Land-escapes: à propos of time, the city and its other
Tessa Zettel & Karl Khoe [First published in Zanny Begg & Lee Stickells (eds.), The Right to the City, 2011, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney University] At one end of a…
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(Par-re-buga or Pa-rai-bu-gah or Par-ri-beu-go – Tomorrow) [1. This paper borrows a series of phrases from the notebooks (1788 – 1791) of William Dawes, documenting his extensive study of Dharug language originally spoken in the…
Read moreTravelling to Utopia and back
Utopia Cao Fei Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane 2 May – 27 June, 2009 [Highly Commended for the 2009 Frieze Writers’ Prize – judges were James Elkins, Ali Smith &…
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An account of the topographical features and earthly delights of Arcadia Journey to Arcadia, nsw Sean Rafferty 26 February – 13 March 2010 No Frills* Artist Run Initiative, Brisbane [First…
Read moreField Work as Sustainment: The Futur(ing) of Art Practice
2. Field Work Lisa Kelly & Dennis Tan 4 – 18 October 2008 Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney [First published in July 2009 in runway, Issue 14: Futures. Reproduced courtesy of The…
Read moreInterventions in Things as Ethics
(First Published in NAVAQuarterly, June 2009) Cameron Tonkinwise once noted with just a little irony that ‘a culture that can, and needs to, have ‘ethics’ as the theme for the issue…
Read moreAbsence / ecneserP
Reflecting on Hiromi Tango’s Absence by Tessa Zettel Absence Hiromi Tango 2 – 31 May 2008 Platform, Melbourne [First published in November 2008 in un magazine 2.2. An earlier version also appeared…
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Approaching Sean Rafferty’s Ghost Mountain by Tessa Rapaport Ghost Mountain Sean Rafferty 15 January – 1 February 2009 MOP, Sydney [Published as typewritten text in Locksmith Project Issue 2, 2009,…
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Notes on Notes on the Art and Manner of (Dis)arranging One’s Books by Tessa Rapaport & Karl Logge [A review of Notes on The Art and Manner of (Dis)arranging One’s…
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