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The Crack In The World

Ian Houston writes from London… The work, entitled Shibboleth 2007, runs the full 167 metres of the cavernous hall on London’s South Bank. It begins as a crack then widens and deepens as it snakes across the room. Colombian artist

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Exhibitions Oct 14, 2007

The Australian Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies PeaceMAPP Workshop Art, Artists + Conversations = Peace Talks? Ms. Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox [Artist, B.A – Double Major Art History, University of Queensland] Tuesday, 16 October 20071:00 – 3:00 pm Sustainable Mining Institute

Where We Have Been & What We Have Seen

Where have we been? Unfortunately we can’t tell you. Let’s just say that we have been working to make the world a better place, free from sadness and want, indeed, a broadband nation dedicated to education and the advancement of,

Roadrunner Once, Roadrunner Twice

Todd McMillan, Back In Your Life [2007], from YouTube

No Smoking In The Magic Kingdom

Post Secret * “The referencing of historical styles or iconic works has been popular since the 1970s, but it seems that since Julian Schnabel, Sherrie Levine, and Richard Prince, the conceptual nature of this sort of work has become shallow

Kraftwerk Going Bip Bip Bip Bip Bip

Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev public lecture When: Tue, 9 Oct, ’07Where: COFA UNSW Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Artistic Director of the 2008 Biennale of Sydney. Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Artistic Director of the 2008 Biennale of Sydney, Revolutions – Forms That Turn, explores the “biennale syndrome”

R.I.P. Art Life Mail Outs

We have to admit it – it didn’t work, we messed up and now we’re sorry. We’re talking about the venerable Art Life mail outs we’ve been sending to subscribers since we launched in 2004. A year ago our relationship

Cyber-bludging with The Art Life

Tired of MySpace? Fed up with FaceBook? Looking for something that will waste time until the coffee break? Just relax and enjoy… We get sent a lot of links to artist sites and blogs and one of the most interesting

Hey Ladies In The Place, We’re Callin’ Out To Ya…

Dear Lino, I am writing to inform you about the Shellywood™ project in Kevin Grove, Brisbane, Australia from October 2007 to January 2008. Shellywood™ is a massive 45m x 9m fake movie poster, inspired by my recent residency with a

Darkness of the Stack

They come in with requests. They want to use the photocopier for free. Some of them want blank paper to write down their filthy secrets. Most of ‘em just sleep in the reading room. Yes, it’s your local library and