Travelling 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 & Jennifer Higgie] o Cao Fei’s Utopia is both a place and a non-place. It is a daydream, a fiction and…

Package Tour

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 published in 2010 as catalogue essay for Journey to Arcadia, nsw, No Frills] Arriving at Port Jackson in 1788, it…