Migrant Artists and the Mysteries of Australian Culture

The Thousand Handed Hydra has been an experiment of difference and opposition in practice. Hydra began in May 1993 as a one year pilot program of education, transition and introductin for migrant artists to the professional networks of Australian (Melbourne) art, culture and practice. Includes the work of artists Fernando Ronquillo, Anita Lorina and Rafael Rojas.

Published June 1994

Missing in Action

Book review Body and self: Performance Art in Australia 1969 -1992
By Anne Marsh
Oxford University Press Australia 1993

Published June 1994

Powerful Alternatives - Sydney

They may not have been characterised as 'artist run initiatives' but exhibition spaces run by artists have been around, in one form, or another for a long time.

Published June 1994

Artrave

Published June 1994

Self-Starting Sculpture

The artist describes her attempts to sell her sculpture and the need to take other work. How has this impacted on her artistic approach?

Published June 1994

Whitechapel Meets Eastenders

Museums and larger arts spaces are increasingly looking at ways to improve access to their exhibitions for a wider range of people. Contemporary art spaces face a more difficult battle than museums in trying to become more relevant to their diverse communities.

Published June 1994

Drawing Wages

Looks at the Studio School of Painting and Drawing in South Australia. It is essentially a working artist's studio which has admitted students.

Published June 1994

Artists -- From Garret to Office

The Premier of Victoria may claim that his government has opened Victoria for business, but it is the important role of local government and the Federal Government in developing arts training and facilities that is really making the running. Artists are no longer in their garrets but in front of pcs in their offices.

Published June 1994

Living Off Your Art: New Figures on Artists' Income

Artists are particularly vulnerable to economic downturn for two main reasons...the business cycle and the role of other jobs in a tight employment market.

Published June 1994

Looking at the Billboard

Written with Lee Salomone exploring the utilisation of prominent billboards on the tram track in Adelaide for the term of one year at no cost for them to be used as public art spaces.

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

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