Naming and Reclaiming: The Searching Eye of Pam Lofts

Central Australia remains at the post-colonial interface where issues such as reconciliation, cultural dislocation and otherness are daily issues. Examines the work of Pam Lofts and her relationship as a white artist working in such an environment. Explores the distinctions between the European concept of landscape and the indigenous focus on country.

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Larry Clark is a well known American photographer and film maker. The Experimental Art Foundation mounted an exhibiton of photographs from the 1960s through to the 1980s as well as a series from the film Kids. Clark's trademark is gritty realism and under age sexuality. Discussion of the boundaries of eroticism and pornography.

Adele Hann

Decrepitude in Venice

Report about the 48th Venice Biennale 1999. Discusses works by various artists as the Millennium approaches: Sergei Bugarev, Thomas Hirschorn, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Federica Thiene, Stephanie Mantovani, Dieter Roth and Louise Bourgeois. Focus on disintegration in the city of Venice.

Anna Ward

Bored with Polite Language: Dissidents and Reformasi

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Dwi Marianto

James Gleeson

A selection of work from 1978-1998 Pinacotheca, Melbourne 2 - 26 June 1999

Cliff Burtt

The Future Breed: Creatures and Mad Science

Explores the links between film and computer generated games which emulate life. With the creation of artificial intelligence on the computer, complex questions of the nature of human behaviour are raised. Science fiction confronts issues of intelligence and sentience.

Angela Ndalianis

piVot

1 July - 8 August 1999 Nexus Gallery, Adelaide curated by Elizabeth Fotiadis

Lisa Harms

Laughing and Killing: The Guilty Pleasures of Anime

Anime (Japanese animation) is increasingly violent and yet the Japanese level of violence is much lower than in America. Viewed as an escapist form of entertainment with female characters idealised and existing in a male fantasy land runs counter to the Wests view of feminism. This form of popular culture is a useful vehicle to examine the country's psyche.

Fiona Hann

Ian Chandler

Greenaway Gallery 28 April - 23 May 1999

John Neylon

Life and Death on Aboriginal Land with Anne Mosey

Exploration of the work of Anne Mosey who attempts with her installations and collaborations with indigenous artists to represent the tumultuous and often tragic events of life in Aboriginal communities, in particular Yuendumu, where death and grieving are ever present elements. Discusses collaboration with Dolly Nampijinpa Daniels which explore familial and cultural histories from a dual perspective.

Wendy Cowan

A Contradiction in Time: Bleak Days After Meltdown

Independent film making is experiencing an exciting resurgence in the wake of great social and cultural change. Looks specifically at films and videos from Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Thailand screened at the 23rd Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Ruth Cross

Howard Arkley

Obituary for the artist Howard Arkley who died in Melbourne on July 22 1999. Outlines his career in terms of the artistic highlights and short personal biography.

Timothy Morrell

Transit Lounge

Keith Armstrong Metro Arts, Brisbane 26 May - 19 June 1999

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