The Case of the Cigarette and the Egg

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

Looking at the Billboard

Feature

Gavin Malone

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

Living Off Your Art: New Figures on Artists' Income

Feature

David Throsby

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

The Raw Material Curatorial Development Program was designed to provide training opportunities for curators without experience, but with plenty of potential. Based at Gertrude Street Victoria. Featured artwork by Marie Sierra-Hughes.

Published June 1994

Critical Mass/ City Art/ Artists' Initiatives

Feature

Stephanie Radok

A recurring feature of recent initiatives is to be self-funded or to operate with a minimum level of government funding and frequently to begin with a limited time frame in mind. The social side of such organisations cannot be underestimated and is probably as important as any art that eventuates.

Published June 1994

Artists -- From Garret to Office

Feature

Kevin Wilson

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

Artists' Park Blooms Again

Feature

Stephanie Britton

Box Hill known in the art world for its connection to the Heidelberg School of Painting has maintained its commitment to the arts.

Published June 1994

Tickling the Senses in Brunswick St

Feature

Stephanie Britton

Located in Melbourne Victoria, the City of Fitzroy was given $1m by the federal government in 1992 for capital works. One project funded was the commissioning of 16 pieces of public art from 11 artists to build on that heart of cafe culture Brunswick St.

Published June 1994

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

Feature

Chaz Underwood

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

Festival Breakthrough: Adelaide Festival

Review

Julie Ewington

Review Adelaide Installations
Adelaide Festival
South Australia Various locations
25 February - 13 March 1994

Published June 1994

Non-Metro Spaces

Feature

Stephanie Britton

Artists collectives and access galleries do not just exist in big capital cities. It seems that wherever there is a community of artists and Artist Run Initiative will happen.

Published June 1994