Fiji: Artists Carve Out Their Own Future

Cover of Fiji: Artists Carve Out Their Own Future
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Wardlipari Homeriver: Vulnerable observations
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Uncle Lewis Yarluburka O’Brien and Ali Gumillya Baker

Published 01 March 2019
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Local colour: Dyeing and women's wealth
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Julie Ewington

Published 01 March 2019
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Hi-vis commodities: A body corporate's toxic economy
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Tessa Laird with Debris Facility

Published 01 March 2019
ACE Open
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Revisiting colour problems: Emily Vanderpoel, Hilma af Klint, Becca Albee, Clare Milledge
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Amelia Wallin

Published 01 March 2019
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Queer uses of colour: A tinted hermeneutics
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Abbra Kotlarczyk

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Meet Lisa Walker in her workshop: VR in the museum
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Justine Olsen and Prue Donald

Published 01 December 2018
The Japan Foundation
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Eugenie Lee's Seeing is Believing: VR in pain management
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Dylan DeLosAngeles

Published 01 December 2018
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Artificial imagination: Deepfakes from latent space
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Sean Dockray

Published 01 December 2018

Looks at issues in contemporary art practice in Fiji anticipating the construction of the new Fiji National Art School.

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