The Melbourne Festival Show at ACCA Framed Movements, curated by Hannah Matthews, opened on Thursday night. Lane Cormick presented a startling new work from the ‘Is it Art or is it Animal Cruelty’ genre, involving a live falcon, hood, perch, a circle of onlookers and witchypoo masking tape stuck to the ground. The crowd seemed […]
Category Archives: Melbourne Art
October
09
Booby Trap: The Perils of Commemorative War Art
posted by Natalie Thomas
I’ve been thinking a lot about war lately, because of the Australian government. Not only do they fund wars, they fund art about war too. They’ve set aside a wad of cash to commemorate 100 Years of Anzac spirit with the Anzac Centenary Arts and Culture Fund. I am concerned that well funded commemorative war […]
September
13
Clickbait
posted by Natalie Thomas
I love social photography. I really should wear my glasses when I do the social photography but I don’t, because I’m vain and they make me look old. I’m so long-sighted, I can’t even see the shot in the replay screen of my camera unless I hold my arm right the way out. So I […]
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