Double espresso - Look - Brisbane Art Galleries
People who say that there is no such thing as bad art are lying. LOOK takes an objective view of the subjective world and, with a free drink in our hand, guides you through Brisbane's best galleries and art exhibitions. From institutions to artist-run initiatives, installation to illustration, photography to painting, LOOK is an ongoing document of Brisbane's ever engaging and growing arts culture.
Wireless Imagination
Who knew John Cage would have had such a lasting effect on sound art. I think the modern equivalent of 4"33" would have to be that annoying guy next to you in the cinema chowing down on a tube of Pringles while you're watching a silent film. OK, so Douglas Kahn, noise art/theorist extraordinaire, isn't really Cage, or that guy, but he does seem to be the man on everyones lips for this weekends noise art festival, Wireless Imagination.
Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar
It's hard to not be a little paranoid in this world of CIA, FBI top secret business. Old ladies who protested for love and peace in the 70s now have a hard time getting a travel visa for the US of A. Meanwhile our cinema screens are filled with doomsday alien serial killers.
American photographer Taryn Simon got inspired by the bureaucratic bullsh*t (namely rumours of WMDs and secret sites in Iraq) and took matters into her own hands by documenting secret sites within her own country.
Tim Kentley Interview
Tim Kentley founded Melbourne's XYZ Studios in 2003, and they've since gone on to produce consistently high-quality, innovative animated commercials that you've mostly likely seen on television - for clients like McDonalds, the World Wide Fund For Nature, Dodge, Havaianas and Honda - and wondered aloud: "how did they do that?" As director at an oft-awarded, highly respected animation agency, Tim's expertise and advice is highly anticipated at April's Semi-Permanent creative conference.
Tamara Dean Interview
Tamara Dean and Dean Sewell are an unstoppable force in photojournalism. Married with kids certainly doesn't mean you can't be two of Australia's most highly respected photojournalists. Based in Sydney, the pair work for Fairfax media and like to hang (no pun intended) with Oculi, the photographic collective Sewell co-founded 8 years ago.
Semi-Permanent
For those in the dark, Semi-Permanent is a design event that happens once a year, in the form of a creativity fuelled conference dotted with special exhibtions and parties. Starting in Sydney, the event has now spread its wings to Perth and Auckland, NZ as well as couple of cameo appearances overseas.
Non-synthetic cubism by Bruce Reynolds
Is it wrong for us to suggest it's a lot safer to partake in cultural activities in the Brisbane CBD now that the Victory Hotel has burnt down? Hey, we're just putting it out there that there might be some kind of renaissance of cool in the city sometime in the future. For example the renovations in King George Square have nearly been finished, and damn does that concrete look skateable.
Annie Hogan: A Survey
It’s easy to become overly sentimental about the homes that we used to live in. And the relationships we used to be in, and the bicycle we once had that got stolen...
Photographer Annie Hogan manages to capture similar emotion and presence in her photographs of empty homes. The Museum of Brisbane has this ten-year retrospective of the US based Australian photographer running for just one more week.
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