Focusing on the River

Every State has one - a local council that is outstanding in its commitment to the arts and in Western Australia, the credit for innovation and energy goes to the City of Gosnells, who have arguably led the pack for the last 5 years in interesting community arts projects...

Published June 1994

Designs on Shopping

Exhibition review 4 Seasons - Objects that Contain
Plimsoll Gallery
University of Tasmania Centre for the Arts
March 4 - 27 1994

Published June 1994

Futurama: Art and Technology Expo

Article written with collaborator Shiralee Saul. Discusses the planned Futurama which was slated to start in 1996 as a 4-5 day event in Melbourne Victoria - organised by Installation Publication a partnership of 2 artist administrators.

Published June 1994

Jemmy Caution

Exhibition review Jemmy
Mehmet Adil, Craige Andrae, Johnnie Dadie, Simryn Gill, Richard Grayson, Linda Marie Walker, Paul Hewson, Shaun Kirby, David O'Halloran, Bronia Iwanczak, Andrew Petrusevics, Bronwyn Platten, George Popperwell, Jyanni Steffensen, Steve Wigg
Curated by Alan Cruikshank
Ebenezer Studios Basement
February 18 - March 13 1994

Published June 1994

Artists as Soul Agents in WA

During the 1990s a number of initiatives have been undertaken in Western Australia which aim to improve the lot of the State's artists. The article examines three particular initiatives.

Published June 1994

Pav Offers Sweet Success

Bondi Pavilion Community Cultural Centre is situated right on Bondi Beach in the heart of one of Sydney's most ethnically diverse areas.

Published June 1994

(L)earning Curves on the Streets of Melbourne

The transforming role of local government. More enlightened attitudes towards art making are coming from all levels of government and from property developers and others - often at the urging of those various levels of government.

Published June 1994

Multiples for Sale

Written with Shiralee Saul and Susan Fereday. How does an art object differ from a manufactured 'designer' commodity? Is the traditional status of the work of art undermined by repetition, reproduction and affordability? Are the qualities of fetish, uniqueness and authorial presence removed from or reinstated in the art multiple.

Published June 1994

Arts Employment Through Small Business

...So in effect, what we have in Australia is a separation of public and commercial by governments arts departments that unfortunately does not take into account the fact that the arts industry operates on a continuum...

Published June 1994

Artrave

Published June 1994

Noarlunga: Backwater No Longer

The City of Noarlunga and the City of Prospect in South Australia are the only two councils who have retained community arts officers.

Published June 1994

Pity the Poor Director: Priorities Askew in Low Budget Film and Video

Operating both as an industry training ground and as a space for creative experimentation, low budget film and video production must be thought of as an economic and a cultural investment.

Published June 1994