The Big Idea recently published a thought-provoking article by Elise Sterback, “What if arts funding was honest?” In it, she discusses the often demoralising processRead More
Category: politics
On Wednesday I attended Irinia Danilova’s presentation “War in Ukraine & Art” as part of Franklin Furnace’s Loft space. irinia Danilova, who is Ukranian andRead More
June is shaping up to be a busy month: the first two weeks I will be in Denmark at the 10th Transit Festival, one ofRead More
My grandmother had a teatowel pinned to her kitchen wall with the slogan, the logo of Another Mother for Peace.
When I started writing this post two weeks ago, it was a perfect autumn day, blue sky and mild, still air. The trees were resplendentRead More
My work is currently featured in two exhibitions – although neither is quite the usual kind of exhibit …
Spending time in my home town is always something of a journey back in time. I reminisce with old friends and and get nostalgic overRead More
The pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the massive inequalities on which the “old normal” world was built on, and given us privileged people a taste of what has long been the reality for far too many people all over the world. We cannot scream about our rights to move and consume when that lifestyle is based on so many others being denied those same rights.
Furtherfield, my favourite online community, has started a new podcast, “News from where we are”,iInspired by reports from members of the Netbehaviour email list located around the world. I’m delighted to be included in the first episode, which was published on Friday 10 April.
As catastrophic fires burn out of control across large areas of Australia, decimating wildlife and ancient forests as well as taking out homes and humans,Read More