First Australian Jewellery Biennial

The headbutting syndrome which is normally associated with the oppositional mental locations of the engineering versus the environmental are here reconciled in the combined communities' new park. It should become their most treasured recreational amenity. Located two hours south of Perth, Western Australia.

Published December 1991

Art, Architecture and the Environment

Editorial

Stephanie Britton

This issue of Artlink tries to flag some of the issues for designers in Australia today, and to document just some of the changes which are happening.

Published December 1991

Built Form for Well-Being, Not Just Comfort

Feature

Emilis Prelgauskas

Looks at issues of energy self sufficiency -- battery banks and photovoltaic solar collector panels.

Published December 1991

Wildflowers in Art

Review

Melissa Harpley

Exhibition review Wildflowers in Art
Art Gallery of Western Australia
October 1991

Published December 1991

Possessed

Review

Stephanie Radok

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

Willmot Playspace Project

Feature

Marla Guppy

Willmot Play Space has taken place over a four year period and has involved the conversion of a disused football field inot a community park.

Published December 1991

Backward Glance and A Sideways Glance

Review

John Barrett-Lennard

Exhibition review Backward Glance: Perth Institute of Contemporary Art Western Australia
6 - 30 September 1991
A Sideways Glance: Galerie Dusseldorf
Western Australia
13 September - 6 October 1991

Published December 1991

Andy Goldsworthy: Everything in the City is Nature

Feature

Stephanie Radok

British artist Andy Goldsworthy came to Australia for three weeks in July to work on site at Mount Victor Station east of the Flinders Ranges. During the 1992 Festival of Arts photographs of the works made at Mount Victor and an installation was shown at the Artspace at the Adelaide Festival Centre, a survey of past works was on show at Yarrabee and Goldsworthy produced a permanent work for the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

Published December 1991

2040: A Message from the Future

Feature

John Hetherington

The Brisbane Community Action Group CART (Citizens Advocating Responsible Transport) have recently won two awards....

Published December 1991

The Art of Living Sustainably

Feature

Tamara Winikoff

Written with Andrew Bryan The increasing urgency for us to achieve a harmonious relationship with the environment is stimulating artists in many media and designers in a range of disciplines to work in new ways with one another and community groups who share this concern.

Published December 1991

Exponential Losses, Collective Guilt: The Work of Jeannie Baker

Feature

Berwyn Lewis

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

Reading the Land

Feature

Stephanie Britton

The idea for a 7 day 'Reading the Land' Festival came to Wimmera River Catchment Group Chairperson, farmer, artist and environmentalist Barry Clugston during a series of salinity flights.

Published December 1991