. . . In Melbourne, we’re blessed with frequent visits from international music icons. But, it’s not always good tunes and good vibes.
I struggle with vlogs about time passed at home. They feel kinda damp and scattered, I feel ugly, I archive them later. This took me so long to edit. But I got there. What I love most about vlogging is carving new relationships with memories and the act of visually reflecting –something, as a writer/communicator, I often don’t get to do – and finding so much more deep appreciation for my life.
David Willis: “It is my personal mission as an art writer to strike a balance between critical rigour and concise readability.”
One night in bed, I decided to stop saving tattoos on Instagram. The more I saved, the more ads popped up, each increasing my fear that most tattoos are badly chosen and badly executed, as if all rules of visual art and even aesthetic pleasure usually policing other artforms are irrelevant.
French artist Laure Prouvost’s first Australian solo exhibition, Oui Move In You, showing at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) in Melbourne, renders subconscious family ties within sensations of movement, memory, and language.
For good reason, everyone is talking about Archie Moore at Venice. Presenting Australia at the 60th La Biennale di Venezia, the Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist is the first Australian to win the Golden Lion – the top award. Until November, his exhibition kith and kin makes sovereign Indigenous voices heard on the global stage with a focus on the resilient interconnection between people, place and time.