MAY 2011
FREE
SouthernWay McClelland Commission
$300,000 x2 Sculpture Commissions
Entries open 1 April – 31 May 2011 www.mcclellandgallery.com
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Over 130 indoor and outdoor exhibitions across Sydney showcasing a diverse range of photography as well as a seminar, workshops and screenings.
12 May – 19 June
Experimenta Utopia Now International Biennal of Media Art
Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine, You Were In My Dream 2010 (animation still), Interactive installation with stop-motion animation, audio Programming: Touch My Pixel; Carpentry: Duncan Jack; Sound Design: James Cecil; Booth design concept: Tin & Ed and Isobel Knowles, Image courtesy of the artists, An Experimenta Commission and winner of the Premier of Queensland’s National New Media Art Award 2010
Civic Reserve, Dunns Rd, Mornington, VIC 3931 Open Tuesday – Sunday 10am – 5pm Tel 03 5975 4395 http://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au
Head space a solo exhibition by Ears @ No Vacancy Project space Fed sq May 18th 6pm (finishes 29th) www.earstotheground.net
FOR 2011 AND 2012
EXHIBITING ARTISTS Expressions of interest are called from individuals and groups, working in all mediums, for the 2011 and 2012 exhibition program.
CERAMIC ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE Expressions of interest are called for ceramic artists to take up a residency in 2011 to further develop their own work and present a solo exhibition.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CLOSE 14 JUNE 2011. Call 03 8325 1750 or email: incinerator@mvcc.vic.gov.au for an information kit or for assistance with your inquiries.
Incinerator Arts Complex ART MADE HERE
A NETS Victoria touring exhibition developed by the RMIT Design Research Institute
7 May - 25 June Art Gallery of Ballarat 9 July - 4 September Horsham Regional Art Gallery
www.netsvictoria.org.au National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund, by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. NETS Victoria also receives signiďŹ cant in-kind support from the National Gallery of Victoria.
The Stony Rises Project is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund.
Carmel WALLACE Top: photograph of Wall Wounds 2009 Treated dry-stone wall near Mount Elephant Above: A Country Reader 4 2009 Stone from the Tyrendarra lava ow, South-West Victoria, rope Images courtesy the artist
$10,000 SMALL WORKS PRIZE
bsg Brunswick Street Gallery 322 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 10am-10pm Tue - Sun P: 0419 390 478 mark@bsgart.com.au www.bsgart.com.au
RECLAIM & SUSTAIN MEGAN CADD MAREE CLARKE VICKY COUZENS LEE DARROCH ROBYNE LATHAM BRIAN MCKINNON MANDY NICHOLSON
13 MAY - 5 JUNE COUN I HAN GALLE RY
In Brunswick
233 SYDNEY ROAD, BRUNSWICK, MELBOURNE 03 9389 8622 counihangallery@moreland.vic.gov.au Open Wed to Sat 11am – 5 pm, Sunday 1 pm – 5 pm Image: Vicki Couzens (Gunditjmara Keeray Wurrong), Koorrookee Koorramook (Grandmothers Cloak) (detail), 2007, various materials. Image courtesy the artist. Photographer: Tim Gresham.
COUN I HAN GALLE RY
In Brunswick
CALL FOR PROPOSALS Seeking exhibition proposals from contemporary artists and curators for the 2012 exhibition program
For an application pack call 03 9389 8622, email counihangallery@moreland.vic.gov.au or collect one from the gallery 233 SYDNEY ROAD, BRUNSWICK VIC Open Wed to Sat 11 am – 5 pm Sunday 1 pm – 5 pm
APPLICATIONS CLOSE FRIDAY 3 JUNE 2011 Image: Denise Higgins, al-Khalã, 2010, installation view. Photo: Tim Gresham
MAY 2011
FEATURES (16)
LADY PINK
[18]
SYDNEON
Mitchell Jordan Bambam
[24]
BALANCING ART & BUILDINGS
(26)
MELBURNIN’
Brian Maiden
Courtney Symes
(34)
MAY SALON
(40)
GILRAY VS CRUMB
(45)
SOCIAL WORK
(64)
GREENWASH #22
(66)
I LOVE UNIFORMS
Mmmm
An extract from Large Emilie Zoey Baker & Gary Foley Patrick Jones Portable 2
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NSW / SYDNEY ACT TASMANIA MELBOURNE CENTRAL VICTORIA MURRAY RIVER NORTHERN VICTORIA EASTERN VICTORIA BAY & PENINSULA WESTERN VICTORIA
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ARTS INDEX
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Mitchell Jordan
Pretty in pink
Armed with a spray can, stencils and a strong soul, graffiti artist Lady Pink has fought to keep the word on the street. Now, she’s showing other young women how they can do the same ... At 15 years old, Sandra Fabara was heartbroken. Her boyfriend had just been arrested for graffiti and sent off to Puerto Rico as punishment.There was only one thing she wanted to do: write his name everywhere, and anywhere.
What started out as an impulsive act back in 1979 became a life-changing moment for Fabara, who soon ceased to be an ordinary teenager growing up in New York and was from that day Lady Pink, proud female graffiti writer and artist. Part of the metamorphosis and initiation into the world of graffiti meant adopting a new identity. Friend and fellow graffiti artist, Seen, came up with the name Lady Pink, which was memorable considering that at the time there were no other visible females involved in the graffiti scene. “My friend Seen decided I should have a feminine name,” Lady Pink explains. “I chose Lady because I was a big fan of historical romances with dukes and duchesses.” There is nothing romantic about the life of a graffiti artist, however. For six years, Lady Pink and her comrades risked everything on their missions colouring the subways of New York and Europe; and while she never got caught, she does admit that: “I was always worried about getting arrested, every mission was dangerous; I mean, people had died doing this so I had to be careful.” Lady Pink’s first experience painting her name on the New York subways seems a long time ago now, her twin memories are the fear and excitement which provide the ineffable rush felt by anyone that’s ever held a spray-can. The name Lady Pink soon began getting noticed and in 1982 she was featured in the film, Wild Style, along with being profiled in Martha Cooper’s book, Hip Hop Files and exhibiting with Jenny Holzer, but this success did not come easily. Today, when graffiti and street art are mentioned it is often in relation to the English enigma, Banksy; rarely does a woman ever reach such a high profile. In the 80s, attitudes were even worse and Lady Pink had a hard time getting taken seriously. “I decided to flaunt my femininity because I was the token female in a circle of like 10,000 guys,” she says. “The guys were just awful. Some were supportive of the work that I was doing, but there were boys as young as 10 and 12 years old who would tell me ‘You can’t do that; you’re a girl’, so I had to prove them wrong.” She succeeded. While Lady Pink is no longer a practising graffiti artist, she spends her time teaching the younger generation – many of whom are women – about the art form. “I don’t teach kids about how to avoid the police,
what I show them is that you can survive as an artist,” she says. “Most families want their children to have a professional, steady job rather than follow the creative path, but we artists make the world a more interesting place.” In conjunction with young graffiti artist, Too Fly, Lady Pink runs women’s group, Unity, a New York collective, along with managing a mural company with her husband, Smith, also a former graffiti artist. The ethics of graffiti often come under scrutiny and criticism from artists and citizens alike. There are some who believe graffiti is ugly and offensive, while to others it adds life. By and large, Lady Pink does not support the defacing of personal property (when her house has been chosen as a graffiti hot-spot, she’s even scrubbed it off). But in open, accessible spaces, she believes it is a welcome addition to the landscape. “Public property should belong to the public,” she says. “Why can’t we paint ugly cement walls and have free reign on parks and highways?” What she objects to most are the heavy laws imposed on those involved with graffiti. “The laws have gotten harsher and harsher and right now they are ridiculous,” she says. “We’re only using a little bit of paint, which can be cleaned up; but in New York you can go to jail for longer than a driver who has hit and killed a family of four.You have to spend all your money hiring a good lawyer.” One of Lady Pink’s scariest confrontations with authorities came 15 years ago when she returned to graffiti with a group of European artists keen to check out the subways. The group stayed longer than they should have and were eventually discovered by the police. At 30 years old, Lady Pink was the slowest when it came to making a getaway and was ruthlessly pursued by the authorities. “I came out of Central Park on a sunny Sunday afternoon covered in blood and dirt, surrounded by tourists,” she says. Waiting by her side was one of the artists, Smith, who was worried about her; within months the two were married. Now, the couple look back on the fateful day differently. “It was a happy ending,” she laughs. Lady Pink is confident not only of graffiti’s enduring nature, but also of its ability to attract women. “From the early 90s I’ve met a lot more female artists and that number is growing. These days, women are as brave, foolish and reckless as any of the guys,” she says. “We have a loose sisterhood going.”
DATELINE: MAY 2011
by Bambam
“To say that we live in fractious times is both a truism and an understatement,” says Bec Dean, Associate Director of Performance Space, at Carriageworks in Eveleigh. Dean is out to promote her curation of Awfully Wonderful: Science Fiction in Contemporary Art, which is part of Performance Space’s upcoming season of Uneasy Futures, where the works chosen tend to compensate for this perceived understatement. Obversely, the exhibition features a number of what could be labelled spectacular pieces. Collecting the work of twelve Australian artists and collaborations, Awfully Wonderful explores speculative fictions, science, technology and design. Works being presented for the first time include Adam Norton’s Mars Gravity Simulator. Sydney-based artist Norton was inspired by the technological advancements of NASA in the 1960s to recreate a practical experiment simulating Mars gravity for a human test subject to experience. New Zealand-born artist Hayden Fowler’s installation looks pretty kooky too. Fowler presents “a surreal dystopian world where humans have lost connection with nature and attempt to re-possess it. For this new work, Anthropocene, Fowler creates a living diorama. Surviving on tinned food with only non-humans for company, Fowler inhabits an elevated ‘island abode’, situating himself as an exhibit in a museum.Viewers are invited to imagine themselves as other intelligent lifeforms, observing the last man on Earth.” 1 Artist Simon Yates has two new works in the exhibition. Metropolis Robot (Futura) is a replica of the evil female robot from Fritz Lang’s 1926 film Metropolis. Notably there is a special screening of the 2011 version of Metropolis during the exhibition. The screening promises to include previously cut scenes, and will be introduced by archivist and historian Michael Organ. A commissioned work from Sydney-based artist Deborah Kelly completes the new work in the exhibition. Kelly engages with numerous feminist science fictions; her collages imagine a spectrum of possibilities for a futuristic female body.
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Artist Simon Yates has two new works in the exhibition. Metropolis Robot (Futura) is a replica of the evil female robot from Fritz Lang’s 1926 film Metropolis. Notably there will be a special screening of the 2011 version of Metropolis during the exhibition. The screening promises to include previously cut scenes, and will be introduced by archivist and historian Michael Organ. A commissioned work from Sydney-based artist Deborah Kelly completes the new work that is presented in the exhibition. “Kelly engages with numerous feminist science fictions,” says Dean. “Her collages imagine a spectrum of possibilities for a futuristic female body.”
collector Paul Goldman, photography book publisher John Ogden, and photographer and former photo editor of The Sydney Morning Herald Mike Bowers, will discuss storytelling through picture books and photojournalism. My guess is that the whole hour will be spent discussing ways in which digital and mobile phone cameras and the internet are changing the face of journalism, and how amatuer is the latest aesthetic ... or something like that. Go along for yourself and find out – Sunday 22 May, 11.30am-12.30pm at Sydney Theatre, Wharf 2, Pier 4/5, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay. • HeadOn Photo Festival, runs from 5 May – 11 June. See full program at www.headon.com.au
Awfully Wonderful also features a diverse public program in the ClubHouse at Performance Space, including Philip Brophy’s film Northern Void, which will be playing on 12 May at 7pm, but mind, Clubhouse screenings are ticketed while everything else is free. Where? Performance Space, CarriageWorks, 245 Wilson Street Eveleigh, 15 April – 14 May. • www.performancespace.com.au.
Speaking of the Sydney Writers Festival, that’s on too! How are we ever going to get around to it all? I’d like to check out the panel on Wednesday May 18 at Sydney Town Hall – ‘A Good Leader is Hard to Find’, with Kerry O’Brien facillitating, and Barrie Cassidy, Lenore Taylor, George Megalogenis, Bob Ellis and Bob Carr on the panel. That will be like watching a really good live session of The Insiders with a bit more One event you won’t be able to ignore around Sydney rumour and loose talk than you can get on tv. ‘The during May is the Head On Photo Festival. The Festival Dissident Café: Tweeting from Pakistan’, also looks only started last year but has been quickly acclaimed. very cool. The Festival Café will be “transformed into The Head On Portrait Prize has been around for a cyber-lounge” for the event, where patrons can quiz longer, since 2004, and is now attracting prizes worth dissident writers James Fergusson, Fatima Bhutto $50,000. Aside from a wide range of indoor and and Mustafa Qadri as they talk and tweet about outdoor exhibitions all over Sydney, the Festival is Pakistan, “a country at the nexus of the so-called war offering seminars and workshops on topics such as on terror.” Use #swfcafe to join in the conversation ‘Food Photography and Styling’ (a workshop with online, or head down to Pier 2/3 Club Stage, Pier 2/3, Penelope Beveridge, 13 May at The Muse, Building C, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, on 22 May, 2.30-3.30pm. Ultimo College, Harris Street, Ultimo), and ‘Shooting • The Sydney Writers Festival, runs from 16 – 22 May. with Speedlights: Big Results with Lightweight Flashes’ See full program at www.swf.org.au (with Gavin Blue, 15 May at the National Art School, Forbes Street, Darlinghurst,) SYDNEON continues in next month’s issue of As part of the Festival Powerhouse Museum is Trouble and welcomes your comments, party pics, running an exciting tour of mid-late 20th century performance and exhibition news, and invitations. fashion photographs located in the Museum’s Send to: sydneon@introuble.com.au basement. Curator Anne-Marie Van de Ven promises FOOTNOTES: a fascinating tour of works by fashion snapper idols 1. & 2. Media Release 31 March 2011 David Mist, Helmut Newton, Henry Talbot, Janice 3 & 4. www.swf.org.au Wakely, Alec Murray and Gerd Rosskamp among others. The tour is happening on Wednesday 11 May, 12.30 – 1.30pm, at the Powerhouse Museum 500 Harris Street Ultimo,. On the 22 May we are invited to enjoy a Head On event that is being presented in conjunction with the Sydney Writers Festival, ‘No Typos: Telling the Story in Images’. Award-winning photojournalist Stephen Dupont, filmmaker and photography book
background image: Deborah KELLY, from the series Dream of a common language in the disintegrating circuit (with thanks to Donna Haraway) 2011. Analogue paper collage on Arches paper, 30.5 x 70 cm and 56 x 70 cm. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney.
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blacktown
• Blacktown Arts Centre Open Tues - Sat 10am - 5pm (closed public holidays). 78 Flushcombe Road Blacktown. T: (02) 9839 6558 E: artscentre@blacktown.nsw.gov.au www.artscentre.blacktown.nsw.gov.au
cowra
• Cowra Regional Art Gallery 77 Darling Street Cowra NSW 2794. Tues to Sat 10am - 4pm, Sun 2 - 4pm. Free Admission. www.cowraartgallery.com.au
newtown
• At The Vanishing Point Inc. Until 15 May: A shadow of its former self, curated by Kurt Sorensen; 19 May to 5 June, The other side of the rainbow, RACHAEL EVERITT. 565 King Street Newtown NSW 2042, Thur - Sun, 10am - 6pm. T: (02) 9519 2340, www.atthevanishingpoint.com.au
weekend celebrating contemporary art with over 60 free events Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney NSW 2000. T: (02) 9225 1744, www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au • Carved Trees - Aboriginal Cultures of Western NSW Until 26 June, Carved Trees - Aboriginal Cultures of Western NSW. A free exhibition at the State Library of NSW.The Clifton Cappie Towle collection at the State Library of NSW includes hundreds of photographs including carved trees from central and north-western NSW photographed between about 1920 and 1940. Tree carvings can be found dotted throughout Australia, but they are quintessentially of NSW origin - specifically the work of Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi artists. Macquarie Street State Library of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2000.
windsor
sydney
• Hawkesbury Regional Gallery Till 15 May: GW BOT the long paddock: A 30 Year Survey; From 20 May: The Golden Age. Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm, Sat and Sun 10am - 3pm, (Closed Tues and public holidays), Free admission. Deerubbin Centre - 1st Floor, 300 George Street Windsor 2756. T: (02) 4560 4441, F: (02) 4560 4442, www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au
acton
arts from the Solomon Islands. Varilaku is the first major exhibition in Australia bringing together the finest traditional arts from the Solomons. The exhibition will showcase the incredible scope and volume of art regarding the human form and its adornment from the later 19th century to the mid 20th century. Open daily 10am - 5pm. Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra 2600. T: (02) 6240 6411, www.nga.gov.au.
• Art Gallery of New South Wales Until 26 Jun, Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2011; Until 29 May, Photography and Place: Australian landscape photography 1970s until now; 5 May – 10 Jul, Unguided tours: Anne Landa award for video and new media arts 2011; 12 May – 7 Aug, Eikoh Hosoe: Theatre of memory; 21 and 22 May, Open
• ANU Drill Hall Gallery To 22 May: PAUL SELWOOD: perspective cutouts; 26 May – 3 July: Home and Away: A return to the South. Kingsley Street, Acton ACT. T: (02) 6125 5832, www.anu.edu.au/mac/content/dhg
braddon
• QL2 Centre for Youth Dance Inc Home of Quantum Leap youth dance ensemble. QL2 has a 12 year track record of excellence in youth dance. It is home of Quantum Leap: an auditioned youth dance ensemble; and to the Soft Landing program: assisting the best dance graduates to find their creative pathway. Gorman House Arts Centre, Ainslie Avenue, Braddon ACT 2612. T: (02) 6247 3103 www.QL2.org.au
canberra
• National Gallery of Australia 24 February – 29 May 2011: Varilaku - Pacific
ACT
griffith
• PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery 8 May, WENDY CURRIE, SILVI GLATTAUER, KARA RASMANIS and KARENA GOLDFINCH: Re-imaging the Classic Print. TIM BROOK and PAUL KIRWAN: Noise (Multimedia Room); 12 – 29 May, Access all areas 2011, the members show, PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery, Manuka Arts Centre, Manuka Circle Griffith ACT. Tuesday to Friday 10am to 4pm, weekends 12 noon to 4pm. T: (03) 6295 7810, www.photoaccess.org.au
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TASMANIA
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devonport
• Devonport Regional Gallery 23 April – 15 May: Opening Friday 6 May, 6pm. Open to public from Saturday 23 April. Main Gallery: North West Art Circle Annual Exhibition and Awards. ‘Artists in Action’ program runs throughout exhibition; The Little Gallery: Emerging Artist Program, BILL FLOWERS, Celtic Serpent; 21 May – 19 June: Opening Friday 20 May, 6pm. Main Gallery: Discovery, Curator: Dr Colin Langridge. In Conversation with the artists, Saturday 21 May, 11am; The Little Gallery: Emerging Artist Program, GEORGE SMILEY - Irrespective. Open Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun and pub hols 12 5pm. 45 Stewart Street, Devonport, Tasmania 7310. E: artgallery@devonport.tas.gov.au T: (03) 6424 8296, www.devonportgallery.com
hobart
• MONA, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart Opening exhibition, Monanism containing DAVID WALSH’s favourite works. 22 January – 19 July 2011. Including: Egyptian antiquities, numismatics, Snake by SIDNEY NOLAN, ARTHUR BOYD, ALBERT TUCKER, BRETT WHITELEY, along with some of the more infamous Young British Artists (YBAs) JAKE and DINOS CHAPMAN, MAT COLLISHAW, MARC QUINN, and DAMIEN HIRST. Along with WIM DELVOYE’s Cloaca Professional, JANNIS KOUNELLIS, ANSELM KIEFER, JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, JENNY HOLZER. Hours: 10am to 6pm daily. Coming up: August: Experimenta Utopia Now.
Also: The Source Restaurant, Mona Pavilion accommodation, Moorilla winery, Moo Brew micro-brewery, and a wine bar and cellar door. T: (03) 6277 9999, www.mona.net.au, Entry FREE. 655 Main Road, Berriedale, Tasmania 7011 • Inflight ARI Untitled - DAVID EDGAR, 6 – 28 May. See website for closing event details. Gallery hours: Wed - Sat 1 - 5pm. 100 Goulburn Street, Hobart. www.inflightart.com.au
salamanca place
• Salamanca Arts Centre Sidespace Gallery: Still Life and Memory, ceramics by BRONWYN THEOBALD and paintings by ALISON HILL, 5 – 17 May; Long Gallery: Art from Trash, 6 – 22 May; Top Gallery: Slender Threads, installation by SOPHIE CARNELL, 6 – 31 May. 77 Salamanca Place, Hobart. T: (03) 6234 8414, E: info@salarts.org.au, www.salarts.org.au • Print Council of Australia Inc. Printmakers and print collectors stay in touch with print exhibitions, events and technical issues through IMPRINT magazine. Members receive frequent email updates and information about opportunities (courses, forums, group exhibitions and competitions). Subscriptions $65/year or $45 concessions see website: www.printcouncil.org.au or phone T: (03) 9328 8991 for membership details.
Brian Maiden
balancing art and buildings
In many locations from London to Hamburg to Beijing the phenomena of urban density is undeniably pushing artists out of established bases. Right now 50% of the world lives in cities. Even more interesting is the fact that 100 cities pretty much run 30% of the world’s economy, and the usual suspects for pushing artists out are those expanding cities. I’m not going to
bore you next with statements of the relationship between art and money, nor am I going to blab on about how expensive creative ventures may be. I will tell you instead of neglected suburbs where artists have created not only a sense of place but an amazing ecosystem of economy, culture, creativity and good old fashioned fun. And I will tell you that this rich ecosystem and font of inspiration for everything from new and used books to new ways of living is about to be sold to the highest bidder. Perhaps you know all that already. The question is, what are we going to do about it?
The problem is way bigger than Brunswick, yet with hope and skepticism around 75 people gathered at a Brunswick studio last month for a meeting held by Moreland Arts and Culture entitled “Balancing buildings and art”. It was good to see that there was a fair representation of Moreland council attending – not just arts and culture but planning and economic development as well. The wide demographic mix was also reflected in the participants with older, more established types narrowly outweighing us younger folk.
After these speakers the meeting broke up into an open space meeting, where the participants were given time to set their own agenda and break off into groups to discuss these topics. Floating from group to group was a reminder of the passion and positive intent people had for retaining the Brunswick area as an arts generation hub. One idea I liked was of putting a levy on developers to spend development dollars on local artworks, similar to the Docklands concept of 1% of all budgets being spent on art and sculpture, but hopefully not as crap and soulless as what they ended up with in Docklands – a lesson to us all that you can’t buy culture by simply consuming art.
The meeting opened with two speakers. Eleni Arbus from Creative Spaces began by telling of her journey through the City of Melbourne creating the Creative Spaces group. The most positive comments were reminders that individuals who are networked together in creative hubs such as Brunswick are the stock in trade of the nation’s cultural capital, and in some ways represent how the country is presented to the world. This can be seen in examples like Shaun Tan and Blue King Brown, who are now – on an international stage – shining beacons of what we in the trenches are producing back on home soil. Eleni also made it clear to council that artists need security in which to work. Art is an expensive and risky undertaking in life without the added risk of inflated housing and culturally insensitive zoning.
Another hot topic was zoning. In reality there is a couple of key sites in the hood to protect. If you spend any time in Brunny you probably know where they are. The Catch 22 is disclosing locations in order to protect them, which very few people were willing to do. These spaces are like the classic HQ you found in your uncle’s paddock that you did up to become a shining example of awesomeness only to have some dude take it away from you the minute it was done because you used white and not off white paint on the respray. People have put enormous amounts of time and money into these spaces and the last thing anyone wants is that investment to be taken away over small technicalities. This idea of legal and illegal may be a constant problem in this discussion, as much of the international arts community is, or has been, technically part of the latter.
The next speaker was Marcus Westbury of Renew Newcastle. Marcus told of his trips around the country to places such as the Gold Coast where the development agenda has failed and local councils are spending mega bucks to reinstate what Brunswick already has. He pointed out that there are good reasons for denser living, but also that those who can create a community and economic value increase throughout these areas should be rewarded for doing so. He said that the rules that govern an area must allow the existence of a creative scene, and that usually those with less money do the best stuff. Most importantly he reminded the council members present that creative culture is an ecosystem and all hierarchies must be included. People need time and space in which to learn and refine their crafts, and without such places everybody suffers, not just the artist.
What annoys me about the idea of the illegal warehouse is that, in the scheme of things, the illegality is extremely marginal. Without pointing fingers I am sure that most illegal things in Moreland happen in plain sight, perpetrated by dudes with capital behind them and friendly community faces. What shits me about the argument of economic reality overall is the amount of subsidy that happens throughout the rest of the economy. For proof, watch a Super 12’s game, a small match like West Transval Vs Hamilton. There’s 2000 people in the crowd, max. Tell me that’s not subsidized. Uranium, oil, wheat, cluster bombs, the list goes on. The fact is that lines between legal and illegal and economically sustainable or unsustainable are derived from planning and legislation. [continued on page 68]
DATELINE: MAY 2011
by Courtney Symes
Susan REDDROP, Urge 2010, cast crystal, 50 x 40 x 30 cm. Photo by Max Milne.
Mark it on your calendar now: Mother’s Day, Sunday 8 May. Forgetting Mother’s Day could possibly be worse than forgetting your Mum’s birthday. The barrage of commercial reminders from numerous card and chocolate companies for weeks before Mother’s Day mean there’s really no excuse. However the exciting line-up of exhibitions this month could leave you slightly distracted. Susan Reddrop and the MARS (Melbourne Art Rooms) team are also offering a helpful Mother’s Day reminder this month, with Reddrop’s suitably timed solo show, URGE, which explores the theme of birth. Having reached the ninth month of her pregnancy, birth is also a topic that is close to Reddrop’s heart. The exhibition consists of glass sculptures of women actively giving birth, as well as photographs and an installation that focus on the experience of birth, as opposed to the outcome. Reddrop hopes that the treatment of this subject will help women recognise their strength and feel empowered by this unique experience, whilst encouraging discussion about different experiences and expectations. Runs until 29 May. • www.marsgallery.com.au Trademarks: international indigenous culture from the Leonhard Adam Collection at the Ian Potter Museum of Art features a diverse range of objects including masks, shields, musical instruments, mats, baskets and even panels from the ceiling of a ceremonial house. Pieces originate from indigenous cultures in the USA, PNG, Samoa, Republic of Cameroon and Australia. The eighty objects featured have been selected from the Leonhard Adam collection, which includes a total of 1300 pieces. Bought together throughout the 1940-50s, Adam’s purpose for the collection “was to create a small-scale collection similar to those in Europe for the comparative study of world cultures.” Exhibition highlights include intricately woven baskets from Native American Indians, c. late 1800s to early 1900s from California, USA that feature striking geometric patterns. Runs until 24 July.
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Also at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, exploration and discovery are the key themes behind Experimental gentleman which features Australian colonial art from the Grimwade collection. The exhibition title derives from the eighteenth century when it was used as a term to describe young-guns such as Charles Darwin, Joseph Banks and other gentlemen who travelled the world seeking excitement and adventure. Guest curator (and winner of 2010 Grimwade Internship at the Ian Potter Museum of Art), Henry Skerritt likens the exhibition to “diving into the pages of a Boy’s Own Adventure novel. There is nothing reverential or traditional about Experimental gentlemen; we want to reinstate the sense of wonderment and awe that inspired explorers and adventurers to risk their lives in the pursuit of new sights and experiences.” The exhibition includes work from artists such as Augustus Earle, John Glover, Eugene von Guérard, John Skinner Prout, Alexander Shaw and William Strutt. Skerritt hopes that Experimental gentlemen will capture the thrill and excitement these pioneering artists would have felt, saying “It is easy to forget how challenging the marvels of the new world were to these adventurers. What appears commonplace to us now, was once so startling that it sent seismic reverberations through the old world, challenging the way Europeans thought about art, life and their place in the universe.” Runs until 25 Sept. • www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au Artists’ Ink: printmaking from the Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection 1970-2001 explores the variation in printmaking techniques and trends throughout this thirty year period. Printmakers such as Yvonne Boag, Dean Bowen, Mike Brown, John Coburn, Tim Jones, Deborah Klein, John Olsen, Graeme Peebles, Geoff Ricardo and Brett Whiteley have explored printmaking methods such as silkscreen, etching, as well as photographic and digital techniques. Bold, colourblocked pieces such as Alun Leach-Jones’ Across the Pacific screenprint or Cecil Hardy’s striking geometric Colour Column contrast beautifully with the likes of Graeme Peebles’ detailed greyscale Remnants of the Last Supper, verifying the versatility of printmaking. Runs until 15 May at Bundoora Homestead. • www.bundoorahomestead.com Fancy adding to your art collection this year? Melbourne’s affordable art fair, Art Melbourne 2011 will take place between 19-22 May at the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton. As one of the largest art fairs in Australia, (attracting over 15,000 visitors annually) there will be a vast selection of collectable and affordable art including traditional and contemporary styles from emerging and established artists. The accompanying program of events will include floor talks and walks, as well as demonstrations and other
entertainment. Exhibition highlights include Reach and Start, two programs designed to support Indigenous artists throughout regional Australia, as well as emerging Australian artists. • www.artmelbourne11.com.au “Often when a painter is faced with a scene, there’s simply so much that’s appealing it’s hard to choose what to focus on. This is where a viewfinder comes in useful; as it helps you focus on particular parts of the scene, enabling you to decide what will make the best composition, both in terms of focus and format,” says Dr Cheryl Daye, founding director of Arts Project Australia and Viewfinder curator. Viewfinder is the title of Alan Constable’s latest exhibition consisting of more than sixty works spanning twenty years, including paintings, drawings and ceramics. Constable’s ceramic cameras are an exhibition highlight - passionately created from a life-long fascination with old cameras and highly sort after. Runs until 1 June. • www.artsproject.org.au ManStyle at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is the first menswear focused fashion exhibition in Australia. ManStyle explores the changes in menswear from the eighteenth century to the present day through the development of fabric, colour, pattern and style. The exhibition is split between the Ian Potter Centre and NGV International galleries, with the former focusing on the role of the suit in men’s fashion and the later exploring contemporary fashion, including sub-cultures such as punks and home boys. In addition to the selection of garments and accessories featured, there are also several paintings from artists such as Modigliani, which provide a snapshot of menswear styles from specific eras. Some of the designers featured throughout the exhibition include Pierre Cardin, Morrissey Edmiston, Jean Paul Gaultier, Romance Was Born,Vivienne Westwood, Bernhard Wilhelm and WORLD. Runs until 30 Oct (NGV International) and 27 Nov (Ian Potter Centre). NGV’s Deep Water offers a breathtaking collection of thirty-eight photographic works in creative response to the theme of water, including fresh water and the sea. Carefully selected pieces demonstrate remarkable similarities and contrasts between the different waterscapes featured. For example, several fresh water images depict peaceful lakes, flanked by mighty mountains and gorges which quietly overlook the reflective stillness of the water below. In contrast, other pieces demonstrate water’s potential power and energy, such as Wyn Bullock’s Point Lobos wave, which depicts the force of a series of waves buffeting the rocky shore. Runs until 11 Sept. • www.ngv.vic.gov.au melburnin’ logo by Ryan Ford
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• Alcove Art Shop Handcrafted gifts by Australian artisans. 470 Station Street, Box Hill. T: (03) 9897 4400 www.alcoveartshop.org.au • Box Hill Community Arts Centre Motherhood Unmasked, 2 – 8 May; Matsudo Week Exhibition, 9 – 15 May; Wish You Were Here, 17 – 22 May; Cancer Council Biggest Morning Tea Exhibition, 24 – 29 May. 470 Station Street Box Hill, T: (03) 9895 8888, bhcac.com.au • Whitehorse Art Space 14 April – 25 May, Mementos from Matsudo Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the City of Whitehorse’s sister city relationship with Matsudo in Japan. This exhibition highlights the important ongoing relationship with a selection of photographs, handmade dolls, textiles and objects gifted to Whitehorse by Matsudo during this time. A special traditional Japanese tea ceremony will be held on Saturday 7 May at 2pm as part of the Art Space’s series of public programs. Bookings for this free event are essential phone T: (03) 9262 6250. Tues and Fri 10am - 3pm, Wed and Thurs 9am 5pm, Saturday noon - 4pm. T: (03) 9262 6250, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill VIC 3128, www.boxhilltownhall.com.au
brunswick
Aunty Eileen Harrison, Bush Tucker, acrylic on canvas (detail)
• Brunswick Arts Space Solo show by MONIQUE BARNETT. Opening night Friday 6 May, 6 - 8pm. Running 7 – 22 May; A Very Suggestible Cinemaplex: American Astronaut. Thurs 26 May 7pm. 2a Little Breese street, Brunswick. Thu - Fri 2 - 6pm, Sat - Sun 12 - 5pm. www.brunswickarts.com.au
• Counihan Gallery in Brunswick 13 May – 5 June: Reclaim and Sustain, exploring indigenous cultural reclamation and sustainability in 2011. Artists include: MEGAN CADD, MAREE CLARKE, VICKY COUZENS, LEE DARROCH, ROBYNE LATHAM, BRIAN MCKINNON and MANDY NICHOLSON. Curated by Edwina Bartlem and Lauren Simmonds. 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick, T: (03) 9389 8622. Hrs: Wed - Sat 11am - 5pm, Sun 1pm - 5pm. Closed public holidays. Gallery closed 1 – 12 May.
burwood
• Deakin University Art Gallery 13 April to 21 May. In Solitude: TODD FULLER and DAVID-ASHLEY KERR: A joint exhibition by winners of the 2010 City of Dandenong Walker Street Gallery ‘Emerging Artist Award’. TODD FULLER will show a range of sculpture, works on paper and animation. DAVID-ASHLEY KERR’s large-format photographic works explore the visual relationship between culture and the environment. Gallery hours 10am - 4pm Tuesday to Friday, 1 - 5pm Saturday. Closed Public Holidays, Free Entry. 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood 3125. T: (03) 9244 5344, F: (03) 9244 5254, E: artgallery@deakin.edu.au www.deakin.edu.au/art-collection
carlton
• La Mama At La Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday street: 27 April – 8 May, Whiskey Ring, Written and Performed by EDDIE INK; 11 – 29 May, Six Characters In Search of an Author... Based on the original work by LUIGI PIRANDELLO; At The La Mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond Street: 27 April – 15 May 1, Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper by TIM
Galnyan Yakurrumdja Curated by Megan Cadd and Lee Darroch 25 May – 11 June 2011 An exhibition of artwork by Victorian Aboriginal Elders 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster p (03) 9840 9367 www.manningham.vic.gov.au/gallery
MELBOURNE STITZ; 18 May – 29 May, A Fitzroy Romance, by KIERAN CARROLL. Bookings T: (03) 9347 6142 or www.lamama.com.au
collingwood
• James Makin Gallery Exhibiting: GRIA SHEAD, She Is and TAMARA DEAN, Only Human, both 5 - 29 May; Artist Forum: The Mother and the Muse, 7 May 2 - 4pm. Gallery Hours: Tues - Fri 10am - 5.30pm, Sat 11am - 5pm. 67 Cambridge Street, Collingwood, 3066. T: (03) 9416 3966, E: info@jamesmakingallery.com www.jamesmakingallery.com • Off the Kerb 29 April – 20 May (Opening Night, Friday 29 April 6 - 9pm): Hidden Revelations by OLLIE LUCAS; Body Nobody by ELLEN TAYLOR; I heart Collingwood by SHINI PARARAJASINGHAM. 66B Johnston Street Collingwood 3066. www.offthekerb.com.au
dandenong
• Walker Street Gallery NEIL WYATT, a fascination with the human body set within a classical surrealist tradition. Reception: 6.30pm Thursday 5 May. Exhibition: 2 – 27 May 2011; ELZA TSHVREBOVA, needlepoint and tapestries of classic popular Russian subject matter. 5 – 27 May 2011. Cnr Walker and Robinsons streets Dandenong 3175. Mon - Fri 11am to 5pm, Sat 11am to 3pm. Closed Sunday and public holidays. T: (03) 9706 8441, F: (03) 9706 7651, E: walkerstreetgallery@cgd.vic.gov.au, www.greaterdandenong.com
deer park
• Hunt Club Community Arts Centre Galleries Centre open: Mon - Thurs 9am - 7.30pm, Fri 9am - 4.30pm, Sat 9am - 12.30pm. Closed Public Holidays. 775 Ballarat Road, Deer Park (Melway 25, F8). T: (03) 9249 4600, E: huntclub@brimbank.vic.gov.au, www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/arts
doncaster
• Manningham Gallery Memoirs in a Box, 27 April – 14 May; Galnyan Yakurrumdja, Curated by Megan Cadd and Lee Darroch, 25 May – 11 June. Manningham Gallery, 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster 3108. Open Tuesday to Friday 11am to 5pm, Saturday 2 to 5pm. E: gallery@manningham.vic.gov.au, www.manningham.vic.gov.au/gallery
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• The Johnston Collection House Museum and Gallery Fairhall: Francis W Dunn Rearranges Mr Johnston’s Collection, 7 March – 24 June. Antique dealer and collector, FRANCIS DUNN reinterprets Fairhall, the residence and collection of the late WILLIAM JOHNSTON; Gallery: Oh, Do Grow Up... Childhood in England 17501850, 7 March – 24 June. Explores images, accounts and artifacts of childhood from 1750 - 1850. Bookings essential: T (03) 9416 2515, www.johnstoncollection.org
eltham
• Eltham Library Community Gallery 6 – 18 May: Winds of Change by KATHLEEN ARMOUR and ANNIE-ROSE ARMOUR; 20 May – 1 Jun: The Human Experience by ANTHONY BEGOVIC. Hours: Mon - Thurs 10am - 8.30pm, Fri - Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 1 - 5pm. Panther Pl, Eltham, Melway 21 J5.
fairfield
• NMIT – Bachelor of Illustration A degree for those wishing to be a specialist in the creative industries. For information visit www.nmit.edu.au/illustration or call T: (03) 9269 8888
fitzroy
• Brooklyn Arts Hotel Brooklyn is beautiful, friendly, quiet, interesting, quirky and personal, within walking distance of central Melbourne. 48-50 George Street Fitzroy. T: (03) 9419 9328 www.brooklynartshotel.com.au
• Colour Factory Gallery Italia Mia by CHRISTOPHER TOVO, 6 – 28 May. Opening night: May 5, 6 - 8pm. 409 - 429 Gore Street, Fitzroy 3065. T: (03) 9419 8756, F: (03) 9417 5637. Gallery hours: Mon - Fri 10am - 6pm, Sat 1 - 4pm. E: Gallery@colourfactory.com.au, www.colourfactory.com.au/gallery • The Library Artspace 11 May – 5 June, Google Me This, a group exhibition of over 50 self portraits made using Google to interpret the identity of each artist’s name. Curated by Carmen Reid and Elyss McCleary. Opening Wednesday 11 May 6 - 8pm, 100 Barkly Street, North Fitzroy. Gallery Hours Wed - Sun 12 - 5pm. http://thelibraryartspace.blogspot.com • Port Jackson Press Print Room Exhibiting: Colour and Movement, a group exhibition, 7 May – 18 June; Little Window of Opportunity: VIOLETA CAPOVSKA, Bride - from the Names series, 14 May - 11 June. Tues - Fri 10am - 5.30pm, Sat 11am - 5pm. 61 Smith Street, Fitzroy, 3065. T: (03) 9419 8988, E: info@portjacksonpress.com.au www.portjacksonpress.com.au
footscray
• Magnani Papers Australia Beautiful fine art papers for printmaking, painting and drawing. Mention this Trouble ad and get 10% off! 40 Buckley Street Footscray 3011. T: (03) 9689 5660, www.magnani.com.au E: james@magnani.com.au
MELBOURNE
highett
• Silk Cut Print Workshop Facility The Silk Cut Foundation has opened a new Print Workshop Facility in Highett. The facility is a dedicated linocut printmaking workspace. It is available for rental by artists, teachers and community groups. For more information please contact: T: (03) 9555 8299, E: info@silkcutlino.com
langwarrin
• McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park Australia’s leading Sculpture Park and Gallery. Two exhibitions opening 6 March – 15 May 2011. DAVID WADELTON: icons of suburbia and SIMRYN GILL: Inland. A NETS Victoria touring exhibition developed by the Centre for Contemporary Photography. Presented in association with Melbourne International Arts Festival; McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award 2010, 21 November to 17 July 2011. 390 McClelland Drive, Langwarrin (Mel. Ref. 103 E3 only 45 min from St Kilda!) T: (03) 9789 1671. Gallery Hours: Tues - Sun 10am - 5pm (Entry by donation). McClelland Gallery Café, Tues - Sun 10am - 4.30pm. Guided Tours: Wed and Thurs 11am and 2pm, and Sat and Sun Sculpture Park at 2pm. Prior bookings highly recommended. E: info@mcclellandgallery.com, www.mcclellandgallery.com
melbourne
• Blindside Artist Run Space To 7 May: Precipice - JONATHAN MCBURNIE, How To Make Your House Truly Your Own - JULIE MUNRO-ALLISON; 11 May to 28 May (Opening Thursday 12 May, 6 - 8pm): Phonologies - DANAE VALENZA, Agarchitecture - ED MCALIECE. Nicholas Building, 714/37 Swanston Street
(enter via Cathedral Arcade lifts, cnr Flinders Ln), Melbourne. Hours: Tue to Sat 12 - 6pm. T: (03) 9650 0093, www.blindside.org.au • fortyfivedownstairs 3 – 14 May, Shedding Skin, EMMA COULTER, Painting; 3 – 14 May, Encrusted, CHRISTINE LARSEN, Drawing; 4 – 15 May, Urban Display Suite Produced and performed by MICHEAL DALLEY, Musical theatre; 17 – 28 May, Weaving Art and Change, group show curated by ISABELLA HOLDING, Textiles; 17 – 28 May, Angels with Dirty Faces, JKB FLETCHER, Painting; 20 May – 12 June, The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell by REG CRIBB, directed by LUCY FREEMAN, Theatre; 31 May – 11 June, Between the Lines, Contemporary Chinese Paper Art, group show, curated by JADE YANG. fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 3000. T: (03) 9662 9966, www.fortyfivedownstairs.com • Level 17 Artspace 19 April – 13 May: Five Miles from the Sea, Curator: Geoff Tolchard, Artists: GEORGE ALAMIDIS, TERRI BROOKES, CAZ GUINEY, JODI HEFFERNAN, KARI HENRIKSE, GREG NEVILLE, KIRSTEN PERRY, KARENNE REES, ADRIANE STRAMPP, MARIA THOMPSON, GEOFF TOLCHARD, PETER WEGNER. Level 17 Artspace, Victoria University City Campus, (map ref 14-D), 17/300 Flinders Street Melbourne Vic 3000. Gallery Director/Curator: Kirsten Rann. T: (03) 9919 1931, Gallery hours: Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, Free Entry. E: kirsten.rann@vu.edu.au http://creativeindustries.vu.edu.au/level17.html
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• RMIT Gallery Friday 15 April – Saturday 28 May, Three exhibitions: AINSLIE MURRAY: Intangible Architecture; CHELLE MACNAUGHTAN: Spatial Listening; MALTE WAGENFELD: Aesthetics of Air. Exploring the role of air, light and sound in contemporary architectural space. In order to open up discussions to a wide audience of key design concepts introduced by the artists, RMIT Gallery will be conducting free curator walkthroughs during the exhibitions. Tertiary and school groups welcome. Bookings: T: (03) 9925 1717. RMIT Gallery: 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000. T: (03) 9925 1717, F: (03) 9925 1738. E: rmit.gallery@rmit.edu.au, www.rmit.edu.au/rmitgallery. Free admission. Lift access. Mon - Fri 11am to 5pm, Sat 12 to 5pm, closed Sun and public holidays. Become a Fan of the Gallery on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter@RMITGallery. • Strip Billboard Inc Presents The Long and the Short of it, on the Big Screen at Federation Square from 1 – 21 May. A collection of photo essays submitted by the public, photographers and photojournalists from around the world. For more information go to www.stripbillboard.com
narre warren north
• Artgallop Gallery Shop May – June: Vicarchies Portrait Competition. Entries invited any style or medium $10 each. Entries Close 4 May, Opening and prizes 6 8pm 6 May 2011. Quaker Barn 3a Reservoir Rd. T: (03) 87904756. E: rosmead@gmail.com www.artgallop.net
northcote
• Arts Project Australia ALAN CONSTABLE, Viewfinder. Exhib dates: 30 Apr – 1 Jun 2011. Showcasing more than 60 works selected from a body spanning more than 20 years, Viewfinder offers new and rich insights into the unique art of Alan Constable. Gallery Hours: Mon to Fri 9am - 5pm, Sat 10am - 1pm. Location and contact details: Arts Project Australia, 24 High Street Northcote Victoria 3070. T: (03) 9482 4484, F: (03) 9482 1852, E: info@artsproject.org.au, www.artsproject.org.au, For artwork enquiries and appointments please contact Arts Project Australia gallery.
preston
• NMIT Visual Arts Courses Design, Graphic Design, Photoimaging, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Illustration. Full and Part time options plus short courses. See our website for all information www.nmit.edu.au/visualarts. T: (03) 9269 1431
MELBOURNE
southbank
• ACCA - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art NEW11, Presented by the Balnaves Foundation. NEW11, ACCA’s annual commissions exhibition, offers more artists from more places around Australia the opportunity to make something new and have it shown in 2011. Curated by Hannah Mathews, the artists hail from Melbourne, Sydney and Perth and are linked by a common interest in materiality. NEW11 artists are: FIONA ABICARE, REBECCA BAUMANN, TIM COSTER, GREATEST HITS, SHANE HASEMAN, MARK HILTON, DAN MOYNIHAN, BRENDAN VAN HEK, JUSTENE WILLIAMS and ANNIE WU. NEW11: 12 March – 15 May 2011; ACCA Regional Tour #2 (ART#2), 7 May, Horsham Regional Art Gallery. The second in a series of regional exhibitions curated by the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) around the State, ART#2 will open on 6 May at Horsham Regional Art Gallery with an exhibition of works that respond to the photographic focus of the Horsham collection, culminating on the Queens Birthday Long weekend with a two day festival of art events, interventions, happenings and activities in Horsham and Natimuk. Artists include STUART RINGHOLT, NICHOLAS MANGAN, BIANCA HESTER, JOSHUA PETHERICK, FIONA ABICARE, BENJAMIN ARMSTRONG, MATTHEW GRIFFIN, DAMIANO BERTOLI, TV MOORE, LARESA KOSLOFF, JUSTENE WILLIAMS, HELEN JOHNSON, ANDY THOMSOM, AGATHA GOTHE-SNAPE, GABRIELLE DE VIETRI
and NATHAN GRAY. Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 111 Sturt Street, Southbank. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday 10am - 5pm, Weekends and Public Holidays 11am - 6pm. Mondays by appointment. T: (03) 9697 9999. Admission: Free. www.accaonline.org.au
st andrews
• The Baldessin Press and Studio Workshops, art retreats, studio access in the bush. See www.baldessinpress.com or T: (03) 9710 1350
upway
• Burrinja Gallery Colours of the Country II - Celebrating 10 years of Alice Springs Beanie Festival, until Sun 15 May; Open Studios Exhibition, Fri 20 May – Sun 26 Jun. Works from the Burrinja Collection. 351 Glenfell Rd. Daily 10.30am - 4pm. www.burrinja.org.au
wheelers hill
• Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) Special Exhibition Gallery, Time Machine: SUE FORD, 7 April to 19 June 2011; Wilbow Gallery, Age of Aquarius: the photography of PAUL COX, 7 April to 19 June 2011; Focus Gallery, Topshots: photomedia work by VCE Art, Media and Studio Arts students of 2010, 5 April to 29 May 2011. Monash Gallery of Art, 860 Ferntree Gully Road (cnr Jells and Ferntree Gully Roads), Wheelers Hill 3150. Director: Shaune Lakin. Tues - Fri 10am to 5pm, Sat - Sun 12 to 5pm, Closed Mon. Gallery gift shop, LAMP café and sculpture park. T: (03) 8544 0500, E: mga@monash.vic.gov.au, www.mga.org.au
Box Hill Community Arts Centre transformation
Biennial Art Competition Major Prize $3000 Entries Close 19 Aug www.bhcac.com.au (03) 9895 8888
BENDIGO RICHMOND
ESSENDON SUNBURY
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1. Replicas of the ancient Deva Kings statues from the temple of Man-man-ji, Japanese Artefacts gifted to the City of Whitehorse from Matsudo, Japan. Mementos from Matsudo, Whitehorse Art Space, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill (VIC) 14 April – 25 May. 2. SELF, a community based photographic project facilitated by Gareth Hart. Burrinja Gallery, 351 Glenfern Road Upwey (VIC), 21 April - 22 May. NEXT SPREAD: Kate LUKE, Aqueous 2010, inkjet print on Arches Velin Museum Rag. People’s Choice Award, Access all areas 2010. Access all areas 2011, the members show, PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery, Manuka Arts Centre, Manuka Circle Griffith (ACT), 12 – 29 May. FOLLOWING SPREAD: 3. A’Marie DAISYJAW, Persian Rug 2 (detail) 2011, monotype print, 880 x 660 mm, montype print. 13 Dolls, Global Gallery, 5 Comber Street, Paddington (NSW), until 1 May (www.daisyjaw.com). 4. Clammy Glamour from the Curio-Cabinet, official selection of The Sydney Fringe, coming up at Carriageworks in September – Sydney Fringe Submissions are now closed. Visit www.thesydneyfringe.com.au for more info. 5. Lee FRIEDLANDER, New York City 1966, gelatin silver print. Purchased with funds from Lila Acheson Wallace. Collection of George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film. American Dreams 20th century photography from George Eastman House, Bendigo Art Gallery, View Street Bendigo (VIC), 16 April – 10 July.
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Interview with Emilie Zoey Baker
Interview with Gary Foley
Who is the best teacher you have ever had? ZB: Mrs Pickles, my Year 8 English teacher. I tried so hard to impress her. I started writing poetry – terrible, terrible poetry. I’d give her the poems and she’d say, “Um ... great ... thanks.” She had a stern face and a kind smile and gave us Beatles lyrics as homework.
Who is the best teacher you have ever had? GF: Malcolm X.
If I asked a good friend of yours what you were good at, what would they say? ZB: Eating while on the phone.
How similar are your political beliefs to those of your family? GF: Very similar.
Do you believe in the existence of evil? ZB: Yes, and it’s manifested in the Diet Coke puppets.
Is there anything you find irresistible? GF: No.
Is any religious text important to you? ZB: Most of my life’s philosophy comes from Monkey Magic. Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said, “With our thoughts we make the world.”
How do your values differ from those of your family? GF: I smoked dope and they didn’t.
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If I asked a good friend of yours what you were good at, what would they say? GF: Borrowing books and forgetting to return them.
Do you think its ok to lie? How similar are your political beliefs to those of your family? GF: No. ZB: We’re all leftie, latte-sipping, chardonnay-dripping How do you approach important decisions? pinkos – except my grandmother, who still yearns for GF: Erratically and evasively. John Howard. (I think she has a crush.) Do you believe in the existence of evil? Do you think its ok to lie? GF: Yes, it sits on top of a hill in Canberra. ZB: My brother is a unicorn. Is any religious text important to you? How do you approach important decisions? GF: High Times magazine. ZB: Pacing, coffee, brain games on the iPhone for a bit, a lie down, a chinese massage, a teen movie, another lie What was your favourite book as a child? GF: Animal Farm by George Orwell. down, and then I should get there.
What was your favourite book as a child? ZB: The Bunyip of Berkley Creek. It’s about a bunyip that goes round to all the animals and asks, ‘What am I?’ And the animals tell him he’s one fugly looking thing, until he finds a lady bunyip, and he’s all like, ‘Awwwww ... I get it.’ Is there anything you find irresistible? ZB: America’s Next Top Model. Tyra Banks is an alienmongoloid-model-beast from Mars.
What stays the same in your life, no matter how much other things change? GF: People have always asked me to answer silly questions. What do you hope for? GF: To die in my sleep. Emily Zoey Baker
Gary Foley
How do your values differ from those of your family? I told you my brother’s a unicorn, right? What stays the same in your life, no matter how much other things change? ZB: My feet. What do you hope for? ZB: Being able to survive the zombies. I have a stake, a Both Emilie Zoey Baker and Gary Foley will be hoe and a pitchfork at the ready. At the very least, I can appearing at the Newstead Short Story Tattoo; details plant some tomatoes. on the left hand side of this spread. More details at: http://newsteadtattoo.org/
SUBMIT
After great Castlemaine State Festival success, Lot19 is transforming into a statewide presence with a beautiful 2012 calendar and the beginning of the ‘art card collection’
The winter salon Exhiber (to display, flaunt or parade) will showcase A5 sized works. We are seeking submissions from artists to donate works with a chance to become the face of the calendar, and for inclusion in the art card collection. The exhibition runs 8 – 10 July with all works up for silent auction. The exposure for Castlemaine artists will be profound, via the calendar promotion and art cards, website and other media. We are also seeking submissions for the acclaimed Lot19 Spring Sculpture Prize, now incorporating the tonksculpture prize. Entries for this extensive indoor/outdoor exhibition close the beginning of June 2011. The exhibition will run from the 15th – 30th of October in the lush gardens and inspiring gallery at Lot19. Details at website. lot19art.com
Local Treasures Highlights of Ballarat’s private collections
Sat 16 Apr - Mon 13 Jun
Open daily FREE entry Unknown maker, garden ornaments from Ercildoune, not dated, alabaster. Gift of Lady Currie in memory of Sir Alan Currie, 1949.
Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard Street North Ballarat Victoria 3350 Telephone: 03 5320 5858 artgalleryballarat.com.au
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• Art classes with Dawn Lim Enroll for art classes with Dawn Lim, will encourage your personal talents. $125.00 for 4 classes, Tuesdays 9am - 12noon. Starts 10th to 31st May 2011. M: 04 0384 2085 • Art Gallery of Ballarat Exhibitions: Until Monday 13 June. Local Treasures - Highlights of Ballarat’s private collections. A broad and diverse selection of local treasures, ranging from curiosities to works by major artists; Australian Landscapes - Eugene von Guerard in the Antipodes. The full set of engravings of landscapes published by von Guerard in 1867; LYN PLUMMER - Modulations: Re Calling the Blood Tears. Works which explore loss lamentation and supplication through powerful religious imagery; 7 May till Sunday 26 June. The Stony Rises Project. A NETS Victoria exhibition comprising works by 10 artists which explore the rich, many layered landscape of Victoria’s Western District; Other Events: Sat 7 and Sun 8 May, 11am, 1pm and 3pm, Gallery tours for Ballarat Heritage Weekend; Wed 11 May, 12.15pm, Free talk - MARION MANIFOLD on Ancestral Memories and Identities of the Women of the Manifold Family; Wed 18 May, 5 - 9pm - International Museums Day Open Gallery Evening; Sat 21 May, 7pm, Ballarat Writers Inc - Pure Poetry Recital; Wed 25 May, 12.15pm, Free talk - KIM ANDERSON on Mind, Body and Space; Wed 25 May, 7pm, Concert - Seraphim Trio - the Wanderer; Sun 29 May, 2.30pm, Free concert Graduating Students from University of Ballarat Arts Academy. Art Gallery of Ballarat, 40 Lydiard Street
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North, Ballarat Vic 3350. Open Daily. Free entry. T: 5320 5858, E: artgal@ballarat.vic.gov.au, www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au, • Arts and Cultural Development City of Ballarat For arts and cultural initiatives, events, art register, support or advice please call T: (03) 5320 5643 or go to our website www.ballarat.vic.gov.au and follow the links from community and culture, arts to art connections. • Ballarat Arts Foundation Grants Rounds for emerging artists close on 31 March and 30 September each year. Visit Downloads on www.ballaratartsfoundation.org.au or T: (03) 5332 4824 or M: 0409 352 268 • Gallery on Sturt May 4 to 30 (opening night Fri 6 May), Pigments of the imagination #7 solo exhibition by ROBYN KITTELTY REDMAN. Works in a range of media by this talented and versatile Ballarat artist. Oils, watercolour, ink, collage. Robyn has worked and painted overseas in England, Scotland, New Zealand, Fiji and Italy with numerous awards to her name. Mon - Fri 9am - 5.30pm. Sat 10am - 2pm, Sun open by appt. Free entry. 421 Sturt Street Ballarat. T: (03) 5331 7011, www.galleryonsturt.com.au • Kirrit Barreet - Aboriginal Art and Cultural Centre Now exhibiting community works. 403-407 Main Road. www.aboriginalballarat.com.au • The Known World Bookshop & Apartment Great s/h books, coffee bar and a boutique city apartment. 14 Sturt Street, Ballarat. T: (03) 5332 8114 • Post Office Gallery Wed 20 Apr – Sun 8 May, MICHAEL SHIELL: Trace (Open 7/8 May Heritage W/end); Wed 11 May – Sat 4 June, AIRed: TERRY DAVIES, CHRISTOPHER HEADLEY, ROSALIND LAWSON, LI-FENG LO, LARS STENBERG, ANNE WILSON. Post Office Gallery, Arts Academy, University of Ballarat. Cnr Sturt and Lydiard Street Ballarat. VIC. 3350. Mon/ Tue by appt. Wed - Sat 1 - 4pm. T: (03) 5327 8615, E: s.hinton@ballarat.edu.au www.ballarat.edu.au/artsacademy. • Radmac Now Showing at the Radmac Gallery for the month of May: Local artist YOLANDA CAPORN’s exhibition entitled Just for fun. Yolanda uses
CENTRAL VIC vibrant colours to create contemporary, abstract, often quirky citycsapes and various themes that catch the eye and stimulates the imagination, Yolanda’s vibrant paintings would be great as a focal point in any house. Along with MITCH HORVILL with his unique style of Artwork created in Enamels, spectacular and colourful in a variety of themes, an exhibition not to missed. Radmac Gallery 104 Armstrong St (Nth) Ballarat 3350, T: (03) 5333 4617, Gallery Hours: 8.30am to 5.30pm Mon - Fri, 9am to 12pm Sat. Entry Free. Enrol now for art classes. Gallery and studio space available.
bendigo
• 3x3. La Trobe University Third Year Art Exhibition. Nine artists cover a range of mediums, exploring contemporary practice. Friday 3 – Friday 17 June 2011. Dudley House, View Street Bendigo. Opening 6:30pm Friday 3 June. Hours 11am - 3pm Thursday - Sunday. M: 04 2916 8424. E: ajmawson@bigpond.com • Artsonview Framing and Gallery Expert custom framing by GEOFF SAYER. Conservation and exhibition framing also available. Plus a small but interesting range of original artwork and photography. New ceramics by RAY PEARCE now in stock. 75 View Street. T: (03) 5443 0624, E: sayer@iinet.net.au • Bendigo Art Gallery Exhibition: American Dreams: 20th century photography from George Eastman House, to 10 July; Art and Tea 10.30am Wednesday 18 May. This month’s guest speaker is Christopher Atkins, who will discuss the different photographic techniques used in American Dreams, this is a free event, all welcome. 42 View Street, T: (03) 5434 6088. www.bendigoartgallery.com.au • Bob Boutique bob boutique presents new work by CHELSEY FREYTA. The Hello Bear exhibition includes artworks, jewellery and textile design, on until 13 June at bob. 17 Williamson Street, Bendigo. Open: Sat - Sun 11am - 3pm, Mon - Fri 11am - 3pm. www.bob.net.au • The Capital Info and tickets online at www.thecapital.com.au. T: (03) 5441 6100 or visit 50 View Street, Bendigo. Rainbow’s End, Friday 13 May, 8pm and Saturday 14 May, 2pm and 8pm. Full list of shows at website.
• Community & Cultural Development (CCD) www.bendigo.vic.gov.au - for arts, festivals and events info at your fingertips. Select Council Services, then Arts Festivals and Events for Events Calendar and Arts Register. The CCD Unit is an initiative of the City of Greater Bendigo. E: eventscalendar@bendigo.vic.gov.au T: (03) 5434 6464 • La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre VAC Gallery: 4 May – 12 June, BILL SAMPSON, Longer Little Deaths; Access Gallery: To 15 May, MARK SALVATUS, Secret Garden; 18 May – 12 June, ERNA ROCHE, Feeling the Omnipresence; Studio 1.06: 4 May – 12 June, LAURENS TAN, Arena: A Post Boom Beijing. Gallery hours: Tue - Sun 10am - 5pm. 121 View Street, Bendigo. T: (03) 5441 8724, www.latrobe.edu.au/vac • Phyllis Palmer Gallery La Trobe University, Bendigo Campus. 11 May – 2 June, The Body and Nature. A multi-disciplinary show by Visual Arts Students from La Trobe University. Hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm. Gate 8 Sharon Street, Bendigo. T: (03) 5444 7917. www.latrobe.edu.au/visualarts/ppg/index.htm \
campbells creek
• Bush Dance Against Want Sat 4 June Campbell’s Ck Comm Centre 6 10pm. Bush Band JANE THOMPSON, JAMES RIGBY and friend. For Oxfam T: (03) 5470 5747
carisbrook
• Music Recording by Mark Woods Bald Hill Music Studio - Professional recording and mastering. T: (03) 5464 1346 www.myspace.com/markwoodsaudio
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castlemaine
• Art Supplies Castlemaine Extensive range, art gift ideas, kids art materials, 10% art student discount, special orders welcome. Tues - Thur 9am-5pm, Fri 9am - 5.30pm, Sat 9am-1pm. 25 Hargraves Street. T: (03) 5470 5291, E: artsuppliescastlemaine@gmail.com • Arts Officer - Jon Harris Community Activity and Culture Unit Mount Alexander Shire Council Jon Harris (Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri) PO Box 185 Castlemaine 3450. T: (03) 5471 1793, M: 0428 394 577, E: arts@mountalexander.vic.gov.au • Be Unafraid - do It... Visit the gallery of Brian Nunan! Retrospective and New Controversial Art Works open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 5pm. 40 Campbell Street Castlemaine. T: (03) 5460 6724, E: nunan@castlemaine.net.au, briannunan.com.au • Bent Ironwork Artist’s sculptural work, architectural and wrought iron work by STEVE ROWE. 54 Bagshaw Street Harcourt. M: 0400 538 344 • Buda Historic Home and Garden A property of national significance. Home of the noted Gold and Silversmith ERNEST LEVINY and his family from 1863 to 1981, featuring authentic furnishings, arts and crafts collection, significant heritage garden and grounds. Nursery selling drought-hardy plants, many propagated from the garden. 42 Hunter Street, Castlemaine 3450. T/F: (03) 5472 1032, E: admin@budacastlemaine.org. Open Wed - Sat 12noon to 5pm, Sunday 10am to 5pm. Groups by appointment. • Burke’s Music Specialising in independent music. 66 Mostyn Street. E: music@burkesmusic.com.au T: (03) 5470 6003 • CASPA A diary of a chaotic life. Oil paintings by COLIN MCKENZIE. Opening Friday 6 May 6pm until 27 May, 10am - 5pm weekdays. Above Stoneman’s Bookroom, Hargraves Street. www.castlemainefringe.org.au/caspa • Castlemaine Continuing Education Arts Pathways Course, expressions of interest for 2011 Arts Pathways Course now being taken. T: (03) 5472 3299
• Cherry Tennant’s Studio Gallery At any time view Cherry’s paintings, drawings, photographs, greetings cards and poetry books. 160 Hargraves Street (cnr Hall St), Castlemaine. To ensure she’s there phone first. T: (03) 5470 6642. You may also contact her for tuition details. • Falkner Gallery Until 29 May: LIZ CAFFIN, La giterella: Aquatints; MARGARET CROMB: Castlemaine Botanical Gardens, 150 years Celebration: Woodcuts, Monoprints, Watercolours; Australian and International Prints: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s: ANTES, BLACKMAN, CLEAVIN, DUNLOP, FRANSELLA, GRIEVE, HEGARTY, LANCELEY, LEACH JONES, PIKE, PUGH, ROSE, SENBERGS, STEINBERG, TAPIES, VOIGT. 35 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Hours: 11am - 5pm Thurs - Sun to 29 May. T: (03) 5470 5858, E: falknergallery@tpg.com.au • greenGraphics: web and print design Domain (www) registration and web hosting. T: (03) 5472 5300, E: info@greengraphics.com.au www.greengraphics.com.au • Instramental We stock all your instrument needs, have a full digital recording studio, and tuition spaces. 12 Templeton Street, Castlemaine 3450. T: (03) 5470 5913, www.instramental.com.au • John Gleeson Down to earth pottery with soul. Selling at Wesley Hill Market every Saturday. M: 0419 879 923 • Louise Smith Fine Art Art Consultant and Valuer, Australian and Indigenous Art. Houghton Park. 43 Odgers Road, Castlemaine Vic 3450. M: 0418 519 747 E: louiseart@bigpond.com www.louisesmithfineart.com • Lot 19 Music: Sal Kimber and the Yearlings, 4 june; Art: The Winter Salon Exhiber - seeking a5 submissions from artists for exhibition 8 – 10 July; The lot19 spring sculpture prize - seeking submissions for this acclaimed indoor/outdoor prize, now incorporating the tonksculpture prize. Check the website for details lot19art.com • Phil Elson Pottery Fine hand thrown porcelain tableware and large porcelain bowls. 89 Templeton Street. T: (03) 5472 2814 www.philelsonpottery.com
BILL SAMPSON Longer Little Deaths 4 May – 12 June
MARK SALVATUS Secret Garden To 15 May
ERNA ROCHELa Trobe University Visual Arts Centre 121 View Street Feeling the Omnipresence Bendigo, VIC, 3550 18 May – 12 June +61 3 5441 8724
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LAURENS TAN Arena: A Post Boom Beijing 4 May – 12 June La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre 121 View Street, Bendigo, VIC, 3550 T: 03 5441 8724
La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre 121 View Street E: vac@latrobe.edu.au Bendigo, VIC, 3550 W: latrobe.edu.au/vac +61 3 5441 8724 Gallery hours: Tue - Sun 10am - 5pm latrobe.edu.au/vacentre Image: Bill Sampson, Crushed Painting – Broken Mould#2, (detail), 2011, acrylic on vinyl, aluminium panel and fluorescent paint
“He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the skills of the physician.” (Chinese Proverb)
ENTRY $10 TIX AT DOOR
CAROLYN TEO PERFORMANCE 1 @ 8PM on Sat June 4th @ The Old Fire Station, View Street, Bendigo
PERFORMANCE 2 @ 2PM on Sunday June 5th @ The Old Fire Station, View Street, Bendigo
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Saturday 28th May, 8pm Sunday 29th May, 5pm The Old Fire Station, View Street, Bendigo Forum: With artists and refreshments Sat 28th May 5.30-6.30 LaTrobe Visual Arts Centre, View Street Bendigo Punctum: Tel 0439 319 307 Email info@punctum.com.au
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• The Union Studio Contemporary Australian art and design gallery, custom, exhibition and conservation framing, hand finished Australian hardwood frames, canvas stretching and stretchers. The Union Studio, 74 Mostyn Street (enter via Union St) Castlemaine. T: (03) 5470 6446 Open 7 days.
daylesford
• Woodshed Gallery J.A. Jones presents... More Than Meets The Eye. Designer Artwork Product Range Launch. At The Woodshed Gallery, Raglan Street, Daylesford. Opening Night: 11 June, 5 - 7pm, Runs From 11 June – 10 JULY.
heathcote
• The Heathcote Artists Inc. Has the pleasure to invite you to their own gallery, opening Saturday 12 June. Open all weekends and public holidays from 10am ‘til 4pm. Heathcote Art Gallery, High street, Heathcote VIC 3523.
kyneton
• Gallery 40 Current exhibition: Australia - Far and Near. Varied photos by MARGARET CHANDRA of Lake Eyre, Uluru. Local photos by HOWARD MAYLOR and MARNIE TOLE. Open by appointment. 40 Mollison Street, Kyneton. Contact Margaret Chandra: M: 04 3835 6025. E: chandramarg@yahoo.com.au; http://galleryinkyneton.blogspot.com/ • Stockroom Makers, artists and project space. 21 May – 12 June.
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Shared Journey - (Sculpture created in Australia and Ireland), JULIE COLLINS and DEREK JOHN. Opening Saturday 21 May. 98 Piper St, Kyneton 3444. T: (03) 5422 3215. Wed - Sun 10:30am to 5.00pm. www.stockroomkyneton.com
lancefield
• MAD Gallery and Café 29 April to 26 May 2011, paintings by CLAIRE MORRIS. Opening 2 - 5pm, Sunday 1 May; 22 May 2011 2 - 5pm: Sunday Sounds #21 OPEN MIC. Music afternoon, free to all; 27 May to 23 June 2011, John Hitch Retrospective, drawings and watercolour paintings by the late JOHN HITCH, including works by other artists from his private collection. Opening 2 - 5pm, Sunday 29 May. Contemporary 2D and 3D fine art, new exhibition every 4 weeks. 19 High Street, Lancefield. T: (03) 5429 1432, E: art@madgallery.com.au, www.madgallery.com.aum, Café and Gallery open daily 10am to 5pm.
maldon
• Cascade Print Workshop Biting Issues exhibition open until 30 June. Fri/Sat 10 - 6pm and by appointment. KAREEN ANCHEN, NICKY CAREY, PHILIP DAVEY, PETER DIAMOND, DAVID FRAZER, JEFF GARDNER, CRAIG GOUGH, JACKIE HOCKING, JUDY HOLDING, MARTIN KING, ANITA LAURENCE, ROBERT MACLAURIN, RHYLL PLANT, LYDIA POLJAK, WENDY STAVRIANOS, DEBORAH WILLIAMS. Cascade Print Workshop, 482 Bendigo Rd Maldon. T: (03) 5475 1085, www.cascadeprintworkshop.com • Penny School Gallery and Café NORMA BAILEY-RAMSAY and JULIANA HILTON: New paintings 7 May – 13 June 2011. Opening hours Wed - Sun, 11am - 5pm. Dinner from 6pm Fri and Sat Penny School Gallery/ Café, 11 Church Street Maldon. T: (03) 5475 1911, E: psgallery@netcon.net.au
maryborough 74 MOSTYN STREET (ENTER VIA UNION ST) CASTLEMAINE VIC 3450 TELEPHONE: (03) 5470 6446 (FORMERLY TEMPLETON STUDIO)
• Station Antique Emporium - Lic. Café Regional Wine Centre and Gallery Built in 1890 over 372 sq. metres of antiques and art. Delicious menu, exquisite coffee and teas. 10am - 5pm, closed Tues. Café by Night Thurs (carvery night), Fri and Sat. Live entertainment every Fri from 7.30pm. Café open Saturday nights. T: (03) 5461 4683
CENTRAL VIC
newstead
• Dig Café MARY CASPAR, local artist exhibiting through May; Maldon ceramic artist TRACEY KOOLEN work on display and sale. Closed Mondays, open public holidays, open Tues - Thurs 9am - 5pm, Fri - Sat 9am ‘til late, Sun 9am - 9pm. • Karen Pierce Painter, Illustrator, Art Teacher, community artist, quality prints and cards. T: (03) 5476 2744, www.karenpierceart.com • Newstead Press Home of Trouble since 2004.
talbot
• The Corridor Art Gallery Upstairs at London House, Talbot. Open weekends. M: 0408 596 524.
taradale
• Shelf Life Gallery at Taradale Wine & Produce Featuring: Curiosities by ANTOINETTE DE MORTON, 29 April – 10 June. Exhibition opening Friday 29 April, 7 - 9pm. Taradale Wine and Produce, 120 High Street, Taradale. Fri, Sat and Sun 11am - 6pm. T: (03) 5423 2828
woodend
• Woodend Art Group June Art Show. Woodend Art Group at the Railway Station 11,12 and 13 June. 10am - 5pm. Come and see beautiful paintings by local artists, Gold coin donation, 3 prizes, 1 each day and a lovely warm atmosphere. • Working Outside the Square Working Outside the Square began 6 years ago with a group of 50 artists in different fields who were invited to create a glass piece. An exhibition of these pieces was then auctioned without artist attribution. Money raised funds a scholarship for part of a tertiary art related course for students who attended high school or live in the Macedon Ranges. The project has since worked in bronze, glass, on skateboards and bodies and has raised $19,000 for students. The project continues with the theme ‘From Junk to Gems’. Artists will produce a work made from recycled/repurposed materials. 50 artists have agreed to participate in the project including John Howley, John York and Helen Cottel. Opening and auction 21 May from 2pm. Exhibition details: Working Outside the Square, 21 May to 3 June 2011. Colenso Gallery, Anslow Street, Woodend. Open Thurs - Sun 10am to 3pm. Entry Free.
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mildura
• The Art Vault To 16 May: TONY AMENEIRO, main gallery, Night Skulls and LilyHeads; To 16 May: NIKITA BURT, small gallery, Within the spell; 18 May – 6 June: JANE ROPER, small gallery, Insights and Insects; 18 May – 6 June, main gallery, Art Vault Studio Artists. Artists In Residence: HEATHER BURNESS, TONY AMENEIRO and PETER LANCASTER, ROBERTO MARQUEZ. 43 Deakin Ave, Mildura, Vic. Wed - Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun - Mon 10am - 2pm. T: (03) 5022 0013. Director: Julie Chambers. www.theartvault.com.au • Mildura Arts Centre HERstories: celebrating the centenary of International Women’s Day, until 14 May 2011, Venue: The LEAP Project Space, 39 Langtree Avenue, Mildura. Mildura Arts Centre Regional Gallery is closed while the Centre undertakes an exciting redevelopment of Mildura’s arts and cultural precinct. For details on Mildura Arts Centre Outreach projects, see our website for more information. 199 Cureton Avenue, Mildura VIC 3500. T: (03) 5018 8330, F: (03) 5021 1462, www.milduraartscentre.com.au • White Cube Mildura Three micro galleries in three locations in Mildura. May: GEOFFREY BROWN, SALLY HEDERICS and NELLIE HOWDEN. Stefano’s Café Bakery, 27 Deakin Ave. Klemm’s Newsagency, 53 Langtree Mall. Shugg Group, 126 Lime Ave. E: whitecubemildura@gmail.com, www.whitecubemildura.blogspot.com
swan hill
• Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery 13 May to 26 June: Outsider, SELBY WARREN; 13 May to 26 June: Rural Rules (Ee-aye Eeaye Oh. OK.), NEIL BERECRY BROWN; 10 May to 5 June: It looks different, ROBYN PATTERSON and LORRI LAMBERT. Horseshoe Bend, Swan Hill 3585. T: (03) 5036 2430, www.swanhill.vic.gov.au/gallery
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NORTHERN VIC
EASTERN VIC
benalla
gippsland
milawa
• Gecko Studio Gallery Lost and Found - DAVID FRAZER. Works on paper: wood engraving, etching and lithography. 2011. Until 21 May. Opening Sunday 17 April from 2 - 5pm, artist talk at 4pm; Opposites - Group Exhibition. 5 – 18 June, opening Sunday 5 June between 2 - 5pm. Gecko Studio Gallery. 15 Falls Rd, Fish Creek, Vic 3959. Open 10am - 5pm, Thur to Mon. T: (03) 5683 2481, E: framing@geckostudiogallery.com.au, www.geckostudiogallery.com.au
• Benalla Art Gallery Ellipsis, JO GOFF to 15 May; 2010 RAD VCE - Regional Art and Design to 29 May; RICHARD DUNN - 4 Paintings after Albert Namatjira, 7 May – 19 June; Jus’ Drawn Proppa Now, NETS Touring Exhibition, 21 May – 3 July. Bridge Street, Benalla, Victoria, 3672, Opening hours 10am - 5pm, T: (03) 5760 2619, E: gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au, www.benallaartgallery.com • LiTTLE ArtSpace Exhibitions changing monthly. 1 – 31 May, IAN McKINNON, Cross warp, 2D and 3D woven artworks; 1 – 30 June, Come Fly With Me, sculptural works by ELLY BUCKLEY. LiTTLE ArtSpace (adjacent to The Olive Shop) 1605 Snow Road, Milawa. Mon - Wed 10am to 4pm, Thur Sun 10am to 5pm. E: littleartspace@gmail.com
shepparton
• Glasson’s Art World, High St Shepparton Art Supplies, Graffiti Art Products, Artists Designer Gallery, Dookie Art Retreat, Archival Framing. E: info@glassonsartworld.com.au, www.glassonsartworld.com.au • Shepparton Art Gallery 7 March to 15 May, RICHARD LEWER and MATTHEW GRIFFIN; 4 April to 15 May, Indian Chamber by ANNA KRISTENSEN; From 8 April to 17 July, The Drawing Wall #4: RICHARD LEWER; 21 April to 15 May, Woman and Child by SAM JINKS. Gallery closed for redevelopments from 16 May, please visit the website for updates. Eastbank Centre, 70 Welsford Street, Shepparton VIC 3630. Director: Kirsten Paisley. Free entry. Open daily 10am to 4pm, public hols 1 to 4pm. Café. T: (03) 5832 9861, E: art.gallery@shepparton.vic.gov.au, www.sheppartonartgallery.com.au
wangaratta
• Wangaratta Art Gallery 30 April – 30 May 2011, Bones of Contention by indigenous artist EDDIE KNEEBONE. On loan from Wodonga TAFE; Selection, Indigenous art on loan from the Benalla Art Gallery collection. Dianne Mangan - Director, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery. F: (03) 5722 2969, T: (03) 5722 0865, E: d.mangan@wangaratta.vic.gov.au
• Cowwarr Art Space 1 Apr to 30 May, Gallery 1: MARY MACQUEEN (1912-1994) Works on Paper, Courtesy of Charles Nodrum Gallery. Mac Queen’s medium was predominantly pencil and paper and was recognised for its spontaneous and expressive mark making; Gallery 2, CLIVE MURRAYWHITE, Sculpture. 2730 Traralgon/Maffra Rd Cowwarr. Hrs: Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, 11am - 5pm. E: artspace@cowwarr.com, www.cowwarr.com
• Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale Until 8 May, Mary and Max: The Exhibition - An Australian Centre for the Moving Image touring exhibition managed by NETS Victoria; Until 15 May, Reverie is the latest exhibition by CLAIRE ANNA WATSON featuring recent videos and documentation of public art projects; Until 5 June, Talisman - Domestic appliances such as televisions, vacuum cleaners and toasters from the recent past become cast as stony artefacts in SUSAN MILNE’s Talisman; 14 May to 10 July, Dreamweavers - featuring ALY AITKEN, ELOISE CALANDRE (UK), JAMES GLEESON, ADAM LAERKESEN, SAM SPENSER (UK), JOEL ZIKA. A Gippsland Art Gallery and NETS Victoria touring exhibition; 21 May to 3 July, The Seventh Day is a new series of highly elaborate photographs by MAGDALENA BORS which implicate the sublime within the everyday.Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, 68 Foster Street Sale VIC 3850. T: (03) 5142 3372 F: (03) 5142 3373. Open: Mon - Fri 10am 5pm, Sat - Sun 12 - 4pm. For public holidays hours visit our website. Director, Anton Vardy. E: gallery_enquiries@wellington.vic.gov.au www.wellington.vic.gov.au/gallery • Maffra Exhibition Space 6 May to 18 June, From the Mountains to the Sea Landscape paintings by popular South Gippsland artist JASON FOSTER. Maffra Exhibition Space, 150 Johnson Street, Maffra Open Mon and Wed
EASTERN VIC
WESTERN VIC
- Fri 10am - 6pm, Sat 10am - 12pm, Closed Tues and Sun. Enquiries to Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale T: (03) 5142 3372. • Kerrie Warren Designs Art Melbourne 19 – 22 May, Stall A13, kerriewarren.com.au BAY & PENINSULA
Calvert. T: (03) 5356 4232 E: don@hallsgap.net www.mountaingrand.com
geelong
• Geelong Gallery CHRISTOPHER HEATHCOTE - When lights are low until 5 June; PENNY BYRNE - Commentariat until 26 June; ROBERT BAINES - Metal, 7 May to 3 July; Beyond Big Land (includes works by CHRISTINE ADAMS, LESLEY DUXBURY, LES WALKLING and STEPHEN WICKHAM), 7 May to 3 July. Little Malop Street, Geelong. T: (03) 5229 3645, www.geelonggallery.org.au, Free entry. Open daily 10am to 5pm. • Geelong Performing Arts Centre Rainbow’s End - GPAC’s Alcoa Theatre Season, 17 – 21 May, Drama Theatre; Diva’s - Musical Mornings, 25 – 26 May, Playhouse. 50 Lt Malop Street Geelong. Info and tickets online at www.gpac.org.au or phone T: (03) 5225 1200. Find us on Facebook - www. facebook.com/geelongperformingartscentre • Metropolis Gallery 14 – 28 May, ROBERT HOLCOMBE and BRUCE EARLES. 64 Ryrie Street Geelong 3220. T: (03) 5221 6505. Director: Robert Avitabile. www.metropolisgallery.com.au
mornington
• Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery 12 May – 19 June : Experimenta Utopia Now, International Biennal of Media Art. Civic Reserve, Dunns Road, Mornington. Tue - Sun 10am - 5pm. Open 10am - 5pm Queen’s Birthday, Monday 13 June. T: (03) 5975 4395, E: mprg@mornpen.vic. gov.au, http://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/ WESTERN VIC
ararat
• Ararat Regional Art Gallery Town Hall, Vincent Street. Mon, Wed to Fri 10am – 4.30pm, w/ends 12 - 4pm. T: (03) 5352 2836 araratregionalartgallery.blogspot.com • Mountain Grand Boutique Hotel Enchanting getaway in Halls Gap. Delightful dining in The Balconies restaurant with fine local wines and live jazz on weekends. Conferences and functions are our specialty. If you have a longing for the way things used to be. Your hosts Don and Kay
hamilton
• Hamilton Art Gallery Friends of the Gallery Art Deco Loan Exhibition, 8 March – 15 May; Japanese Print, 29 March – 22 May; ‘There’s something in this and I think you know’: GRAEME FINN Videos, 7 April – 5 June; The Spirit in the Land, 19 May – 10 July. 107 Brown Street, Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, Sat 10am - 12pm and 2 - 5pm, Sun 2 - 5pm. T: (03) 5573 0460, www.hamiltongallery.org
horsham
• Horsham Regional Art Gallery Art #2: ACCA in the Regions, 6 May – 3 July. ART#2 will open on May 6th at Horsham Regional Art Gallery with an exhibition of works that respond to the photographic focus of the Horsham collection. Artists STUART RINGHOLT, NICHOLAS MANGAN, BIANCA HESTER, JOSHUA PETHERICK, FIONA ABICARE, BENJAMIN ARMSTRONG, MATTHEW GRIFFIN and DAMIANO BERTOLI will each present works that explore image making through collage, cutups and photograms. Video artists TV MOORE, LARESA KOSLOFF and JUSTENE WILLIAMS will also exhibit recent works that question the stability of the image and archive. The ART#2 Horsham season will culminate on the Queens Birthday Long Weekend with a two day festival of art events, interventions, happenings and activities in Horsham and nearby Natimuk; HELEN JOHNSON will present a mural at the Horsham Post Office that references symbols and motifs from the Horsham area; NATHAN GRAY will perform with the Natimuk Brass Band to entertain busy Saturday morning shoppers; and LARESA KOSLOFF and ANDY THOMSON will partner with the Bowling Club to broadcast a sporting commentary. Over the weekend a new, locally-made documentary by artist GABRIELLE DE VIETRI will be screened along with newspaper and radio interventions by Sydney artist AGATHA GOTHE-SNAPE. Horsham Regional Art Gallery, 21 Roberts Avenue. Tues - Fri 10am - 5pm, Sat - Sun 1 - 4.30pm. T: (03) 5362 2888, www.horshamartgallery.com.au
natimuk
• Goat Gallery A new show every month featuring the widely ranging skills of local artists. 87a Main Street. Weekends 1 - 4pm and by appointment. M: 0418 997 785 www.goatgallery.com.au
Jarrod Mawson
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SNOWTOWN Few can forget the ‘bodies in barrels’ murders that dominated the media little more than a decade ago. The revelation that police had discovered the dismembered remains of several victims mummifying in barrels of hydrochloric acid, stored in a disused bank vault in a sleepy town out in the middle of nowhere, shocked the Australian public with it’s nightmarish, gruesome details.
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Moreover, the instigator of the crimes, psychotic torturer John Bunting, captivated Australians as an expert manipulator of people, having convinced three others to aid him in the murder, torture and disposal of victims, and rightly earning the title of ‘Australia’s worst serial killer’.
but don’t be fooled into thinking this is a slasher film. With minimal screen time dedicated to unnecessary gore, Snowtown draws you into it’s cyclone of powerful characters with subtlety, overworking our imaginations to convey a sense of impending doom that never lets up, and still the film manages to climax at the most unexpected moments.
The success of this character driven piece is largely due to the impressive performances from a widely unknown cast. From Lucas Pittaway’s portrayal of a vulnerable Vlassakis, desperate to find his way through life, to the frighteningly bipolar yet charismatic personality of Bunting by Daniel Henshall, the entire cast delivers impeccable interpretations of their roles, bordering on surreal in how convincingly their mannerisms and dialogue interweave with events on screen. The performances in this film make for some of the most authentic acting in Australian cinema to date. Particularly admirable is the way Sitting in the cinema waiting for the film to begin, in which the film handles its portrayal of real there was an aura of uncertainty shrouding the world characters, notably Vlassakis. Where many room. This was a film not only detailing a tragic other directors would be content with comically crime, but also one that focused its narrative on demonising the perpetrators, or painfully those directly involved. How would the killers be sympathising for no other reason than to cause characterised? Where would the line be drawn a stir, Snowtown gracefully walks the line of at content appropriate to film? And, the biggest sensitive neutrality. Early events paint Vlassakis question of all, did Kurzel and Grant have an as a tragic figure, yet by the end there’s no doubt agenda in their portrayal of the film’s leading of his compliancy to Bunting’s demands, and character? Little did I know that throughout the endless rollercoaster of Vlassakis’ emotional the course of two intensely gripping hours of metamorphosis is in turn projected onto the cinema, all of the above concerns would be audience, leaving behind a tangled web of made redundant. conflicting viewpoints and interpretations to which there seems no simple solution. The ice is broken by a beautiful drifting shot from a car window, accompanied by the Unforgettable in every respect, Snowtown melancholic recounting of a dream. We’re finds the perfect balance between a sensitive quickly introduced to the film’s central character, yet captivating depiction of the subject matter, Jamie Vlassakis, and just as quickly educated developing an unshakable grip on the audience on the kind of life he leads, one draped in not through cheap shock tactics, but through misery and loneliness. Early encounters with genuine character intensity coupled with elegant tormentors leave him abused, and in one such cinematography. Despite it’s focus on the darkest moment of vulnerability he meets John Bunting. side of events, you’re never pressured into how From Vlassakis’ perspective Bunting is easily to feel, but simply told how it happened, and perceived as a messianic-like father figure, and where it goes from there is up to you. What could one of the few men in his life who offers a sense have been an agenda driven pieced riddled with of camaraderie worthy of admiration. hyperbole is instead distinguished cinema of the Like all similar morbidly fascinating events, it was only a matter of time before someone took it upon themselves to tell whatever story that could be told, and in this instance we have such a story in Snowtown, the directorial debut by Justin Kurzel and screenplay by Shaun Grant. Understandably generating a certain degree of controversy, the film follows the troubled early life of a young Jamie Vlassakis, through to his relationship with John Bunting, a catalyst that would decide the teenager’s fate, as he ultimately becomes one of Bunting’s murderous cohorts.
Of course, beneath Bunting’s amiable exterior lies a darker side, drenched in unthinkable violence. It doesn’t take long for Vlassakis to fall victim to Bunting’s machiavellian charisma, succumbing to his world of psychotic murder,
highest class, carefully composed by all involved as a work of outstanding Australian art. Snowtown opens nationally on 19 May. www.snowtownthemovie.com/
PATRICK JONES
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By Autonomous Association In healthy environments competition and reciprocity generally find homeostasis. When they don’t, ecosystems begin to flounder and become unwell. This generally occurs when one or a handful of species dominates and begins to overexploit resources. Locust plagues are a good example of this, as are industrialised human beings who have come to favour the competitive and undervalue the reciprocal. Of course plagues, infestations and epidemics are each the result of human technologies. Singling out other species as noxious – weeds, ferals, invaders, aliens, enemies, and diseases – is merely science shifting the blame of its own doing onto nonhumans for their adaptive, autonomous ingenuities. The more science progresses, the more humans become estranged from the land, and the more we fail to see ourselves as solely responsible for, and vulnerable to, ecological crisis. The link between a dominant, competitive, technofetishistic society and ecological unwellness probably doesn’t need too much unpacking here. It’s a no-brainer really. Ecologies are social spaces where each species understands inherently the science, art and craft of their existence and how they should interact with or protect themselves from other species. Whereas, by contrast, the study or understanding of ecologies by humans now occurs in rarefied, specialised domains (labs, journals, departments) where ‘knowledge’ is removed, privatised and rendered exclusive. Art has followed the same lineage; it has devolved from dynamic, uncapitalised, collective forms embedded in the logic and spirit of the land, such as ‘yepene’ (Djadjawurrung for ‘corroboree’), to highly individualistic, capitalised, polluting productions in concordance to land (food, energy, property) privatisation. David Holmgren (co-originator of the Permaculture concept) said to me recently that for humans to rebuild resilience as a species we need to become generalists again. Thinking more about this and to put it in context here, generalists understand the imperatives of reciprocity because they understand that their longterm resources are dependant on mutualistic relations; they understand the complex, biodiverse systems that produce them; and they understand that dynamic, multitiered ecologies have greater immunity to overbearing pests. For us to survive what we rich nations have conjured for ourselves and others, we need to move from pest status back to reciprocal-competitive beings. Easy to write, but how do we make this transition?
When people organise into small creatively frugal groups they begin to recreate what our primitive band society ancestors had – autonomy. The killing off of this kind of autonomy has gradually occurred as the social forms and systems specific to our culture – committees, foundations, institutions, funding agencies, corporations, bureaucracies, business models, mediatisations – have become more and more entrenched. To be caught up in these correctional, antiecological forms that grind us down and make us dreary conformists, is to invoke a monumental health crisis, such as what we are experiencing today. Depression rates about double every decade contiguous with the rates of alienation, ecological disembodiment, cancer and obesity. The first step to reinstating evolutionary reciprocity, as an equal alongside evolutionary competitiveness, is to begin to function again in small, loosely formed bands or groups. Groups where there is no rigid hierarchy and where leadership and membership is mutable. I’ve experienced this kind of social thinking three-fold over the past several weeks, where in my hometown newly formed groups, socially networked and interlinked, have been doing some really cool things. One group got together to build a community food garden on disused council land. Around twenty of us spent a little time scavenging and gleaning soil and compost, and were also gifted materials to install the first of a number of raised beds to produce free organic food for anyone willing to get involved. Then, with another local group, we had the inaugural community cider-making day, again open to anyone with the inclination. A large press was made by a few
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handy folk beforehand, and again about twenty of us worked together to weigh, wash, cut and stack racks of apples ready for pressing and fermenting. Then, just last week, the Daylesford Regional Ceramics Co-operative, or Clayspace, conducted a community kiln-building workshop with kiln-builder and ceramicist Steve Harrison. I went along to film the development over two days, observing the steady growth of a joyous, autonomous community asset. The co-operative’s purpose, according to their Facebook page, “is to generate an ongoing creative hub, enabling the exchange and sharing of resources, ideas, knowledge and skill in the making of objects from clay.” The words ‘sharing of resources’ are as sweet and luscious to my ears as a freshly picked autumnal apple is to my crunching mouth. Each of
these three groups, despite differences of intent, form and activity, share the universal ethics of reciprocity, interdependency, and community partaking. And although these forms of sharing are still largely anthropocentric, they are closer to reforming broader reciprocal relationships again with nonhuman nature. The bricks used in the making of the kiln were recycled from a local site, the labour within this co-operative is freely shared, and the clays used by many of the potters are sourced locally, dug up by themselves. Thus the making of local earthenware to drink our ciders from and eat our produce off marks a new beginning in relocalising our culture. A return to the local after all these crude oil fat years may well be the return to a reciprocal-competitive paradigm, with long-term benefits to both humans and nonhumans alike.
Image: Kim Haughie, Clayspace Kiln Building Workshop, Daylesford April 2011. Patrick Jones is an artist and writer of poetry and essays. He is currently undertaking doctoral work within the Writing and Society Research Group, UWS, and is part of the Artist as Family collective. He blogs at: www.permapoesis.blogspot.com His videos at: http://vimeo.com/permapoesis
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I like uniforms. That’s why I wear one. Apart from the fact it helps a person recognise me as a nurse, which can be quite useful to a patient. Especially if they’re
bleeding to death. But I must confess, my days in a war-zone are over. I’ll never be the onsite Boxing Day nurse at Westfield again! The power in uniforms is interesting, their erotic qualities a cultural known. Evidence of this abounds, be it the endless visits of hen’s parties to fire stations where excitable girls get photographed with firemen, or the post-holocaust appropriation of Nazi regalia as a happy staple of the modern fetishist. Uniforms wrap men and women in symbols. They can also make it incredibly easy to get a root. Of course that is their default dividend; I suspect it is rarely their raison d’être (unless one is wearing crotchless panties at a Tantra play party). Michel Foucault said in an interview in Cahiers du Cinema, that Nazism and its imagery (and all its costumes) is the absolute reference of eroticism in all pornographic literature of the world. Could this be true? If so, what could be the reason? Surely not a mass predilection for ironed grey pants and pretty epaulettes? I think not. It has to be about power and powerlessness, a dichotomy to which the Third Reich gave the ultimate context. Perhaps this explains the pervasiveness of Nazi iconography in art, literature and cinema. Contemporary fascination with Nazi trappings seems to be divorced from the appalling acts of the regime, and many people participate in its power construct via aestheticism. The apparent erotic appeal of Nazism seems to be intertwined with themes of ‘bondage’, represented by a desire for absolute dominance and absolute submission. Italian director Liliana Cavani’s film, The Night Porter is just one example of this. It is the story of a Nazi warden and a female concentration camp inmate who meet again, years after the war, and re-enact their roles in what has become an iconic tribute to S&M.
satisfying. The worst part of all this is that these lads give the clutterfuck a bad rep. I mean, with the requisite rubber suit (which has the benefit of being both a protective sheath and a uniform) a girl surely could, and would, go a gang bang should ever the mood take her. While we’re on the subject of uniforms and power, WHAT is Gadaffi wearing? It seems he has ditched the embroidered soldier suit for a tent and a cap. I mean, let’s face it, he has always looked like a bad rapper from MTV, especially when he used to troll around with his female bodyguards. But now that’s he’s killing his countrymen he’s reverted to some bastardisation of a traditional garb that makes him look like an Arabian Kamahl! Ghandi perhaps had more method to his madness when he spearheaded Indian independence, but while I’m a great fan of the Mahatma, I’ve never been too fond of the poo-catcher look. In male dominated institutions like the military, one holds the expectation or hope that power is allied with cultural integrity, and for many I’m sure it is. The problem with branding institutions as a whole is that if one falls, the whole team falls. Depending who’s in the firing line on any given day – if it’s a scathing news headline, we just look at any bloke from a football team or the army and think ‘dickhead’. This is sad, because not all army blokes and footballers are dickheads. I know this because I’ve run some ‘How to Gang Bang Safely’ workshops for the NRL and met some very nice young fellas. I even met Joel (the dog lover), and I feel very sad that he’s been exported to the UK, where they are obviously not so quick to damn a man getting intimate with man’s best friend!
Society on the whole likes to take a black and white stance. It’s much easier to point the finger than to admit one’s own shadow. If a little more peace was made with our inner dark side, perhaps situations such as the Skype scandal could be So, if a uniform in some part symbolizes power, it is avoided. Instead, the army could supply the odd also an exploration of powerlessness. This might go whip, leather chaps and/or corset, and provide a some way to explaining the litany of instances in our safe and nurturing forum in which to use them. The culture where people in uniform-driven professions lads and gals could elevate their shenanigans to the level of a construct. Let’s create a context, then engage in career-ending episodes of questionable sexual substance, such as inappropriate group-sex give them a camera, and/or a Labrador. This is why or whatever else. Now, don’t get me wrong people, I have written to the ADFA outlining my interactive I don’t mind a good gang-bang, but I do like to know seminar series that suggests a mode of personally working with, and through, the cadets. The first when I’m having one. thing I will explain to them is what a consent form is, which I think will be new information for them, and And it has to be said re the infamous ‘Kate’ once they’ve signed on the dotted line, I will hold episode, the actions of those ADFA boys could their hand through Bondage and Submission 101. barely be classed as erotic. It was the humiliation If they’re very good and do what their told, I might of a colleague they sought. Of course there is, even play some Wagner. philosophically speaking, eroticism in this kind of callousness too, but I suggest these boys lack So to those who wear uniforms, I salute you. We the sophistication to have any sense of this. Very are a world of happily and unhappily accumulated little art in their arsenal, if you know what I mean. perceptions. The mere word ‘nurse’ is a case in Conversely, ‘Kate’ has set the military ablaze point, and I know what you’re thinking. Which is with a media rape and pillage that I’m sure has why I thank Florence Nightingale for your image of left the lads fucked insanely senseless. Was that me walking the streets with a lamp! sophisticated? Who knows, but I’m sure it’s very
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[continued from page 25] Balancing Art and Buildings / Brian Maiden
In such circumstances, the worst thing we can do in Brunswick is our art, which is extremely economically beneficial for this country, because if our art raises the profile of our community it also raises the rent. Economist Richard Florida in his book Rise of the Creative Classes is adamant that art communities such as Brunswick, Hamburg, London etc are the most valuable economic resource, and whichever local council decides to embrace, protect and foster this aspect of its population will have an advantage over its competitors. So, if that’s the case, why do fast development bucks routinely generate such impact on our lives, no matter where we are in the world? The meeting finished with another group discussion on what people could take away from this discussion. Generally comments were of proactive hope. A German guy said he was actually surprised that council would bother, because in Germany council is more autocratic, simply telling people what’s going on without discussion. As much as I appreciated the warm and fuzzies I was curious as to what would happen next. I asked one council member who
said he honestly did not know. He reminded me that council was a large, conflicting place that does not even communicate amongst itself very well let alone possess a communal agenda. He did say that things may not be as grim as people thought, and that the housing boom is probably very close to bursting or slowing down, so there’s a good chance that no one will be bulldozing Moreland wholesale in the near future, as there will be no investors to pay for it. There is not much in life worth doing that is easy or given for free, and, let’s face it, a complacent, over subsidized art scene is a one way ticket to crap art and annoying people. So, as a creative person I’m going to do the only thing I can do, which is keep cranking out product. I will be aware of what I can do, be part of a dialogue where I can, and hope to fuck it all works out in the end. If there’s anyone out there with a better solution, please come forward, because if places like Brunswick go down then Shannon Noll, oblong ball sports and sentimental landscape painting will be the only evidence of Australian culture left; and quite simply – FUCK THAT!
ARTS INDEX 3X3 p.51 ABICARE, FIONA p.33, 62 ACCA p.33 ADAMS, CHRISTINE p.62 AITKEN, ALY p.61 ALAMIDIS, GEORGE p.31 ALCOVE ART SHOP p.28 AMENEIRO, TONY p.59 ANCHEN, KAREEN p.58 ANDERSON, KIM p.50 ANNA WATSON, CLAIRE p.61 ANU DRILL HALL GALL p.20 ARARAT RAG p.62 ARMOUR, ANNIE-ROSE p.30 ARMOUR, KATHLEEN p.30 ARMSTRONG, BENJAMIN p.33, 62 ART GALL OF BALLARAT p.50 LIM, DAWN p.50 ART GALL OF NSW p.20 ART SUPPLIES CASTLEMAIME p.54 ARTGALLOP GALL SHOP p.32 ARTS & CULTURAL DEVEL BALLARAT p.50 ARTS PROJECT AUS p.32 ARTSONVIEW FRAMING & GALL p.51 AT THE VANISHING POINT p.20 EVERITT, RACHEL p.20 BAILEY-RAMSAY, NORMA p.58 BAINES, ROBERT p.62 BALDESSIN PRESS & STUDIO p.33 BALLARAT ARTS FOUNDATION p.50 BARNETT, MONIQUE p.28 BAUMANN, REBECCA p.33 BENALLA ART GALL p.61 BENDIGO ART GALLERY p.51 BENT IRONWORK p.54 BERTOLI, DAMIANO p.33 BERTOLI, DAMIANO p.62 BLACKTOWN ARTS CENTRE p.20 BLINDSIDE ARTIST RUN SPACE p.31 BOB BOUTIQUE p.51 BORS, MAGDALENA p.61 BOX HILL ARTS CENTRE p.28 BROOK, TIM p.20 KIRWIN, PAUL p.20 BROOKES, TERRI p.31 BROOKLYN ARTS HOTEL p.30 BROWN, GEOFFREY p.59 BRUNSWICK ART SPACE p.26 BRYNE, PENNY p.62 BU UNAFRAID... DO IT p.54 BUCKLEY, ELLY p.61 BUDA HISTORIC HOME & GARDEN p.54 BURKES MUSIC p.54 BURNESS, HEATHER p.59 BURRINJA GALLERY p.33 BURT, NIKITA p.59 BUSH DANCE AGAINST WANT p.51 CADD, MEGAN p.28 CAFFIN, LIZ p.54 CALANDRE, ELOISE p.61 CAPITAL, THE p.51 CAPORN, YOLANDA p.50 CAPOVSKA, VIOLETA p.30 CAREY, NICKY p.58 CARNELL, SOPHIE p.22 CARROL, KIEREN p.29 STITZ, TIM p.28 CASCADE PRINT WORKSHOP p.58 CASPA p.54 CASTLEMAINE CONTINUING EDUCATION p.54 CCD p.51 CHANDRA, MARGARET p.58 CHERRY TENNANT STUDIO GALL p.54 CLARKE, MAREE p.28 COLLINS, JULIE p.58 COLOUR FACTORY GALL p.30
CONSTABLE, ALAN p.32 CORRIDOR ART GALL p.59 COSTER, TIM p.33 COULTER, EMMA p.31 COUNIHAN GALL IN BRUNSWICK p.28 COUZENS, VICKY p.28 COWARR ART SPACE p.61 COWRA REG ART GALL p.20 COX, PAUL p.33 CROMB, MARGARET p.54 CURRIE, WENDY p.20 DALLEY, MICHEAL p.31 DARROCH, LEE p.28 DAVEY, PHILIP p.58 DAVIES, TERRY p.50 DE MORTON, ANTOINETTE p.59 DE VIETRI, GABRIELLE p.62 DEAKIN UNI ART GALL p.28 DEAN, TAMARA p.29 DEVENPORT REG GALL p.22 DIAMOND, PETER p.58 DIG CAFÉ p.59 DUNN, FRANCIS p.30 DUNN, RICHARD p.61 DUXBURY, LESLEY p.62 EARLES, BRUCE p.62 EDGAR, DAVID p.22 ELSON, PHIL p.54 ELTHAM LIBRARY COMM GALL p.30 FALKNER GALL p.54 FINN, GRAEME p.62 FLETCHER, JKB p.31 FLOWERS, BILL p.22 FORTYFIVEDOWNSTAIRS p.31 FRAZER, DAVID p.58, 61 FREEMAN, LUCY p.31 FREYTA, CHELSEY p.51 FULLER, TODD p.28 GALLERY 40 p.58 GALLERY ON STURT p.50 GARDNER, JEFF p.58 GECKO STUDIO GALL p.61 GEELONG GALLERY p.62 GEELONG PERFORMING ARTS p.62 GILL, SYMRYN p.31 GIPPSLAND ART GALL p.61 GLASSONS ART WORLD p.61 GLATTAUR, SILVI p.20 GLEESON, JAMES p.61 GLEESON, JOHN p.54 GOFF, JO p.61 GOLDFINCH, KARENA p.20 GOTHE-SNAPE, AGATHA p.33, 62 GOUGH, CRAIG p.58 GRAY, NATHAN p.33, 62 GREENGRAPHICS p.54 GRIFFIN, MATTHEW p.33, 61, 62 GUINEY, CAZ p.31 HAMILTON ART GALL p.62 HARRIS, JON p.54 HASEMAN, SHANE p.33 HAWKESBURY REG GALL p.20 HEADLEY, CHRISTOPHER p.50 HEATHCOTE ARTIST INC p.58 HEATHCOTE, CHRISTOPHER p.62 HEDERICS, SALLY p.59 HEFFERNAN, JODI p.31 HENRIKSE, KARI p.31 HESTER, BIANCA p.33, 62 HILL, ALISON p.22 HILTON, JULIANA p.58 HILTON, MARK p.33 HITCH, JOHN p.58 HITS, GREATEST p.33 HOCKING, JACKIE p.58 HOLCOMBE, ROBERT p.62 HOLDING, ISABELLA p.31 HOLDING, JUDY p.58 HORSHAM RAG p.62 HORVIL, MITCH p.51 HOWDEN, NELLIE p.59 HUNT CLUB COMM ARTS GALL p.29 INFLIGHT ARI p.22
INK, EDDIE p.28 INSTRUMENTAL p.54 JAMES MAKIN GALLERY p.29 JOHN, DEREK p.58 JOHNSON, HELEN p.33, 62 JOHNSTON COLLECTION p.30 JOHNSTON, WILLIAM p.30 KERR, DAVID-ASHLEY p.28 KING, MARTIN p.58 KIRRI BARREET p.50 KITTELTY REDMAN, ROBYN p.50 KNEEBONE, EDDIE p.61 KNOWN WORLD BOOKSHOP p.50 KOOLEN, TRACEY p.59 KOSLOFF, LARESA p.33, 62 KRISTENSEN, ANNA p.61 LA MAMA p.28 LA TROBE UNI p.51 LA TROBE UNI VAC p.51 LAERKESEN, ADAM p.61 LANCASTER, PETER p.59 LARSEN, CHRISTINE p.31 LATHAM, ROBYNE p.28 LAURENCE, ANITA p.58 LAWSON, ROSALIND p.50 LEVEL 17 ARTSPACE p.31 LEWER, RICHARD p.61 LI-FENG, LO p.50 LITTLE ARTSPACE p.61 LOT 19 p.54 LOUISE SMITH FINE ART p.54 MACLAURIN, ROBERT p.58 MACNAUGHTAN, CHELLE p.32 MACQUEEN, MARY p.61 MAD GALL & CAFÉ p.58 MAFFRA EXHIB SPACE p.61 MAGNANI PAPERS AUS p.30 MANGAN, NICHOLAS p.33 MANGAN, NICHOLAS p.62 MANIFOLD, MARION p.50 MANNINGHAM GALL p.29 MARQUEZ, ROBERTO p.59 MAYLOR, HOWARD p.58 MCALIECE, ED p.31 MCBURNIE, JONATHAN p.31 MCCLELLAND GALL & SCULPTURE PARK p.31 MCKENZIE, COLIN p.54 MCKINNON, BRIAN p.28 METROPOLIS GALLERY p.62 MILDURA ARTS CENTRE p.59 MILNES, SUSAN p.61 MONASH GALL OF ART p.33 MOORE, TV p.33, 62 MORNINGTON PENINSULA GALL p.62 MORRIS, CLAIRE p.58 MOUNTAIN GRAND BOUTIQUE HOTEL p.62 MOYNIHAN, DAN p.33 MUNRO-ALLISON, JULIE p.31 MURRAY, AINSLIE p.32 MURRAY, CLIVE p.61 NATIONAL GALL OF AUST p.20 NEVILLE, GREG p.31 NEWSTEAD PRESS p.59 NICHOLSON, MANDY p.28 NMIT BACHELOR OF ILLUS p.30 NMIT VISUAL ARTS COURSE p.33 NUNAN, BRIAN p.54 OFF THE KERB p.29 PARARAJASINGHAM, SHINI p.29 PATHERICK, JOSHUA p.33 PEARCE, RAY p.51 PENNY SCHOOL GALLERY p.58 PERRY, KIRSTEN p.31 PETHERICK, JOSHUA p.62 PHOTOACCESS HUW DAVIES GALL p.20 PHYLLIS PALMER GALL p.51 PIERCE, KAREN p.59 PIRANDELLO, LUIGI p.28 PLANT, RHYLL p.58 PLUMMER, LYN p.50
POLJAK, LYDIA p.58 PORT JACKSON PRESS PRINT p.30 POST OFFICE GALLERY p.50 PRINT COUNCIL OF AUST p.22 QL2 CENTRE FOR YOUTH DANCE p.20 RADMAC p.50 RASMANIS, KARA p.20 REES, KARENNE p.31 RIGBY, JAMES p.51 RINGHOLT, STUART p.33, 62 RMIT GALL p.32 ROCHE, ERNA p.51 ROPER, JANE p.59 SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE p.22 SALVATUS, MARK p.51 SAMPSON, BILL p.51 SAYER, GEOFF p.51 SELWOOD, PAUL p.20 SHEAD, GRIA p.29 SHELF LIFE GALL AT TARADALE WINE & PRODUCE p.59 SHEPPARTON ART GALL p.61 SHIELL, MICHAEL p.50 SILK CUT PRINT WORKSHOP p.31 SMILEY, GEORGE p.22 SPENSER, SAM p.61 STATION ANTIQUE EMPORIUM p.58 STENBERG, LARS p.50 STOCKROOM p.58 STRAMPP, ADRIANE p.31 STRIP BILLBOARD INC p.32 STRVRIANOS, WENDY p.58 SWANHILL REG ART GALL p.59 SYD COLLEGE OF ARTS p.20 TAN, LAURENS p.51 TAYLOR, ELLEN p.29 THE ART VAULT p.59 THE LIBRARY ARTSPACE p.30 THE UNION STUDIO p.58 THEOBOLD, BRONWYN p.22 THOMPSON, JANE p.51 THOMPSON, MARIA p.31 THOMSON, ANDY p.33, 62 TOLCHARD, GEOFF p.31 TOLE, MARNIE p.58 TOVO, CHRISTOPHER p.30 TSHVREBOVA, ELZA p.29 VALENZA, DANAE p.31 VAN HEK, BRENDAN p.33 VIETRI, GABRIELLE DE p.33 WADELTON, DAVID p.31 WAGENFELD, MALTE p.32 WALKER STREET GALL p.29 WALKING, LES p.62 WANGARATTA ART GALL p.61 WARREN, KERRIE p.62 WEGNER, PETER p.31 WHITE CUBE MILDURA p.59 WHITEHORSE ART SPACE p.28 WICKHAM, STEPHEN p.62 WILLIAMS, DEBORAH p.58 WILLIAMS, JUSTENE p.33, 62 WILSON, ANNE p.50 WOODEND ART SHOW p.59 WOODS, MARK p.51 WOODSHED GALLERY p.58 WORKING OUTSIDE THE SQUARE p.59 WU, ANNIE p.33 WYATT, NEIL p.29 YANG, JADE p.31 ZIKA, JOEL p.61
COVER: B.U.G.A.U.P., Write of Reply (detail) 2007, 360 x 276cm, aerosol and acrylic on primed board. © the artists. Photo: Sharon Hickey. MAY’S: The May Lane Street Art Project is a Bathurst Regional Art Gallery touring exhibition in Partnership with May Lane Arts Association Inc. This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia. MAY’S: The May Lane Street Art Project will show at the Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Hawke Building, City West campus, University of South Australia, 55 North � Terrace, Adelaide (SA), 13 May – 1 July 2011.
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