Under the Skin

The Aboriginal community of Balgo, situated on the cusp of the Tanami and Great Sandy Desert is a melting pot for contemporary Aboriginal art and culture. This article examines a group of white women artists and their various bodies of work which grew from their time spent at Balgo.

Published June 2005

From Fregon to Srinigar and Back

Kaltjiti Arts is a community owned arts centre in Fregon. A cross-cultural project between two groups of community artists based in South Australia's remote and traditional Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands and in Srinigar, the turbulent capital of Kashmir is based on the combining of these two isolated and very different cultures via their arts and traditions.

Published June 2005

Artrave

Published June 2005

The Art of Fiona Hall

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
19 March - 5 June 2005

Julie Ewington, Fiona Hall, Piper Press, 2005, RRP $88.

Published June 2005

Crash Sites

The rapprochement between Aboriginal and white Australian people and the bridging of cultural division, explored through the work and lives of Rod Moss and Therese Ritchie. Both artists have immersed themselves in the day-to-day lives of their aboriginal friends, involved in relationships of reciprocity as part of an extended network of kin. In an effort to cross the cultural divide of difference created by colonisation, they negotiate a situated form of cultural practice.

Published June 2005

Dolly Walker: The Custodian

Fremantle Arts Centre
12 March - 17 April 2005

Published June 2005

Seeking Transcendence

Curator: John Stringer
10 February - 5 May 2005
Perth International Arts Festival

Published June 2005

Object/Subject

Curator: Frank McBride
Museum of Brisbane
18 February - 8 May 2005

Published June 2005

Remote

Published June 2005

String Lines: Continuing Developments in Aboriginal Fibre Art

Across the tropical and desert regions of the Northern Territory a quiet revolution is taking place in the most neglected and least understood area of indigenous creativity - in women's fibre practice.

Published June 2005

Giant Steps and Transcriptions

Experimental Art Foundation
25 February - 2 April 2005

Greenaway Art Gallery
22 February - 1 March 2005

Adelaide Film Festival

Published June 2005

Looking Elsewhere: Asia at the Top End

The top end has a distinctly Asian flavour not only because of its cultural heritage prior to 1880s but also because of the significant East Timorese connection. This article looks at the Northern Territorys strong and visionary commitment to cultural exchange with Indonesia and the increasing Asian character of Darwin's rapidly changing population.

Published June 2005