Current Issue - vol 29 no 4, 2009
Changing Climates in Arts Publishing
In a world where newspapers and journals are being replaced by online versions, and traditional copyright is being challenged, many new scenarios present themselves. Artists and publishers are being asked to make choices and address questions that are environmental, technical, aesthetic, legal and financial all at the same time. * carbon emissions from print/online content * should all content be free * effect of re-mix and Creative Commons on creators' rights * search eng...
Recent Art Reviews
- Nyukana Baker : Retrospective
by Nici Cumpston - Kathy Temin
by Elizabeth Gertsakis - 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Japan
by Stephanie Britton - Milestones: Ken Orchard 1980-2009
by John Neylon - Fiona Davies: Intangible Collection
by Joanna Mendelssohn - Shih Chieh Huang : Cubozoa - L-09
by Sally Butler - Tim Burns: From the Garden
by Celia Lendis - Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards
by Thelma John
Current Features
Environmental costs of going digital
Director of the Media and Communications Program at the University of Melbourne Professor Sean Cubitt asks: what is the weight of the internet, is it green, clean and immaterial with no environmental ... More...
Editorial
talking it through:
publishing in a carbon neutral future
... More...
Coming Soon
Future Issues
Blak on Blak - Vol 30 no 1 ( March 2010). Editor Daniel Browning, assisted by Tess Allas.
New and recent black art in Australia which tackles issues of identity and history, and how this can open up debates on marginalisation and racist attitudes. More...
Now Available
The Awful Truth About What Art Is by Donald Brook
A book that proposes a radically new answer to the questions What is art? and How do we know whether something is a work of art? more
Sustainable House Documentary
21 Ada Street
Renowned Architect John Maitland reveals the processes of sustainable building, while conveying his passion for materials, innovation, beauty, quality lifestyle and minimal environmental impact. more
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Artrave - Changing the world
Echigo-Tsumari is a remote mountainous region in Japan which hosts a Triennial of contemporary art unlike any other. It happens in a large rural area which has gradually lost population to the point now where the majority of people are over the age of 65 and to see a child is a novelty. The most recent edition of the ‘Echigo-Tsu...
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