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Thelma Golden: How art gives shape to cultural change
Thelma Golden: How art gives shape to cultural change

Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that explore how art examines and redefines culture. The "post-black" artists she works with are using their art to provoke a new dialogue about race and culture -- and about the meaning of art itself.
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Hide and seek
30 jan  |  Hide and seek . . read more
panoptICONS: Utrecht
12 sep  |  ‘panoptICONS’ addresses the fact that you are constantly being watched by surveillance cameras in city centres. The surveillance camera seems to have become a real pest that feeds on our privacy. To represent this, camera birds - city birds with cameras instead of heads - were placed throughout the city centre of Utrecht where they feed on our presence. In addition, a camera bird in captivity was displayed to show the feeding process and to make the everyday breach of our privacy more personal and tangible.
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NSW Child Porn Laws to Change. Australia, the Philistine State to Stay the Same
10 jan  |  Yesterday it was announced that the NSW State government has received recommendations to change child pornography laws. The changes would mean that once it is has been established that material is unlawfully pornographic, artistic intention would not be considered relevant. With a multitude of Federal and State protections for child pornography firmly in place this punitive change seems set to make the lives of Sydney's underappreciated art community even more difficult- Sean Maguire- explores why we should focus on the intention and not the reaction . . read more
Student Climate Change Short Film
10 feb  |  Positioning itself during the recession in the UK, the film tells the story of a young student who makes a choice to change himself with dramatic consequences ensuing. This is a film made by film students from Southend-On-Sea. Shot in Standard Definition . . read more
Ambition and Obsession Drive Fincher's Flawless 'Social Network'
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Fear and Love
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What to say on Australia Day- by Sean Maguire
26 jan  |  When travelling overseas I'm sure you've found this problem. Somebody asks you what Australians are like and you struggle to respond. If you're in a country like the US or the UK it's likely that most of our stereotypes will have seeped through; giving you at least some point of reference to explain that we don't all ride kangaroos or always eat shrimp on the barbie.

Yet, when you really think about it I'm sure the vagueness of this place really hits home- Sean Maguire- delves deeper into the ambiguity.  . . read more

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