Artist Date
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An adventure in Carlton: Poetry
Today’s adventure/artist date was going to the Dan O’Connell weekly poetry reading session. I have only ever been once before, some time ago, and I haven’t made it back since. True Saturday afternoons are often filled with other social engagements but really I was just wussing out. I asked my friend Jonathan to come with…
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Tasmania – Part 3: MONA
Up until now I haven’t really told you all why Louise and I went to Tasmania; we went to see MONA. Louise read a review of the Museum of New and Old Art which had opened in Hobart in January 2011 (it may have been this one) and sent it to me with a message…
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The Wall – Roger Waters Live
Before we get started yes this is a gig review from the show last week and yes I am listening to The Wall as I write this. Anyone who is not interested in hearing about my Pink Floyd fandom or who hasn’t seen the show yet and doesn’t want spoilers LOOK AWAY NOW!! Seriously, spoilers!…
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Life Photography
Last Sunday I spent the day with my friends Jonathan and Gabrielle in their lovely home in inner Melbourne. Jonathan is an artist whose work I really admire – he does water colour paintings. He works from reference photos mostly so his place has a studio setup that he can bring out for shoots. His…
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Artist Date – The Mad Square @ NGV
Today I went to the exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) called The Mad Square with my mum and my sister. It looks at German Modernist art from 1910-1937. Now when I started the exhibition I didn’t really understand what Dada was, or Constructivism, or New Objectivity of Bauhaus were from an art…
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Poetry is not easy (listening)
Those of you who have read the last post will remember that I said I’d found a reading to go to this afternoon; it was at the Dan O’Connell Hotel in Carlton and happens every Saturday from 2pm. They had an open mic section where numerous local (well known/loved by the crowd) poets performed for…
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Byron Bay Part 3
On Saturday evening I attended my very first spoken word poetry performance night. It was put on by a group called Dangerously Poetic who work with people in the Northern Rivers area in NSW (including Bryon Bay). When I arrived I was hesitant, I’d never been to a spoken word event and all of my…
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