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Monday, Feb 19th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Flyer for Northern Void.
Last night I attended the second (and last, for now) screening of Philip Brophy’s 50-minute film Northern Void, billed as a “live cinema performance” accompanied by the real-time sonics of Ph2 (Brophy and Philip Samartzis). Northern Void is set along Plenty Rd, in the northern Melbourne suburb of Preston — specifically a […]
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Friday, Jan 19th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Station Pier (photo: Simon Sellars). There used to be a sign here saying ‘Melbourne Welcomes You’, the first thing we saw when we got off the boat, I imagine.
I was asked to contribute some thoughts about my family’s immigration story to the second book in Jim Hammerton’s ‘Ten-Pound Poms’ series. Ours is a strange tale, […]
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Friday, Jun 23rd, 2006 at 8:38 am
There was an article in the newspaper the other day about the increasing corporatisation of football in Melbourne. The piece talked about how Melbourne footy clubs no longer have any real connection to their history; how the AFL’s relentless “rationalisation” policy means that all the Melbourne clubs now play out of the same ground. Carlton; […]
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Thursday, Nov 11th, 2004 at 3:17 am
Interview by Rebecca Cannon
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>Melbournian Martina Mrongovius is a holographer; an artist working predominantly with holograms. Her exhibition Hover was recently featured in the Next Wave Festival, accompanying her Honours Thesis in Applied Physics. A darkened gallery space – so dark that it took several minutes to adjust to the little light emanating from the holograms […]
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Sunday, Sep 5th, 2004 at 6:20 pm
photo: Michael Shaw
Melanie Chilianis, a Melbourne flautist, has sallied forth in recent times with a successful union between the instrument she made her name with, the flute, and technological mixes, patches and crunchy electronic treatments.
Melanie has an honours degree in music performance from Monash University and shares a close working relationship with notable Australian composers […]
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Tuesday, Aug 17th, 2004 at 9:47 pm
Interview by Symon Brando
Wayne & Shandeece in happier times
The now-defunct sport of Nerfball always suffered image problems. The fact that it was played with a kid’s soft toy didn’t help. A Nerf ball is a round foam ball, designed in the 1970s for kids to play with indoors – without smashing any of mum and […]
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Monday, Aug 2nd, 2004 at 12:48 am
Part One of the “Suburban Condition” series…
by Beatka Provis
The cars pass by and I wait for a break to cross the road.
The traffic is relentless today.
Oh – a chance!
I stumble on the gutter and my grey moccasin slips off.
There is no time to save it, so I watch it from the other side of the […]
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Tuesday, Jul 20th, 2004 at 1:46 pm
by Rebecca Cannon
all images © SelectParks
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When new architecture is erected in a city with which we have become familiar through the years (learning its alleys, underpasses and shortcuts as we learn the secrets of a friend), it becomes a labyrinth for exploration. Within us arises a desire to map this complex structure into our […]
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Saturday, Jul 10th, 2004 at 3:45 am
Interview by Andrew Garton
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Melbourne’s Polyester Books, on Brunswick St, is a phenomenon, not least for its hardy resilience in the face of narrow-minded attacks from authorities and certain sectors of the community alike. Now it faces a new threat – the extinction of the artistic culture it grew up in. Andrew Garton spoke with the […]
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Friday, Jun 25th, 2004 at 9:39 pm
by Symon Brando
image by Rebecca Cannon
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A man shrugs off the clucking of his family and makes his way to International Departures. With the ticketing formalities over, he slumps at the bar and orders drinks.
He sits and waits.
To escape.
A wicked love gone horribly, horribly wrong. Sour times polyfill the cracks, forcing him to seek joy in […]
