Thu - November 11, 2004

electrofringeprojections 2004 showcase


electrofringeprojections 2004 showcase
newcastle region art gallery 9/11/04

how many ideas does it take to make an artwork?

the answer i would humbly suggest is : more than one - but perhaps the title of the festival which accompanies newcastle's electrofringe this is not art is apt

what it more disturbing is that it takes two curators (gail priest and sumugan sivanesan) and 16 sponsors to enable this woeful rubbish to be exhibited

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Wed - October 6, 2004

c505


c505 is yoshi sodeoka (i think)

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Fri - October 1, 2004

hitler : a film from germany


hmm you can download the entire 7 hours of hitler a film from germany (1977) from syberberg's website

"...Syberberg believes Hitler is the subject of our century, and one that needs to be explored at many levels, so that we can discover the little bit of Hitler in all of us...."

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Wed - August 11, 2004

producing ourselves


art need no longer be an account of past sensations....

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Sun - July 11, 2004

agnes varda


one of my top 100 films is a documentary by agnes varda called the gleaners and i

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Mon - June 28, 2004

sydney biennale


well surprise! the spud is gone and i must say i was more excited by holland's victories in the european soccer championship and barry hall's performance in the sydney swans victory against the most annoying team in the afl (collingwood) at telstra stadium whilst i was away but since this is the éphémère art department i'd better report on the sydney biennale

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Fri - May 7, 2004

art + politics


so i am running for the wagga art gallery board - it shouldn't be a close contest since a little bird tells me there are only six nominations for the eight places on the board ...

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Tue - April 13, 2004

darren almond


darren almond is a yba (young british artist) one of the lesser known names from the sensation show - unlike his dodgy mate damien hirst this talentless no hoper was dropped like a brick by charles saatchi and god knows why an example of his derivative rubbish had to be dragged across the globe at the tax payers' expense by rachel kent senior curator at the museum of contemporary art in sydney for a show called witness which supposedly "investigates ideas and notions of memory, how memory changes over time and how interpretations of history are shaped and created..."

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Mon - March 15, 2004

dogville (2)


dogville was a difficult but rewarding film which i had been looking forward to ever since i heard that nicole kidman was to play the lead in the new lars von trier - or i guess as a big von trier fan i start looking forward to his new film as soon as the credits are rolling for the current one

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Sun - February 8, 2004

hayley newman


i started a page about art in my forums which are currently offline (!@#@$%$#@!) and there i said how little i found interesting in contemporary art and of course subsequent to that i keep finding interesting contemporary artists

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