on The Hanging Gardens and Other Tales
Do you have a potted friend that means something special to you? Perhaps a hanging succulent that’s followed you from one home to the next? Would you like your plant’s story to be part of an exciting new project about these oftenoverlooked neighbours? … Then we’d love to hear from you. Contact the artists: Karl […]
Moment rair (moo-ment ra-ir) piedmontese for Rare moments
pic from Lady-Bug This poem below was dedicated to you from a blog in Piedmontese, the language you grew up with. You are flattered, it’s about a walk by two small lakes, the vegetation, and the silent of nature. You can read the Italian translation here.. You’re not going to translate it any further than […]
about above
A show finished last Saturday at First Draft, where three artist presented three distinctive and unrelated bodies of work. You enjoyed all three, for different reasons, Leah McPherson’s flip-book short films, a fantastic editing exercise activated by viewers, Josy Cavallaro’s flimsy visual statements and commentary on semantic peculiarities..which reminded you of speech bubbles, and Kirsten […]
on pies and the lack of fingers
There’s going to be another tour tomorrow, two actually, at 12 and 1pm. The WeedyConnection project is been invited as one of the artistic component for the Cook River Festival 2008, organized by the Marrickville Council. Noticeable is that this festival is basically on the other shore of the Cook River from the Riverworks Festival […]
on park(ing) in sydney
Passing on an interesting project happening in sydney, from their mail-out: SYDNEY URBAN PARK(ING) 1st of April 2008 King St, Newtown Somewhere between Church St and Enmore road Greetings, As most of you may be aware, this coming Tuesday (April 1) is Fossil Fools Day! This is a day being taken up by all kinds […]
on touring whitlam’s weeds
Canterbury council is organizing a festival along the shore of Cooks River, in Undercliffe, Sydney: R i v e r w o r k s 2 0 0 8 Gough Whitlam Park Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 March Bayview Avenue, Undercliffe (2 minutes walk from Tempe train station) 10am-3pm both days As the organizers say […]
on talks, other’s weeds and old pictures
You are giving a talk about your practice as part of the Artist’s Talks session in conjunction with the latest show: Saturday 8th of march, 4.30pm FirstDraft Gallery, 116-118 Chalmers St, Surry Hills, NSW You are grossly unprepared for this one, at the moment working full time installing Fiona Hall at the MCA, leaving little […]
On Science Fairs
Just on the fine line between shaman and charlatan you (w)talked before: The Science Fair at firstdraft 20th February – 8th March 2008 Opening: 20th February 6pm – 8pm Artist Talks: 8th March, 4:30pm Diego Bonetto Marley Dawson Naomi Derrick Anna John Matthew P. Hopkins Vicki Papageorgopoulos Emma Ramsay Matthew Tumbers Alex Vivian Simon Yates […]
it got rained out, but that’s sub-tropical sydney for you
From The Weather Channel Gang Festival got rained out, luckily a great plan B was in place and the whole crowd got moved to Bill n George.. A while back a friend of yours from a farm down south told you of this guy who forecast the weather on The Land, the Australia-wide rural weekly. […]
on environmental footprints
From Sam Hofmann’s blog: Politics aside – the questions for me was and still is : ‘How do cultures modify landscapes’ ; ‘How do we recognise ourselves in an increasingly globalised world?’ ; ‘ What is the ‘real’ Australia? . Quite a large question , but my increasing interest in Permaculture and the concept of […]
