Category Archives: Opinion

Hostesses with the Mostess

During my stay in Melbourne, I had two lovely hostesses – Lisa Radford from Damp, and Felicity Managan, a friend of Lisa’s and mine. These ladies picked me up from the airport, lent me a cell phone for the week, … Continue reading

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Lane Cormick @ Neon Parc

One of my favorite events of the trip was a visit to an opening at what I hear is a new-ish gallery in Melbourne, off of a laneway (alley) north of the central business district. When we showed up at … Continue reading

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Alex Baker/NGV

Just before leaving town, Harrell emailed me a link to an article in Melbourne’s paper about the new curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and suggested I try to see up a meeting with him. … Continue reading

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Citizen Boruk Gradman

When I sent the show announcement to the citizens, I mentioned I’d be in town for a few days and available to grab a beer if anyone was interested. We got what I thought were a surprising amount replies, and … Continue reading

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Group Group Show Images

I can hardly do it justice here, but I took some pictures of the Group Group Show installation with my hand-held camera. I’ll post the images below the cut. pictured: The KingpinsChicks On Speed showed a video, lots of nekkid … Continue reading

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MIBEM

Another thing I did in while I was away was go to a night of the Melbourne International Biennial of Exploratory Music. One of my favorite pieces was by Lukas Simonis from Rotterdam, pictured below.Trying to write about this kind … Continue reading

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