Eco-design Conference at RMIT

Eco-design is probably one of the most far reaching topics to be assembled under the banner of one small hyphenated word. The linking of ecology with design is for many still a novel concept....conference held at RMIT 17 -19 October 1991.

Published December 1991

Solar Houses: an Introduction

Faced with these complexities, it is hardly surprising that many designers find the proto-type solar house to be a preferable starting point.

Published December 1991

Lindy Lee Paintings

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

Published December 1991

Mudflats: A Fertile Breeding Ground for Artists

Mudflat arts believes that the landscape is not there to be painted so much as to be protected. The role has changed from one of passive painter to active member of the community.

Published December 1991

Supporting Remote Places

Published December 1991

Wildflowers in Art

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

Published December 1991

Acoustic Futures. Sound Noise and Urban Design

Our town planners, our architects and we ourselves need to rethink the city. If downtown spaces, internal and external, are to become inhabitable, there needs to be a dramatic shift away from narrowly architectural conception of them and their functions towards an acoustic analysis.

Published December 1991

Maleness

Exhibition review Asunder: Works by Rick Martin and David Kerr Artspace Festival Centre
Adelaide South Australia
September - October 1991

Published December 1991

Arts to Ashes

In Tasmania particularly it can be difficult to be vocal about political issues. Here is a chance to be uncompromising, a chance to take risks, a chance to raise community cultural awarenes. And who says art needs to be permanent? Heres a chance to make something and then release it, to allow visual art to metamorphose into performance art. Intrigued? then follow up the article!

Published December 1991

Review of the Year

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

Published December 1991

Earth-Sheltered Building using Timber

Earth sheltered housing is not new. The most common way of keeping the soils at bay has been with reinforced concrete and masonry walls and roofs.

Published December 1991

2040: A Message from the Future

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

Published December 1991