with Channel 7 to revive the show. Perhaps have to suffer the indignity they won’t of living their own lives afte r all –Ed)

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