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INTRODUCING PHOTOGRAPHY â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photographs are amazing. Through photographs, we preserve history our child's first steps, a decaying landscape, or rare and endangered animals. We use photographs to recall the first steps on the moon, the inauguration of a new president, the lifting of a flag on a far-away hill during war. Mothers laboriously decorate large scrapbooks just to protect their precious memories. Photographs evoke the essence of places we have not been, we perhaps will not return to, and should never forget.â&#x20AC;? Photography is the ability to capture and seize still life imagery of everything around us. It connects us with people and allows us to explore the world in which we live. If you have a growing passion for photography and a willingness to learn, here are some things you can do to get started and on the road to taking that photo your proud to say is yours.

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1. Vision the scene- Using both your hands

joining index finger to thumb, create a rectangular shape to vision your shot. This will help you develop potential shots without using the camera and block out any distractions. Imagine you have a camera placed inside your head and click away with your eyelids. Go out and explore with this in mind and pretend to take photos like you have a camera. This is another way to develop your skills of imagining potential photos. Get inspired!- Develop a base of photographers you are inspired by, consider their photos and how you could potentially make them better through different angles or perspectives, determine what has been effective and why you like them. Start by taking photos on your mobile phone exploring a theme or certain issue. The aim of this is to try and capture the most professional looking Once your ready to go, start image possible. snapping. No matter what camera you use expensive or something cheap you found at a garage sale thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always something to learn. Start by compiling your images in a scrapbook or give your images a professional edge by starting your own photo sharing website.

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THE LOMOGRAPHIC LIFESTYLE IS FOR EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR SKILLS OR EXPERIENCE WITH A CAMERA

ITS ABOUT BEING CREATIVE & EXPERIMENTAL WITH FILM PHOTOGRAPHY, ITS ABOUT EMBRACING THE DEFECTS IN YOUR IMAGES, ITS ABOUT PREPARING YOURSELF FOR THE UNKNOWN, ITS ABOUT WAKING YOUR THIRST FOR ADVENTURE, WITH THE PROMISE OF AN ENTIRELY NEW PERSPECTIVE, ITS A CRAZY & COLOURFUL WAY FOR YOUTH TO DEFINE THEMSELVES & THEIR SURROUNDINGS, ITS

CHECK OUT THESE FUN LOMOGRAPHY CAMERAS THAT ARE SURE TO BRING OUT THE CREATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL BEING FROM WITHIN YOU. EACH PACKED WITH THEIR OWN UNIQUE FEATURES, BE READY FOR THE ADVENTURE, PROMISED TO CREATE AN ENTIRELY NEW PERSPECTIVE OF HOW WE SEE THE WORLD AROUND US.

Dating back to the early 1960s this fun ‘toy’ camera captures the soft and dreamy effects of every moment in time through a click of the shutter. Once printed, the results are unique and unpredictable- letting you tell the story. The evolution of the Diana Camera emerged from the 1960s by Hong Kongs, The Great Wall Plastics factory. Produced entirely out of plastic for approximately a dollar it initially was a complete failure. However, shortly after photographers were intrigued and inspired by the cameras character to produce photos of such uniqueness and an unpredictable nature through a range of effects such as an overlay of images, high contrasts and dreamy, blurred photos. In 2007, the Diana F+ camera was produced by duplicating the unique effects fashioned by the original Diana camera creating the genuine feel of the 1970s.

Created in 1982 Hong Kong, just like the Diana F+ the Holga was named after the word “ho gwong” meaning ‘very bright’. It initially was a camera produced with little cost and mass marketed for the working class Chinese citizens giving them the opportunity to capture family members, portraits and events. However, with admiration and great success the Holga became increasingly popular and “Ironically, as technology emerges and camera designs are becoming more technical, automatic, and sophisticated, Holga’s low-tech appeal grows stronger and stronger.” “While designers around the world are racking their brains to create increasingly more advanced and complex cameras; the Holga will continue to grow as a steadfast counterculture item, taking away the complications of technology and simplifying the equation to four critical elements - your eye, the lens, the film, and your subject.”

It all began on Sunny St, Petersburg in 1982, when two gentleman examined an existing camera called the Casina CX-1 and believed they could create an improved copy that would be mass produced for the Soviet peoples casual snap shooting pleasure. So, the Lomo LC-A which stands for Lomo Kompakt Automat was created- a neat compact camera that is said to have ‘revolutionised snapshot photography.’ Its stunning Minitar 1 lens produces photos of vibrancy, radiant and bold colour, high contrast, over saturated images not to mention the stunning vignettes, that similar to the original. It also comes with new features such as the multiple exposure switch, enhanced ASA settings and a cable- release enabled button for long time exposures.

In 2005, Lomography introduced the original MY Fisheye camera and almost over night it CY became the best selling Lomographic plastic camera favourites. CMY The fisheye takes extremely wide, hemispherical images, first developed for K study in meteorology however, speedily became admired in the general use of photography for its unique and distorted appearance. It was one of the first compact cameras with a wide-angle lens on the market around the world. Said to be another toy camera, it is a good and cheap way to know if you really are in need to a wide angled lense camera.

The History of 360 Photography started back in 1787 when Robert Barker ‘coined’ the term panorama in which he presented 360 degree images of the city of London making an absolute fortune. It wasn’t until the 1980s that panoramic cameras were available for sale on the market. They produced fantastic results however, weren’t sold for under $1000 US dollars at the time. The new lomography Spinner 360 is a new way of seeing our surroundings- this camera captures entire 360 degree panoramas with a pull of a cord- rotating the camera on its handle.

This ‘eight eyed art machine’ is a cool addition to your camera bag. This multi lense camera, is a unique way of creating art in 8 little shots. The camera gives the photographer two to three seconds to capture any moving subject matter. The lense is split up into 8 frames capturing every moment in time- well for those few split seconds. This camera is definitely not for the perfectionist - it’s for the experimental crowd.

“Constructed with only cardboard, glue and two rubber bands this camera takes you way back to the basics when photoshop wasn’t used for editing and pixels were no longer a problem.” This little do it yourself cameras is ready to show you ‘how beautiful and simple photography can be.’ The Pinhole camera has no lens and acts as a ‘centre of projection’ inverting the light rays without re-organizing them. The small aperture is used as an alternative in which its function is to project exterior light onto sensitive film or paper. Its not convenient, but its not meant to be instead its spontaneous and crazy.

Coming in a glossy white or plain black, the Colorsplash camera will transform your world into a gorgeous and bold riot of color. Some serious experimentation can be done with its patented colourwheel system, putting several tinted flash filters at your finger tips -with 9 different colours to choose from there are endless fun opportunities. Still having the properties of a standard wide-angle camera lens, you can use the integrated flash colourwheel by rotating the filter over the flash so any subject matter can be manipulated. Your creativity, the colour, flash and exposure time are all fundamental elements in allowing you to go crazy and explore so many techniques and possibilities, there impossible to list.

Alfred Klomp was just an ordinary 17 year old interested in photography, stumbling across the Diana camera briefly featured in a German Photo Magazine (das Foto MAGAZINE, February 1999 issue). With luck, when visiting a junk shop he found a brand new Diana camera priced at just two dollars. However, the shop owner gave the camera to him for only one dollar, bewildered as to why he was buying it. Now reflecting on his first article he posted on the Internet back in mid- 1999 he believes it captures the essence and excitement of owning what was rare and unavailable at the time.

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Generally around $95 or $250 for the Deluxe Set -Diana Vignettes Hardcover photobook -Splitzer -Multiple Exposure Tools -Universal Viewfinder -Fisheye Viewfinder -Viewfinder adapter -20mm fisheye lens -38mm superwide lens -55mm wide angle lens & close up -110mm telephoto lens -Cable release

$220 The Lomography 360 Spinner was originally inspired by a futuristic camera in the 1980s. You would have needed a sturdy tripod and alot of money to fund the machine. No need to worry because Lomography have now introduced the Spinner which is currently on the market, available for everyone to become creative and experimental.

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Take your camera everywhere you go Use it at any time- day and night Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it Try the shot from the hip Approach the object of your lomographic desire as close as possible Dont think Be fast You dont have to know before hand what you captured on film Aftwards either Dont worry about any rules

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South Australian photographer, Narelle Autio captures vibrant images of Australian coastal life which have won her impressive national and international acclaim. Her vivid images have captured the hearts and imagination of viewers with the ability to speak to so many people about their own experience of being coastal dwellers. The play of colour and light in her photographs gives them a magic and painterly quality that transcends the usual depictions of the beach. Narelle Autioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s images give back to the coastline, the complexity, drama and beauty that has been eroded by postcards and clichĂŠs.

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It seems I have always been a collector. Anything. Things that I admire, am fascinated by or things that make me smile. A lot of the time it might be a keepsake, a helpful reminder of a place or time I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to forget. The physical touch of a curiously dried out leaf can take me where I found it in an it in an instant. As do my photographs. When I am not collecting things, I collect photographs. They are the

memories I would like to retain. For whatever reason they are the moments I need, nor want to forget. They help me remember what is

important to me. The Summer of Us started in early 2007 when Trent and I moved our family to a beachside home in Adelaide. The beach and the water have

always been a huge part of my life and I am forever drawn to it. Somehow being by the sea helps with whatever emotional or physical need I have at the time. Now with two young boys by my side it was all about

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discovering. The more we looked the more treasures turned up. Strange sea-strewn items, lost or forgotten their history unknown I was intrigued by the unknown reasons of how they might have got there, the stories they might tell if they could. The weird similarities in form and shape, the strange and curious stories that unfold when certain items are grouped together, the items that are the same but different and those man made symbols that are weirdly familiar to the ocean creatures that wash ashore. The beach and the ocean are so many different things to so many different people, for reasons epic and never ending. This work became a document of what

Reef Oil, 2009 from The Summer of Us Pigment print 50 x 40cm, edition of 8 + 2 AP

we as people and the ocean have left behind over those long summer days.

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Coke can 2009 from The Summer of Us Pigment print 40 x 32cm, edition of 8 + 2 AP

Red Head matches, 2009 from The Summer of Us Pigment print 25 x 20cm, edition of 8 + 2 AP

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Soccer ball, 2009

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Sardine can, 2009 from The Summer of Us Pigment print 40 x 32cm, edition of 8 + 2 AP

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Mask, 2009 from The Summer of Us Pigment print 40 x 50cm, edition of 8 + 2 AP

Pink Thong, 2009 from The Summer of Us Pigment print 50 x 40cm, edition of 8 + 2 AP

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“Arriving back in Australia proved to be an awakening for me. It is true what they say: you don’t miss what you have until you lose it. I realised there was so much here to photograph. Things I have grown up with, that I knew about and loved: all things I had taken for granted. The only inspiration I needed was this country and the ability to see it with new eyes.”

Her passion for photography and love for Australia is a result of Narelle Autio’s two year journey in the creation of her series Watercolours in 2004. “They elegantly captured the complexity, beauty and drama of Australians’ relationship with the water”

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Splash, 2004 from Watercolours Type C print The Climb, 2004 from Watercolours Type C print Black Marlin, 2004

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Tumbling Waters, 2003

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Blueman, 2001 from Watercolours Type C print

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Flood, 2004

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Bombing, 2004 from Watercolours Type C print

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Dark Days, 2001

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In the winter of 2002, I began documenting the lives and emotions of family farmers living in the Forez region, one of Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best-kept secrets. I have always had a deep affection for this land in which I was born and lived until the age of 16- A region where agriculture and cattle ranching have forged peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cultural identity and nourished their imagination for over a century.

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Over the past six years, I travelled to the lesser-known parts of this vast domain, where I felt inspired by the silence I found and moved by the facts and charisma of the people I encountered. The more I saw, the more I wanted to immerse myself in their lives and reveal the hidden feelings of their nature. With time and through a gradual process of building trust, they accepted my curious eye and allowed me to photograph their daily existence. My hope is to present a personal and poetic vision of lives filled with great strength, wisdom, longing and love. I wish to go beyond documenting the authenticity of their existence and labour-intensive lives, to present a deeper, more intimate portrait. I love these people for what they are and not for what they say. This project is a meditation on life and death and the silence and solitude that seem ever-present in our lives.

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Have a huge pile of magazines you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t read anymore, that just sits there? Here are some ways you can recycle, reuse or donate these magazines to do something good for yourself, the community and the environment.

. Non-cost gift wrap- Bright and vibrant coloured images and text can make a great gift wrap giving the present a unique and new look. Make sure to finish it off with some ribbon or a nice bow.

2. Line Drawers- Sturdy and thick pages can make great line drawers 3. Donate magazines to waiting rooms- These magazines could become very useful for both doctors surgeries and beauty

salon waiting rooms- keeping customers/ patients entertained while they wait.

. Pass them on- Friends and family may be interested in reading your magazines after you so why not pass them on.

. Moving somewhere? - Magazines can make great wrapping material for glass items if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re packing up and moving out.

6. DIY- Feeling creative? Well why not use your magazines to create bowls, picture frames, boxes etc by rolling each page into a coil.

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TAFE NSW is one of Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading vocational education and training service, providing more than 500,000 students each year with a wide range of courses to study. You can be sure to find something at TAFE NSW you would like to peruse as there are over 130 metropolitan and regional campuses grouped by geographical area into 10 institutes. These institutes include: -Hunter -Illawarra -New England -North Coast -Northern Sydney -Riverina -South Western Sydney -Sydney -Western -Western Sydney There are over 30 photography courses offered at TAFE NSW and more information can be found on the website, www.tafensw.edu.au by typing photography into the search engine. These courses cover both digital and film photography tailored to almost anyone providing Beginner, Basic, Experimental, Introduction 54 . and Advanced classes.

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TIMES: Tuesday-Saturday 11-6pm ADMISSION: Free ABOUT:

Established in 1991 from warehouse to gallery, the Stills Gallery focuses on contemporary photography and multimedia art through both emerging and upcoming artists. The gallery runs on an annual program, which exhibits 9 different showcases throughout the year. They also organize artist’s talks in relation to the exhibited works and discussion of their art making practices.

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The Australian Centre for Photography is a national centre for the presentation and create learning of photo-based practice. It has been operating for over 35 years and is known as the longest running contemporary art space in Australia. Established in 1973, photographers at the time were able to exhibit their works and learn about practices in their specific fields. Now, the Australian Centre for photography has opened its doors to mainstream figures, allowing them to showcase and promote their work, which often leads to their national recognition. LOCATION:

257 Oxford St, Paddington 2021

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Tuesday-Friday 12-7pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am-6pm Workshop hours: Monday-Sunday 10am-6pm

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Bus routes 333,380, L82 and 378 from the city or visit www.sydneybuses.info

ACP Membership:

Become a member at ACP and be open to a wide range of benefits which includes access to ACP courses and facilities, 10% discounts on catalogues and publications, free use of the ACP library, regular updates on exhibitions, courses and events, discounts on photographic stores and labs. It is $50 in total and lasts one year. Create Learning: Since 1976 the ACP have offered community workshops and public access to digital imaging facilities, darkrooms and film processing. This still continues today with over 100 part time courses on over such as Basic camera skills to specialist classes such as portraiture, fashion and many more. For information on the courses available go to www.acp.org.au/workshop

Gold Coast artist and two time Archibald Prize finalist Abbey McCulloch paints expressive representations of the female through the vibrant, quirky and bold use of colour. Through her artworks she

‘seems to be asking questions, exploring the seductive nature of beauty, glamour and the gaze. Its no surprise glossy fashion magazines play a role in her practice.” (Bazaar article)

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Her inspiration comes from observing and watching females in society whether it be at shopping centers, cafes or bars. Whilst carrying around a camera she documents the women’s vulnerability and awkwardness in a variety of social situations. “I look for awkward locations such as shopping malls and cafes, places where people reveal their vulnerabilities. These places make for great psychological landscapes where people thrust into situations, where judgments are being made, where they are manufacturing roles and putting up defences.” 59 .

New Portraits (2009) is a series of works that depicts the faces of Abbey McCulloch's friends and family. Her initial focus of women in her previous artworks shifted as in this series she devoted her attention and started to investigate relationships. Finding inspiration for this series involved reading and flicking through women’s magazines from the late 90s. The artwork Sally in the series is a portrait of Abbeys closest childhood friends. “She’s this fearlessness character. I wasn’t the least bit confident when we met at high school, but she was this bold part of my life, She convinced me to pursue drama class and I was in awe of her self confidence because I didn’t have any. Still, there’s vulnerability in her portrait that’s just as important to her character.”

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Cabin Fever (2010) is Abbey

McCulloch's most recent series of artworks that focuses on the glamour and allure of the 50s and 60s, depicting female flight attendants. Her artworks use bold and striking gelato colours, which highlights the recurring theme and medium of parrots and masks used to depict the idea of escapism, exoticism and claustrophobia. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I love thinking about the lives of flight attendants, particularly those women that I recall as a child. It was pure exotica. They were a rare and exclusive species and they personified adventure and allure..Flight attendants seemed foreign and perhaps more so than any destination could be and when I think back, they provided a curious and compelling landscape.â&#x20AC;?

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INTERVIEW: What triggered this interest in air hostesses? I have always been fascinated by them, they are there to serve and yet compel.

How would you describe this amazing colour palette that you've rocked this show with? It's about suggested exoticism, I think the muted colours remind me of faded travel posters and airline desserts.

Is this a special kind of femininity? Certainly it's a caricature, a sort of refined sense of assuredness meshed with a freakishly competent air of sophistication and poise. It's really about the golden era of air travel, from the 50's until the early 80's I guess.

How much do you love paint? I adore it, I hate being away from it, it's the only way that I like to communicate, I even love painting walls, I have painted my whole house. It's probably an issue that I have with concealing things.

Air hostess or flight attendant? I prefer air hostess, it's more glamourous.

Where would you like to fly today? Tahiti or Bora Bora.

What's your favourite air hostess uniform? Gosh, I quite like the emirates ladies, love anything with red and over the top hats!

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love painting. I love the things that motivate me to paint- time, coffee, magazines, the smell of gum, turps and linseed oil, music the phone off the hook and the front gate locked.â&#x20AC;?

How have you imbued these works with nostalgia? I think its the colour, I've also introduced some hair silhouettes and shapes that reflect another time, in some cases, planet. The birds are great too. Why have these appeared? I love the freedom that they represent and there is also the irony that many of them are kept in sad confines to symbolise it. The title of the show implies a kind of craziness or sickness. What is your take on this? It's just about feeling trapped that's all.

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Ben Quilty was born in 1973 having grown up in a culture that consisted of beer, barbeques and fast cars, situated in North- Western Sydney, Kenthurst. kenthurst | a small Sydney suburb that lies between Dural and Kellyville, 39 kilometres northwest of Sydney’s CBD. His technique is that of lathering acrylic paint thickly on the canvas using a variety of tools such as cake decorating tools in an ‘almost violent’ approach. This allows his thoughts and images to be applied to the canvas in a quick manner. In order for Quilty to put the marks in the ‘right spot’ in many of his artworks he would sketch the composition using an aerosol can. The lines he creates using the paint is the basis and outline of where the paint will end up on the canvas.

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Ben Quilty's 1972 Holden LJ Torana was the main influence and subject matter that established his recognition on the Australian art stage, producing highly stylistic and thickly layered paintings. ‘The speed of his Torana meets its match in Quilty's application of oil paint.’ He says, Not only was his own car an inspiration to his series Torana Means to Fly but an incident that occurred when he was only 17 years of age, where both his parents and his brother were involved in a car accident. It was from here on that the car was a symbol and metaphor in his artworks of mateship, mortality and masculinity. “It was one of those kinds of cars that reeked of rebellion. It was loud and furious and not part of the culture of Paddington.”

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From this series Ben Quilty has produced a range of successful artworks in subject matters ranging from skulls, to budgies and portraits.

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Ben Quilty recently won the 2011 Archibald price with his large-scale portrait of Margaret Olley in a hat, and with her characteristic raised eyebrow. Inspired to paint Margaret Olley regarding her as one of society's elders with vigorous opinions, he stated, "You don't walk away from meeting someone like Margaret often, someone who has such an incredibly left-of-centre view of the world.â&#x20AC;? Getting oil to canvas proved more difficult than he first anticipated.When Quilty first asked Olley to sit for him she said no. Olley told reporters she had turned down Quilty's request to sit for him for years. "I kept on saying no and I said until you get over this thing you have with death, you must start celebrating life,'' the frail 88-year-old said. "I'm proud for him.'' C

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EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE kame | seed and flowers of the pencil yam plant. ABORIGINAL ART The main role of Aboriginal art is to convey dreamtime stories associated with ones spiritual and cultural connection to the land. It is a way of keeping alive the stories and traditions of Aboriginal peoples, passed down from generation to generation as a continuation of their spiritual link to the country through a visual means of communication. Emily Kame Kngwarreye is a highly regarded Aboriginal Artist born in Alhalkere home of the Utopian community- 230kms northeast of Alice Springs. utopia | eastern desert community traditional land of the Anmatyerre and Alyawarre people established as a pastoral settlement for the cattle industry providing job prospects to the aboriginal community. In earlier years, she painted using the ochres on bodies for traditional purposes. She followed the Aboriginal art movement which began on Utopia and introduced women to Baktik dyes on fabric and clothing. It wasn’t until 1978, Emily Kame Kngwarreye joined the Utopia women’s group, which widened her artistic skills and use of media. Just 11 years later in 1989 a project led by Rodney Gooch at Utopia introduced her to the medium of working with acrylic on canvas – a new form and artistic approach in Aboriginal painting portraying the mythical representations of an artists relationship to the land, dreaming and those around them.

It was only at the age of 80 years that Emily Kngwarreye started to paint for the wider community, producing over 3000 paintings and becoming widely renowned for her highly stylistic, strong patterned abstractions and vibrant use of colour on the canvas. Her paintings reflected her connection the land, culture and traditional sacred stories of the Indigenous people on a highly spiritual level. The dreamtime stories represented in her artworks conveyed where she comes from and her peoples means of survival through plants, animals, spirits and bush foods such as wild figs, desert raisins, emu food plants, the dog, yam seeds and the mountain desert lizard. She applied this subject matter onto some small scale canvases to works of up to 8 metres long in length. She would sit in the middle of the canvas placed on the floor and work from the edges inward. In her late 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Emily Kame Kngwarreye passed away. She left behind a world recognition of highly bold abstract Aboriginal paintings. Her works differed to that of the typical Utopian style of art having more vibrant colour and freer brushstrokes. It was this stylistic approach that gave Utopian art International fame, her works being exhibited in over 48 different groups and shown throughout major galleries in Australia and globally such as the National Art Centre in Tokyo. Since her death her works have become regarded as rare amazing pieces and extremely valuable.

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Spanish artist Juan Francisco Casas re-creates photo realistic drawings using just a biro. He has exhibited at some of the most important galleries in Spain and at a variety of International art fairs throughout New Yorkm Chicago, London and Madrid. 84 .

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“I also wanted to create it with something that everyone has- a biro. I don’t think it has ever been done before. For me its not that different from painting. I was trying to show that it doesn’t matter what material you use, its what you do with it.”

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Raised in Melbourne and Sydney before moving to France in 1990 to pursue his art career, Tim Maguire produces magnificent signature oil paintings combined with the manipulation of digital images.

Raised in Melbourne and Sydney before moving to France in 1992 to pursue his art career further, Tim Maguire produces magnificent signature oil paintings combined with the manipulation of digital images. He is most well known for his luscious cinematic scale floral paintings where an image of a flower or arrangement he had previously taken was magnified to the extreme. He says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could take a tiny square centimetre and blow it up and that the compositional possibilities are endless.â&#x20AC;?

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How does he combine oil paintings with digital images? Firstly, using a computer the image is broken down into colour percentages, that of basic printers colours consisting of yellow, magenta and cyan. From here, the image is then produced into three black and white images to then be painted. One colour at a time the painting is layered using almost transparent paint allowing in the mixing of colour, light and shade. This provides the illusion of form and depth somewhat like the mixing of inks in traditional lithographic printing. When the paint begins to dry solvent is flicked onto the canvases surface to create what looks like cracks of light. 91 .

“If they weren’t big they wouldn’t be interesting. You need the scale to make the process visible and my goal is to make the viewer aware of its physical components while, at the same time, accepting the reality configured in the picture.”

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Tim Maguire Untitled

Art Express 2011 Something in the air Jacob Zinman-Jeanes (Cape Byron School)

Dobell Prize John Olsen Lake Eyre for Drawing Suzanne Archer Derangement.

Ben Quilty Margaret Olley

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ART GALLERY

Art Gallery Road The Domain, Sydney

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ADMISSION Admission is free.

OPEN

Open daily: 10am-5pm Wednesdays open till 9pm

Established in 1874, the Art Gallery of NSW exhibits and collects fine International and Australian art. Located on the Eastern side of Sydneys Central Business District the gallery aims to be ‘a place of experience and inspiration through our collections, exhibitions, programs and research.’ “The Gallery is committed to making the galleries permanent collections ad temporary exhibitions accessible to growing audiences. Through wide-ranging education programs, gallery educators aim to provide relevant information and experiences that stimulate and broaden interest, enjoyment and understanding of the works of art and provide on-going educational opportunities too all sectors of the public.” –www.artgallery.nsw.edu.au

MEMBERSHIP

Memberships to the Gallery of NSW are extensive and provide a number of benefits such as access to the members lounge, monthly publication of Look Magazine, free viewings and member discounts throughout exhibitions and in the shops. Full-time Students: $75 Joint (2 individuals under the same address: $146 (One year) $380 (3 years) Household (2 adults, 2 children under the age of 18): $168 (One year) $435 (3 years)

TRANSPORT

Bus: Departing from the York Street side of the Queen Victoria Building the 441 bus takes you straight the enterance of the Gallery. The Sydney Explorer also goes past the Gallery- make sure you get of on stop 6. Train: Both St James and Martin Place stops will take you as close as possible to the Gallery with only a 10 minute walk. By foot: Walking from the city, it will only take you five minutes from Macquarie Street. For more information on Transport go to www.131500.info

EDUCATION PROGRAMES

Years 7-12 education programs address the NSW syllabus for Visual Arts, History, Languages and the Chemistry of Art. Engaging and informative, the programs are led by our education coordinators and specially trained Gallery educators known as teacher-lecturers. 96 .

‘Nestled between Sydney’s busy Circular Quay ferry terminal and the Historic Rocks precinct’ it is one of Australia’s only museums that provides contemporary art from across the country and around the world. First established by the artist John Power, in whom left his entire funds to the University of Sydney in order to educate, inspire and inform all Australians of Contemporary Art.

LOCATION:

The Museum of Contemporary Art is situated at West Circular Quay on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour.

OPEN:

10am to 5pm daily (Closed on Christmas Day) FREE-GUIDED TOURS: (provides general tours of the museum and current exhibitions) Weekdays: 11am and 1pm Weekends: 11am and 3pm

ADMISSION:

Free, however tickets may be sold for special exhibitions.

STREET ACCESS:

140 George Street, The Rocks

MEMBERSHIP:

Membership at the Museum of Contemporary Art provides a range of benefits and discounts to everyone. A few include free entry into any exhibit, 10% discount at the store and quartley publications of Art Matters.

MUSUEM OF CONTEMPORARY ART For more information visit: www.mca.com.au

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NATIONAL ART SCHOOL

The National Art School of Sydney located in the hub of Darlinghurst is a centre that aims to be “a centre of excellence for the provision of higher education and research, scholarship and professional practice in the visual arts and related fields.” Offering a 3 year full time program Bachelor of Fine Arts the course is ‘designed to develop creative independence, knowledge and experience’ in the Fine Arts. Throughout the course students will be able to investigate studio practices and explore a range of mediums such as ceramics, printing, painting, photography and sculpture. As well as theoretical studies and reflections through a range of individual tutorials and peer discussions.

DEGREES UNDERGRADUATE

Bachelor of Art Education Bachelor of Art Theory Bachelor of Design Bachelor of Digital Media Bachelor of Fine Arts

POST GRADUATE Coursework Research

Located in the heart of Paddington, Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier art and design school the College of Fine Arts offers a wide range of degrees and courses tailored to each individual. Originally in 1975, the site was known to be an Art school and college of Advanced Education. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until 1980 that the college then became the City Art Institute and then ten years later in 1990 becoming a faculty of the University of New South Wales and renamed COFA. So why Choose COFA? COFA is part of a five star university who has been named as the top university in Australia for its quality of learning and teaching in 2009. Students are able to learn from the best, as the staff employed at COFA are highly respected educators and are all leaders in their fields. For Example. William Burdis teaches Digital Media and is an Emmy award winning animator known for his work on Dinotopia, also working on the films Happy Feet and Harry Potter. Felicity Fenner teacher of Art Theory and Education was the only Australian curators for the 2009 Venice Biennale. 101.

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Liane Rossleer, Stephen Ormandy and Louise Olsen met and became close friends whilst doing visual art degrees at the College Of Fine Arts in the 1980s. Soon following they started to sell their jewellery at a local craft market. Now Dinosaur Designs known worldwide for their distinctive resin jewellery and homewares, exhibiting in prestigious venues such as New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guggenheim Museum.

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The iPhone not only offers you the ability to connect with friends and family around the world, browse on the internet and play games, it also offers a window into the world of art, art history and culture, right In the palm of your hand. Thanks to some excellent apps from some forward thinking organizations, you can now browse a world of amazing art and photography you are also able to go on virtual ad video tours through exhibitions around the world.

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INSTAGRAM is the poster child of the mobile photo sharing craze, having more than

HIPSTAMATIC Based on the Hipstamatic 100, a cheap plastic analog camera,the

5 million users. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fun and quirky way to share your life with friends through a series of pictures. This application allows users to snap a photo (or use an existing photo) and enhance it with 11 possible effects to share on social networking sites. - 100% free custom designed filters and borders such as XPro-II, Earlybird, Lomo-fi, Sutro, Toaster, Brannan, Inkwell, Walden, Hefe, Apollo, Poprocket, Nashville, Gotham, 1977, and others. - Linear and Radial Tilt-Shift blur effects for extra depth of field. - Instant sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Foursquare, and Posterous - Unlimited uploads - Interact with friends through giving & receiving likes and comments - Works with first generation, 3G, 3GS and iPhone 4 - Full iPhone 4 front & back camera support

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application allows the user to shot square photographs and apply a number of software filters in order to make the images look like they were taken with this anique film camera. The user can choose number of these effects presented in the application as lenses, films and flashes. - Swap lenses, flashes, and films for hundreds of different effects - Instantly share your best prints to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Tumblr - Enter our monthly photo contests to win amazing prizes Characterized by vignettes, blurring, over saturation, discolored images, Hipstaprints have a casual and seemingly accidental snapshot feel.. For $1.99 you can download the base model Hipstamatic which includes a great set of standard lenses, films, and flashes to get started. Additional camera gear is bundled within the app as 'Hipstapaks' and start at 99 cents.. Pictures taken with the Hipstamatic have their very own look and unique character. Artistic and painted with light and quirk, Hipstamatic images are sometimes surprising and offer a delicate beauty turning any iPhone into an instant art making machine

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MAGIC SHUTTER

Takes stunning panoramas everywhere turning your iphone ipod or ipad into a full featured 360 degree panoramic camera. It's an absolute must for photo app fans looking for something a bit different to Instagram or Hipstamatic. It captures scenes in a way you never could with a traditional camera.

Magic Shutter is a photography application that focuses specifically on leaving the shutter of the iPhone open, capturing long exposures that allow you time to paint with light or simply let the ambient light expose the image further. It uses a clever combination of the still and video camera functions of the iPhone to make beautiful long exposure shots.

Share your immersive 360 views — with anyone. - Share online: Shared panoramas can be viewed on any computer or device. - Post on Facebook: Post 360 views on your wall or send to a photo album. - Tweet in 360: Share jaw-dropping scenes your friends can view anywhere. - Email 360 views: Say “wish you were here” in a whole new way. More than an app — an amazing website, too. - Free and safe panorama storage online: Upload panoramas to your account and access them from your desktop or mobile browser. -Join the community: Help build a world of panoramas for everyone to enjoy on 360verse.com. - Share and embed: Sharing online is just as easy as in-app. Plus, you can even embed panoramas into your website or blog. $1.19

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- Magic instant preview feature that allows you to master the best long exposure time. -Smart Exposrue function magic can avoid over- exposure. - Flash synchronization can freeze shooting objects, mixed to produce amazing results - Photo sharing feature allows you to share your ideas at any time. -Photo output resolution over 1 million pixels - Easily set the shutterspeed to either 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60 seconds or unlimited

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SATROMIZER The satromizer is based and titled on Chicago new media artist Jon

ART GUIDE The Art Guide iPhone application is a comprehensive guide to art galleries, exhibitions and

Satrom who employs digital glitches and distortions in his works. The multi touch interface allows users to simply touch the screen on the imagewhere a glitch wants to be added. You can use mutiple fingers to glitch more than one area at a time.

artists within Australia. It features a selection of recommended exhibitions, maps to locate galleries and exhibitions relevant to the users current location, a list of exhibitions currently showing, artists within Australia and a list of galleries including opening hours and locations. About Art Guide: Art Guide Australia magazine is published ni- monthly and includes previews and reviews of exhibitions alongside a complete listing of what is on Around Australia. Art Guide Australia also runs a detailed online guide to exhibitions at www.artguide.com.au

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RECORD MAKERS

Get to know the masterpieces and biographies of famous artists from around the world. This application is perfect for improving ones knowledge of art history without standing in line. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be sure not only learn new exciting facts, however be intrigued for hours on end.

Record Makers is a French independent label celebrating 10 years of activity. For the occasion, contemporary artists Mrzyk &Moriceau have conceived a truly surrealistic game in which you can create random art with one finger only. Make your own pictures combinations by sliding the 3 different images.

- Features over 300 artists and constantly adding new - Full biographies of artists from Wikipedia. Offline no connection needed to read them. - 6000+ pictures to view in portrait and landscape modes. - Save images from web sites to your gallery. Extending your gallery is an infinite fun. - Offline browsing with bulk download feature. Full database of images is about 1.8GB in size. You can download all images and browse them offline or you can load only when you open a particular picture. - QUIZ game - who is the artist? - Save to photos. Users have the ability to save paintings to the iPhone photos library and set it as a wallpaper - SEARCH by artists name or work title - MY GALLERY section with your favorite pictures. - Turn iPhone/iPod into landscape mode to see your favorite pictures enlarged and framed - integration with OPENFEINT for quiz - see how other people play, challenge and post your results on facebook and twitter.

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