Pacific Wave: A Festival of Pacific Arts

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Braddon Snape: Internal pressures
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Faye Neilson

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Looking on, listening in: Wendelien van Oldenborgh's Bete & Deise
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John Mateer

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Butcher Joe's multiple world Stephen Muecke
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Stephen Muecke

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Archie Barry: Entangled listening
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Jacqui Shelton

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Meg Porteous: Dissociative bodies
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Amy Weng

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Adam Cullen: Acute misanthropy
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Wes Hill

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James Newitt: Working with the trouble
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Sasha Grbich

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Hayley Millar-Baker: I will survive
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Claire G. Coleman

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Brief article outlining Pacific Wave, a celebration and investigation of contemporary trends in art and cultural life of the Pacific taking place across Sydney November 2-17 1996.

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The Land made Visible: Native Title Now
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Doreen Mellor

Written with Vincent Megaw. Looks at land claims and the role of artworks in these claims in the context of the exhibition 'Native Titled Now' shown as part of the Telstra Festival of Arts 1996. Good overview of indigenous art practice and talks about artists such as Raymond Arone Meeks, Lin Onus, Gordon Bennett, Alice Hinton-Bateup, Avril Quaill, Kerry Giles, Daphne Naden, Mick Namarari, Turkey Tolson, Danie Mellor, Jonathan Kumintjara Brown, Clifford Possum, Ellen Jose, Lindsay Bird Mpetyane, Heather Shearer and Kathleen Wallace.

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Funk Junk
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John Neylon

Exhibition review Junk Bonds
New Land Gallery, Port Adelaide South Australia
Touring South Australia and interstate with Visions of Australia
28 June - 28 July 1996.

Published December 1996
The Waka and the Cattle Truck
Feature
Margo Neale

What do a traditional Maori canoe (waka) and a cattle truck have in common?...In both these cases these vehicles were conveyors of culture. These images are central to two collaborative works at the second Asia Pacific Triennial of Pacific Art at the Queensland Art Gallery.

Published December 1996
Creativity in the Forest
Feature
Christine Delany

In 1994, the small Balai community of Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, commenced paper making which led to the development of printmaking. Small enterprises and ecotourism may well be the future of these small island communities.

Published December 1996
The Contemporary Highland Shield: Hybrid Forms in Papua New Guinea
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Hugh Stevenson

The author examines shield collected in 1995 to discuss issues fundamental to the introduction of the art of emergent societies in an international art context. Issues such as the definition of art and aesthetics, art versus craft, function of art in the various contexts etc...

Published December 1996
Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia ed David Horton
Book Review
Katrina Power

Book review Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia with companion CD Rom
Edited by David Horton
Aboriginal Studies Press for AIATSIS
RRP $150

Published December 1996
The Island Race in Aotearoa
Feature
Jim Vivieaere

Today the art of the Pacific Islanders is still trapped within its category. The display cases of the institutions have not been shattered. Yet the very act of exhibiting demonstrates that the making and the appreciation of art is a dynamic process. Institutions are caught by a need to both legitimise themselves and acknowledge (and perhaps attempt to control) the art of the migrant communities.

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Telling it How it is: Pacific Islands Theatre in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Makerita Urale

Pacific Islands Theatre is at an exciting phase in New Zealand. Although relatively young compared to Maori and Pakeha theatre, the debut of key successful plays has placed it in the spotlight of New Zealand's national stage in recent years as it continues to gain strength.

Published December 1996
Vaka - Only the Brave
Feature
Mereana Hutchinson

Looks at the contemporary art and the cultural and economic pressures faced by the people of the Cook Islands.

Published December 1996
Whetting the Appetite
Review
Angela Valamanesh

Exhibition review State of the Art 4 Biennial survey exhibition
curated by Stephanie Radok
New Land Gallery, Port Adelaide South Australia
21 April - 12 May 1996

Published December 1996
Educating Public Taste
Feature
Lawrence Foanaota

The National Museum's role in the development of contemporary art in the Solomon Islands. Artists Dick Taumata, Kuai Maueha, Frank Haikiu, Rex Mahuta, Jack Saemala and Billy Vina are discussed.

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Art and Ritual: Aina Asi A Mavaru Kavamu
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Wendy Choulai

The artist writes of the issues facing her as a citizen of Papua New Guinea, a descendant of the Motu Koita people, being female and an artist/textile designer. Her traditional grass skirts were included in the Asia-Pacific Triennial.

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