art bender weekender
Well i’ve just returned from 4 days on an art bender in Sydney and what a helluva 4 days it has been! I’m still catching up on all the stuff I have to do, plus I went to the first of the Blindside Networking Nights tonight, so i’m knackered.
The short version is:
Day 1.
Jade Pegler at WCG
Day 2.
Biennale at AGSNW/Simon Collins at Frances Keevil/Catch up with Dave + AJ
Day 3.
Biennale at Cockatoo Island/MCA/Catch up with Sarah Mosca
Day 4.
Catch up with the kids at NAS
General rave: The biennale was amazing and it was so great to see some of my dear arty farty peeps.
General rant: Sydney city is in a fucking sad state of affairs and I won’t be going back for a while.
The longer version comes tomorrow. It includes blatant, unbiased fawning over Shaun Gladwell, Mike Parr, Jeremy Deller, Joseph Beuys, Fischli & Weiss, plus unabashed ranting over public transport and rude bastards.
Schlaf gut.
8 comments:
We wouldn't treat you so badly if you didn't commit appalling crimes when you come here!
well, when in rome...
(sydney being a convict colony, and all that..)
sounds awesome...
Is this why you live in Melbourne?
http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/sydney-artists-advised-to-move-interstate/2008/07/31/1217097430682.html
charlie - it was.
rob - i live in melbourne 'cos i feel like i belong here - my family is here, my best friend is here and there is a great arts/architecture/design scene here. and the fact that sydney is now a cultural backwater certainly helps.
And yet so many lovely, intelligent, cultured people love it. More room for me, yay!
a psychogeographer reads the situationists, of course! :)
angus - you're absolutely right. including you my lovely.
tina - cliche, huh. :)
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