The Essential Gift of Ceremonies: Towards a Poetics of Scarcity

"In modern architecture we find difficulty in managing the relation between the physical presence of a building and its intimations of the mental and spiritual. Our architectural objects rarely serve as objects of intermediation between the ordinary, the physical and the present on the one hand, and the mystical, the spiritual and the abstract on the other...."

Published December 1991

Lindy Lee Paintings

Exhibition review Lindy Lee - paintings
Contemporary Art Centre
Adelaide South Australia
October 1991

Published December 1991

Supporting Remote Places

Published December 1991

Gilding the Lillipilli

Tree decorating was revived in Melbourne as part of the larger Treeproject. Looks at some of the issues faced with mounting such an event.

Published December 1991

First Australian Jewellery Biennial

Exhibition review First Australian Jewellery Biennial
Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre
Adelaide South Australia
October 1991

Published December 1991

Exponential Losses, Collective Guilt: The Work of Jeannie Baker

Change, and how it effects the evironment and the quality of life, is a recurring theme and metaphor in the work of artist Jeannie Baker. While celebrating the beauty and fragility of the environment she delivers a provocative and powerful message about our responsibilities towards the natural world.

Published December 1991

Possessed

Exhibition review Possessed: Virginia Barratt, Simryn Gill, Richard Grayson, Michele Luke, Julienne Pierce, Steve Wigg
Bullring Jam Factory
South Australia
6 October - 3 November 1991

Published December 1991

Let There be Light and Power

Berwyn Lewis talks to solar physicist Bruce Robins. Imagine 6 billion people simultaneously turning on lights and electrical appliances. This apocalyptic drain on power would plunge us into an eternal blackout with devastating effects on the environement.

Published December 1991

Gareth Sansom

Exhibition review Gareth Sansom
1991 Indian Seventh Trienniale exhibition
University of South Australia Art Museum
12 September - 19 October 1991

Published December 1991

Prospect: Building on its Imagination

In these days of environmental awareness it is pleasing to see a growing awareness of the need to improve urban environments. This is not to say that we should, yet again, be looking after the concerns of people over and above the needs of the natural environment.

Published December 1991

On Empowering Clients and Collaborative Design Processes

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead)

Published December 1991

Review of the Year

Exhibition review Reflections on a year of contemporary art in Tasmania.

Published December 1991