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Bodies of Work Online Program

Bus Projects

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Amelia Wallin

Published 12 October 2020
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If the future is to be worth anything: 2020 South Australian Artist Survey

ACE Open

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Suzanne Close

Published 09 October 2020
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Older Than Language

Salamanca Arts Centre

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Seán Kelly

Published 07 September 2020
ACE Open
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Cognitive Dissidents: Reasons to be Cheerful

Griffith University Art Museum

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Louise R. Mayhew

Published 04 September 2020
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Connected online: New art for new times
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Julianne Pierce

Published 14 August 2020
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The virtual world of the Aboriginal art market in 2020
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Kieran Finnane

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Bill Morrow
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The Stranger Artist: Life at the edge of Kimberley painting
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John Kean

Quentin Sprague
Hardie Grant, Melbourne, 2020

 

Published 29 June 2020
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Desert Aboriginal art centres adapt to the pandemic
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Kieran Finnane

Published 14 May 2020

Exhibition review Subject/Object Arthouse Tasmania October 1991

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Community Architecture: High on People Power, Low on Fossil Fuels
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Gregory Burgess and Associates are a remarkable architectural practice which places high value on the collaborative design process with clients and users as well as low energy use now has three major community projects to its credit...

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Artworkers On the Urban Frontier
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Australian cities cannot continue to grow in the manner to which we've become accustomed. The environmental, social and economic costs are simply too great. There needs to be a qualitative change to the way we build and live in them.

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Mundaring Community Park
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The Shire of Mundaring is a large semi rural locality in the hills of the Darling Scarp some 35 km east of Perth in Western Australia. Large areas of natural bushland including the John Forrest National Park and the catchment areas of the Mundaring Weir are to be found within its boundaries--- so are some fascinating sculptures and installations.

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Creating Livable Places
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Further Reading and Glossary
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Selected book list with notes. Includes a glossary of terms including acronyms.

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The Essential Gift of Ceremonies: Towards a Poetics of Scarcity
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