Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts

Monday, January 10, 2011

Juxtapoz 120 (January 2011)

The latest issue of Juxtapoz is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Collectibles
    • Robert Williams x David Lawrence Gallery x Art Works Prints
    • Ryan McGinness 2011 Stationary Supplies
  • Profiles
    • Amy Casey
    • Robert Bowen
    • Carolin Löbbert
    • Jason Hernandez
    • Kenji Nakayama
    • Rik Lee
  • Showstopper
    • Joe Sorren: Interruption November 6, 2010-January 2, 2011, California State University-Fullerton Grand Central Arts Center, Santa Ana, California
    • CR Stecyk III, Susanne Melanie Berry, Steve Olson: Menage A Trois October 23-November 13, 2010, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • Tiffany Bozic Interview and Portrait by Mike Giant
  • Devin Troy Strother Interview by Gabe Scott / Portrait by Sam Bassett
  • Michel Gondry Interview by Joey Garfield / Photos by Joey Garfield and Jon Singer / Portrait Courtesy of Michel Gondry
  • HuskMitNavn Interview by Caleb Neelon / Self Portrait by HuskMitNavn
  • Mike Ballard Introduction by Roger Gastman / Interview by Caroline Ryder / Portrait by Lee Vincent Grubb
  • Cory Arcangel Interview and Portrait by Alexander Tarrant
  • Reviews
    • Juxtapoz Handmade
    • Joy Division by Kevin Cummins
    • Joe Sorren: Paintings 2004-2010
    • East of the Adriatic: The Balkan Diaries of Scott Bourne
    • Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century
    • Pop Surrealism: What a Wonderfool World
  • Insider
    • Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art A conversation with Wooster Collective / Interview by Evan Pricco
  • Pop Life
    • Absolut Art Award
    • New York, New York
    • Los Angeles, California
  • Perspective Detroit, Fall 2010, Tod Seelie for Juxtapoz x Power House Productions, Full story February 2011

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 18th December to Fri 24th December 2010)

  • JAMES RAVILIOUS: A WORLD IN PHOTOGRAPHS

Looks at the life and work of British photographer James Ravilious.
Saturday 18 December 2010 3.20pm
SBS ONE Rating: G
WS Rpt
Duration: 35 mins
  • THE PRIVATE LIFE OF A CHRISTMAS MASTERPIECE: THE MYSTIC NATIVITY
One of the most popular paintings in the National Gallery in London, Botticelli's Mystic Nativity is a picture of hope in difficult times. The Private Life of a Christmas Masterpiece reveals the story behind this work of art.
Sunday 19 December 2010 10.10pm
ABC1 Rating: G
CC
Duration: 50 mins

 

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Artlink Vol. 30 No. 4 (2010)

The latest issue of Artlink is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • Editorial
  • Artrave
  • Exhibition Reviews Critical views of 14 exhibitions of new Australian art
Previews
  • Edge of Elsewhere Campbelltown Arts Centre
  • Interpreting Portraits Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
  • ETW Exhibitions to Watch
Book reviews
  • Hijacked Volume 2: Australia/Germany Joanna Mendelssohn
  • The Revolutionary Century.  Art in Asia 1900 to 2000 Pat Hoffie
  • Eleven recent publications Stephanie Radok
Agents of change
  • Indigenous art in front: National Gallery changes focus Sarah Scott
  • Designing with the neighbours in mind: Unlimited Asia Pacific Kevin Murray
  • Patronage of the passionate: White Rabbit Collection Stephanie Britton
Polemic
  • Resistance to change: Art in the university environment Jane Goodall
  • Art and Sport Peter Hill
  • Art as a Catalyst of Change: Hot House Symposium Felicity Fenner
  • Stop the moats: Recent work by Cecile Williams and Nick Mangan Kevin Murray
  • Theory is bunk Donald Brook
  • Is it sacred? The Collarenebri Files Djon Mundine
Profiles
  • Shen Shaomin's Bonsai Wu Hung
  • Confluent forms: Ariel Hassan recent work Niki Sperou
  • 100KM Artworks: Fiona MacDonald's Local Studies Catriona Moore
UK focus
  • Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera Jo Higgins
  • Liverpool Biennale: Touched Alison Carroll
Artlink's Third Decade
  • The push pull decade: Artlink 2001-2010 Stephanie Britton

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 4th December to Fri 10th December 2010)

  • TIM MARLOW MEETS: PETER BLAKE
Broadcaster and historian Tim Marlow meets Sir Peter Blake, the artist behind The Beatles' Sgt Pepper album cover, at Compton Verney in Warwickshire to discuss the works that have influenced and inspired him.
Saturday 4 December 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE WS
Duration: 30 mins
  • STOP. REWIND: GADGETS - EP 12 OF 13
In a single generation, digital has made redundant every gadget invented since 1950. Where will it end?
Wednesday 8 December 2010 6.00pm
ABC2 CC
Duration: 25 mins
  • INSIDE THE GREAT MAGAZINES: EP 1 OF 3
Intelligent, provocative, glamorous and intriguing, this three-part series points the camera at the inside pages and inner workings of the first international medium. Venture inside the editor's suite and go on location to the interviews and the photo shoots of the greatest magazines in the world.
Wednesday 8 December 2010 8.30pm
ABC2 Rating: G CC Rpt
Duration: 50 mins

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Desktop #267 (December/January 2011)

The latest issue of Desktop is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

http://www.desktopmag.com.au/

Contents:
  • UPDATE
  • DEBRIEF PRINT - Fuji Xerox Australia.
  • DEBRIEF CAMPAIGN - Rip Curl.
  • 2011 CREATIVE CRYSTAL BALL DESIGNING FOR TOMORROW Six creatives make their predictions for 2011.
  • THIS YEAR I WILL TRY NOT TO THIS YEAR I WILL TRY TO BE NEW Jason Little investigates Christopher Doyle and Elliott Scott's quest to be new.
  • PROFILE SIMPLY SPLENDID Meisy Cheong discovers something splendid is going on in an old ironmonger's factory in Melbourne.
  • PICTURE THIS VINTAGE SHOOTER Alex Prager's work is like a starburst of old style goodness captured with a modern eye, writes Jo Spurling.
  • COOLSTUFF CHRISTMAS WISH LIST.
  • CENTREFOLD
  • PICTURE THIS PHOTOGRAPHER GIFT GUIDE.
  • WEB THE GLOBAL SHOPPER Starting a professional online retail set-up? Stuart Gonsal has some tips.
  • STUDIO DESIGNING DISNEY What really goes into animating a Disney classic? Alison Copley speaks with head animator Glen Keane to find out.
  • TYPE GO FONT UR SELF Luca Ionescu talks to art director, curator and letterform addict, Marty Routledge.
  • DIGITAL IN THE STORE Neil Simpson chats with Richard Beaumont about retail design, and the reinvention of Coles.
  • PRODUCT REVIEWS TEN iPAD APPS FOR DESIGNERS.
  • DIRECTIONS IN DESIGN ANOTHER YEAR DOWN Australia's creative industry has bounced back, but there's no room for complacency in 2011, writes Simon Lusty.
  • REARVIEW
AGENCYLAND
  • ABOUT TOWN NEWS
  • VIEWFINDER
  • BRIEF ENCOUNTERS ENIGMA DDB Melbourne design Devil's Lair winemaker's website.
  • PEER PRESSURE KEEPING CREATIVE Staying inspired during the silly season.
  • PROFILE CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER Curious Films' intrepid way of navigating the creative industry.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Chema Madoz

Chema Madoz: Obras Maestras (Masterpieces) is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.
"Chema Madoz Born in Spain in 1958, is one of contemporary photography's most personal and innovative artists. His work, influenced by surrealism and visual poetry, composes a complex magic universe where objects are never what they seem, or seem to be what they aren't. Madoz brilliantly plays with the perception of those who view his images and explores beyond reality.
In just one year (2000), his profound, intuitive work received Spain's National Photography Award, the PHotoEspaña Prize and the Higashikawa Prize. The artist, who has always lived in Madrid, has held numerous exhibitions since the mid-nineteen eighties. Outstanding among them are Objetos 1990-1999, the first retrospective that the Reina Sofía Museum dedicated to a live Spanish photographer; Chema Madoz 2000-2005, organised by the Ministry of Culture; and Poética, a travelling show that has received the praise of critics and public alike in countries such as Japan, China and Brazil.
Obras Maestras (Masterpieces) This book, which initiates La Fárica's Obras Maestras Collection, tells the story of Chema Madoz through the reproduction of more than 300 photographs within its 450 pages.
Page by page, three decades of creation are covered and the artist's inner world is revealed. His life and works are discovered thanks to essays by Duane Michals, Oliva María Rubio, Estrella de Diego and Christian Caujolle as well as an extensive and detailed illustrated timeline." -- dust jacket

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 27th November to Fri 3rd December 2010)

  • CLAUDE MONET PAINTER
This program explores the life and works of French painter, Claude Monet.
Saturday 27 November 2010 3.35pm
SBS ONE Rating: GRpt
Duration: 30 mins
  • PAULA REGO: TELLING TALES
A portrait of the Portuguese-born painter, Paula Rego, considered one of the greatest living artists today. She talks intimately about the strange, dark influences on her work and her obsessions derived from folk tales and autobiographical details, which give flight to her extraordinary and sometimes grotesque imagination.
Saturday 27 November 2010 2.40pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGWS Rpt
Duration: 55 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan on DVD.
  • TIM MARLOW MEETS: NITIN SAWHNEY
Firmly established as a world-class producer, songwriter, DJ, multi-instrumentalist, orchestral composer and cultural pioneer, Nitin Sawhney's talents span and transcend cultural barriers. Nitin invites Tim to meet him at the National Gallery of Art in London to discuss the inspiration he draws for his music from the diverse artwork there.
Saturday 27 November 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE WS
Duration: 30 mins
  • BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST: SKYSCRAPER - EP 4 OF 4
The tallest man-made structure on Earth towering nearly half a mile high is the Burj Dubai Skyscraper in the Persian Gulf. This film reveals how seven ingenious technological breakthroughs enabled engineers to build this super-structure. From its double-decker elevators and fire-proof evacuation rooms to its unique wind-cheating design. Using a mix of CGI animation and on-location filming, the program reveals the innovations that changed Skyscraper design forever.
Saturday 27 November 2010 7.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: *Final*CC WS
Duration: 60 mins
  • CHINA AVANT-GARDE: THE NEW CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Is Chinese modern art the greatest movement since Cubism? That's the opinion of many western experts stunned by the quality of work in China today and the pace at which it has emerged on the world scene since the end of Mao.
Sunday 28 November 2010 9.00pm
ABC2 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
  • ART NATION
On the final episode of Art Nation for 2010, Fenella Kernebone reviews the upcoming exhibition at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art - Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990-2005.
Sunday 28 November 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 Rating: *Final*CC
Duration: 30 mins
  • THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: DISNEY/PIXAR
This film is a celebration of the creative talents of the hand-drawn animation and groundbreaking computer animation techniques that the two studios Disney and Pixar, have brought to filmmaking.
Sunday 28 November 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 CC
Duration: 50 mins
  • BRIAN ENO IN CONVERSATION
Recently in Australia as curator of the Luminous Festival at the Sydney Opera House is none other than the man internationally acclaimed as the father of ambient music - Brian Eno. Honouring his 30-odd years of creative achievements this program features an illuminating Q&A interview between Eno and ABC arts presenter Andrew Frost.
Monday 29 November 2010 3.30am (early hours)
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
  • STOP. REWIND: ENERGY - EP 11 OF 13
Over the past few decades all kinds of power supplies have been tried and tested - from atoms to chicken poo! This whole quest for cheap, clean, power isn't some tree-hugging trip. It's born of necessity - we're running out!
Wednesday 1 December 2010 6.00pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 25 mins

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Juxtapoz (November 2010)

The latest issue of Juxtapoz is now available for loan in the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Style Sheet: Mayfourteenth -- New York Couture
  • Profiles: Mi Ju -- Brian M Viveros -- Melissa Haslam -- Pedro Matos -- Alexander Korzer-Robinson -- Intimidnation
  • Showstopper: The Tenderloin Project -- Walter Steding -- Jason Bryant: Trilogy
  • Barbara Kruger Introduction by Shepard Fairey / Interview by M Revelli
  • Duke Riley Interview by Alexander Klein / Portrait by Bryan Derballa
  • Jonathan Yeo Text by Katie Zuppann / Portrait by Gino Spiro
  • Ed Emberley Interview by Saelee Oh / Portrait by Deanna Guzman
  • Patrick Martinez Interview by Mister Cartoon / Portrait by Estevan Oriol
  • eBoy Interview and portrait by Alexander Tarrant
  • Reviews: Locals Only by Hugh Holland -- Pixar: 25 Years of Animation -- The Street Art Stencil Book -- The Story of Island Records: Keep on Running -- The Art of British Rock: Fifty Years of Rock Posters, Flyers, and Handbills by Mike Evans -- :Phunk: Around the World Across the Universe, Artworks 2007-2009
  • Insider: Debbie Harry, Interview by Gwynned Vitello / Portrait by Chris Stein
  • Pop Life
  • Perspective: Steve Powers Icy Signs A Love Letter to Syracuse, New York September 2010

Capture (November/December 2010)

The latest issue of Capture is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

the year in review
  • Editorial World
  • Wedding and Portrait World
  • Advertising World
  • Art World

the lists

  • The Top Lists for 2010 The top iPhone apps for photographers, most inspiring websites, most awesome Photoshop plug-ins to the weirdest moments with clients and the dodgiest business practices in the industry, our lists reveal all. And straight from the mouths of the professional photographers to the pages of Capture.

the work

  • Advertising
  • Art
  • Portrait
  • Editorial
  • Documentary/Photojournalism
  • Emerging
  • Wedding
  • Fashion
  • Landscape
  • Travel
  • Sport
  • Architecture

projects

  • Showtime Exhibitions and new books for November and December

plus

  • Editor's Note
  • The Letters Page
  • Sandisk Exposed Challenge 2010/2011 The first winner announced
  • ACMP Pro News

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

A World History of Art

A world history of art by Hugh Honour and John Fleming (revised 7th edition) is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

"For over a quarter of a century this art historical tour de force has consistently proved the classic introduction to humankind's artistic heritage. From our Paleolithic past to our digitised present, every continent and culture is covered in an articulate and well-balanced discussion - a broad and epic canvas that omits none of the fine detail. In this Revised Seventh Edition, contemporary art historian Michael Archer has brought the account of contemporary art over the last twenty years right up to date, reflecting the latest developments that continue to shape our cultural history." -- back cover

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

An Introduction to Visual Culture

An introduction to visual culture by Nicholas Mirzoeff (2nd edition) is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.


An Introduction to Visual Culture provides a wide-ranging introduction to the now established interdisciplinary field of visual culture.


Mapping a global history and theory of visual culture, An Introduction to Visual Culture asks how and why visual media have become so central to everyday life.


Improved text design and colour images throughout make it an even more valuable teaching tool. Brand new features in the second edition include Key Image studies from Holbein's The Ambassadors, to Blade Runner and the Abu Ghraib atrocities; and a Key Words section in each chapter, discussing vital critical terms and the debates that surround them.


In this innovative, thoroughly revised and extended edition, Nicholas Nirzoeff explores:
  • an extensive range of visual forms from painting, sculpture, and photography to television, cinema, and the Internet;
  • the centrality of "race" and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and the body in shaping visual culture;
  • the importance of images of natural disaster and conflict, such as Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq.

-- back cover

Monday, November 8, 2010

Aperture (Fall 2010)

The latest issue of Aperture is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

FEATURES
  • WITNESS HEROES OF THE STORM: FIVE YEARS AFTER KATRINA Photographed and reported by Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick, written by Debroah Willis. Portraits and stories of New Orleans's displaced residents.
  • ON LOCATION IN VISIBLE CITIES Photographs by Barney Kulok, words by Max Blagg. Poet Max Blagg responds to Kulok's recent cameraless landscapes of Manhattan.
  • ARCHIVE THE LAST THIRTY YEARS OF MEXICO A Film Compiled and Arranged by Salvador Toscano by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio and David M. J. Wood. A rediscovered photographic index of a film reveals new interpretations of tumultuous periods in Mexican history.
  • ROADS LESS TRAVELED RE-WILDING: MOVING OFF THE GRID IN AMERICA by Lucas Foglia. Photographs and interviews with self-sustaining Americans.
  • MOONLIGHTING ÓSCAR AND HIS TAXI by Martin Parr, photographs by Óscar Fernando Gómez. Scenes from Monterrey, Mexico, as framed by a taxicab window.
  • WORK AND PROCESS CLARE STRAND: THE SPOT MARKS THE X by David Campany. Traces and evidence in the cryptic work of an emerging photographer.
  • PHOTOGRAPHER'S PROJECT MIKE MANDEL: THE BASEBALL-PHOTOGRAPHER TRADING CARDS by Aaron Schuman. A reconsideration of Mandel's playful 1974 riff on celebrity in the world of photography.
  • THEME AND VARIATIONS AMERICA: NOWANDHERE A Multimedia Exhibition Organized and Curated by Eric Fischl Essay by E. L. Doctorow. A selection of works from Fischl's upcoming traveling ombibus art show.

  • NOTE
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • REVIEWS -- Vicki Goldberg on La Subversion des images -- Prajna Desai on Changing the Focus -- John Howell on Lincoln Center: Celebrating 50 Years -- Jason Oddy on Points of View -- Isabel Stevens on Where Three Dreams Cross
  • MEDIA WATCH -- Michael Lesy: Death in Dubai: How Too Much Information Cast Doubt on a Murder Investigation in the Middle East
  • FESTIVALS -- Jennifer Bajorek and Erin Haney on Mali's Recontres de Bamako -- Diana C. Stoll on China's Lianzhou International Photography Festival
  • EXCERPTS
  • MIND'S EYE -- DJ Spooky (Paul D. Miller) on Herbert Ponting's Grotto in a Berg, 1911

Desktop #266 (November 2010)


The latest issue of Desktop is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

http://www.desktopmag.com.au

Contents:
  • UPDATE
  • DEBRIEF BOOK - Dalton.
  • DEBRIEF POST-PRODUCTION - The Coca-Cola Company.
  • CREATE:AWARDS 2010 WRAP-UP All the photos and news from the 2010 Qantm Desktop CREATE:Awards
  • TVC DESIGN AS EASY AS XYZ Brendan McKnight hangs out with the XYZ crew to discover the art of creating the perfect TVC.
  • PROFILE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK Hugh Edwards finds out why Bang is making some noise in the big wide world of creative.
  • PICTURE THIS ONLY HUMAN Jo Spurling speaks with Highlights Photography about the human side of photography.
  • PICTURE THIS TROUBLESHOOTER
  • COOLSTUFF
  • APP DESIGN KEEP ON MOVING Jo Spurling checks out the who, what, where, when and how of app design.
  • CENTREFOLD
  • WEB CREATIVE INGREDIENTS We should give equal weighting to both tech and creative concepts, writes Stuart Gonsal.
  • WEBGUIDE DESTINATIONS.
  • STUDIO MADE WITH LOVE Brendan McKnight learns about blood, gore and other fun horror film antics with Wicked of Oz.
  • TYPE THIS TIME, IT'S UNIVERSAL Jack Yan speaks to Hasan Aby Afash about designing type in the Arabic language.
  • DIRECTIONS IN DESIGN PORTFOLIO SURVIVAL GUIDE James Earnshaw writes on everything you need to know about creating that perfect portfolio.
  • AGIDEAS NEWSTAR COVERING ALL BASES Jo Spurling speaks with Hamish Smyth, winner of the 2009 agIdeas NewStar competition.
  • FOREIGN POLICY STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES Jason Little asks: is design making us stupid?
  • PRINT LOOKS GOOD, FEELS GOOD Theo Pettaras looks at a few effective options to make your print more engaging.
  • DIGITAL UX AUSTRALIA 2010 Neil Simpson reviews UX Australia 2010
  • PRODUCT REVIEWS
  • REAR VIEW

AGENCYLAND

  • ABOUT TOWN NEWS
  • VIEWFINDER
  • BRIEF ENCOUNTERS THINK BEFORE YOU LEAP Hackett Films for Victoria Police.
  • PEER PRESSURE APPLE Z GENERATION Are we too quick to undo our work?
  • PROFILE DON'T BE FOOLED Bashful may be the name of this creative agency, but its team sure ain't.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Artforum (September 2010)

The latest issue of Artforum is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

COLUMNS
  • Editor's letter: FORMS AND FUNCTIONS / Michelle Kuo
  • PASSAGES Lynne Cooke on Louise Bourgeois -- Arthur C. Danto on Arakawa
  • BOOKS Graham Bader on Gerhard Richter
  • MEDIA Cory Arcangel on Internet links pages
  • FILM Steven Watson on Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's Howl -- Tom Gunning on the Oberhausen Film Festival
  • DISPATCH Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy reports from Mexico City
  • SLANT Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer on Stephen Kaltenbach
  • PERFORMANCE David Velasco on Ann Liv Young
  • TOP TEN Michael Rother

PREVIEWS

  • FALL 2010 EXHIBITIONS 40 shows worldwide -- Rachel Harrison on Paul Thek
  • FROM THE VAULT Alastair Wright on Paul Gauguin

FEATURES

  • QUESTIONS OF STYLE: Ina Blom -- Tauba Auerbach -- Alexander Nagel -- Ryan McGinley -- Peter Saville -- Sturtevant -- Partha Mitter -- David Bordwell -- Francesco Vezzoli -- Denise Scott Brown -- Haegue Yang -- Donald Moffett -- Tom Burr -- Adrian Piper -- Fia Backström -- Jil Sander
  • PUBLIC OPINIONS: THE ART OF CHARLOTTE POSENENSKE / Christine Mehring
  • IN CONVERSATION: LUCY RAVEN AND THOM ANDERSEN
  • THE UNIVERSAL ADDRESSABILITY OF DUMB THINGS / Mark Leckey
  • 1000 WORDS: ALICE CREISCHER, MAX JORGE HINDERER, AND ANDREAS SIEKMANN / André Rottmann
  • UNSPEAKABLE DESIRE: THE FILMS OF JOÃO PEDRO RODRIGUES / Dennis Lim
  • OPENINGS: SIMON FUJIWARA / Jessica Morgan

REVIEWS

  • Matthew S. Witkovsky on "Less Is More" and "Che fare? Art Povera - The Historic Years"
  • Nuit Banai on Yves Klein
  • T. J. Demos on Rabih Mroué
  • Alexander Scrimgeour on the 6th Berlin Biennale
  • Robert Pincus-Witten on Rafael Ferrer
  • Adam Kleinman on "Greater New York"
  • From New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, London, Glasgow, Paris, Gennevilliers, Nantes, Berlin, Cologne, Milan, Prato, Barcelona, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Beijing

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 23rd October to Fri 29th October 2010)

  • KILLER WHALE AND CROCODILE
A journey of great physical distances and lasting bonds, this film explores the soul of creativity and inspiration in two cultures half a world apart and now bonded in art. Two master carvers, one descended from the Salish Indian tribe on Canada's west coast and the other from the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea visit each other's community to learn and share their thriving culture.
Sunday 24 October 2010 10.50pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 50 mins
  • ART NATION
Fenella Kernebone meets 2010 Melbourne International Arts Festival guest US rapper Sage Francis; Geoff Newton encounters The Hayloft Project; and Cloud Control performs in the studio.
Sunday 24 October 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
  • EATING ART: SQUARE MEALS - EP 8 OF 10
Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Monday 25 October 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
  • EATING ART: SEA POWER - EP 6 OF 10
Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Tuesday 26 October 2010 7.00pm
SBS TWO Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
  • ARTSCAPE: IN CONVERSATION WITH VIRGINIA TRIOLI - GILBERT AND GEORGE
In Conversation with Virginia Trioli features revealing in-depth interviews with major icons of the arts. This week is the turn of visual artists Gilbert and George. Gilbert and George are two quintessentially English contemporary artists renowned for their distinctive, highly formal appearance and manner. Discussions about their frequently taboo imagery featuring nudity, and depictions of sexual acts, not to mention faeces, urine and semen, makes this interview with Virginia Trioli an unusual one in terms of its subject matter.
Tuesday 26 October 2010 9.50pm
ABC1 Rating: MACC
Duration: 30 mins
  • STOP. REWIND: FLIGHT - EP 6 OF 13
What the Wright Brothers started has come a long way - but no more so than in the Modern Age. The military can take the credit for just about every innovation in aircraft, but some of their ideas are truly jaw dropping.
Wednesday 27 October 2010 6.00pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 25 mins
  • THE QUESTION MARK INSIDE
Follows the unique commission Martin Firrell received from St. Pauls Cathedral in London to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the completion of Christopher Wren's masterpiece. Firrell is often categorised as a cultural activist, an artist who projects text in public spaces to promote social change.
Thursday 28 October 2010 8.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
  • ENOUGH ROPE WITH ANDREW DENTON: ROBERT HUGHES
Andrew's special guest on the final Enough Rope for 2006 is expat Australian author and art critic for The New York Times, Robert Hughes.
Friday 29 October 2010 12.30pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
  • THINKING XXX
Acclaimed portrait photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders presents a behind-the-scenes look at the making of his new book of adult film star portraits. This documentary includes footage of the photographer using a large format portrait camera to create the shots in his book, as well as conversations with the actors, who discuss how they began their careers, how being a porn star has changed their lives and how they feel about sex and the industry. In addition, authors, artists and cultural observers - such as Karen Finley, Nancy Friday, Richard Johnson, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Michael Musto, Whitley Strieber, Gore Vidal, John Waters and Faye Wattleton - offer far-ranging, provocative perspectives on porn today, yesterday and tomorrow.
Friday 29 October 2010 10.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: MA, A, N, SCC WS Rpt
Duration: 50 mins

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Communication Arts (September/October 2010)


The latest issue of Communication Arts is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

features
  • Mark Zibert by Tiffany Meyers -- This Toronto photographer alternates seamlessly between moving and still images.
  • AKQA by Sam McMillan -- With offices around the world and a cutting-edge creative strategy, AKQA is thriving as a global company working for global brands.
  • Anna+Elena Balbusso by Bonnie Smetts -- In Milan, Italy, identical twin sisters share a passion for illustration that has them working side-by-side.
  • Exhibit by Jean A. Coyne -- The latest and best in visual communication from here and abroad.

2010 design annual

  • Packaging -- Annual Reports -- Institutional Brochures -- Product/Service Brochures -- Editorial -- Letterheads -- Miscellaneous Company Literature -- Catalogs -- Posters -- Trademarks -- Integrated Branding Programs -- Books -- Miscellaneous -- Environmental Graphics -- Motion Graphics -- Public Service -- Self-Promotion

fresh

  • Lotta Nieminen In Helsinki, this Finnish illustrator creates geometric, textured wonderlands.
  • Timothy Devine A strong narrative surfaces in the work of this Brooklyn photographer.
  • FUNNEL Indianapolis design Eric Kass makes his mark on everything from baby food and candles, to music.

columns

  • Design Culture Wendy Richmond notes that a talented audience is always participating.
  • Advertising A growing number of agencies are taking on the role of client, by Ernie Schenck.
  • Design Issues Part two of DK Holland's series on the importance of holistic systematic design processes.
  • Typography Allan Haley takes a look at five young type designers - and their former careers.
  • Creativity Natalia Ilyin demonstrates how the concept of creative vision and the process of creativity are changing.
  • Web Watch A Web app that transforms a city into a concert hall and three sites that celebrate the art of graphic design.
  • Business Advice for designers who want to launch their own studios, by Shel Perkins.
  • Design Trends The evolution of paper and printing.

departments

  • Editor's Column -- Contributors -- Books -- Resources -- Index to Design Annual 51 -- Directory

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Desktop #265 (October 2010)


The latest issue of Desktop is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Website: http://www.desktopmag.com.au

Contents:
  • UPDATE
  • DEBRIEF ANIMATION - Sony Music Australia.
  • DEBRIEF MAGAZINE - Fluoro7.
  • HANDMADE OLD SCHOOL Brendan McKnight switches off to discover the art of designing without a computer.
  • PICTURE THIS SOME KIND OF MONSTER Thomas Shahan finds the hidden beauty in all things creepy and crawly, writes Jo Spurling.
  • PICTURE THIS TROUBLESHOOTER
  • PROFILE HOOK, LINE AND SINKER Jo Spurling spends some time with the Parallax design studio.
  • PRINT IPAD IMPACT Theo Pettaras looks at the effects of tablet media and other technology on the print industry.
  • DIGITAL TEXTILE DESIGN DRESS ME SLOWLY Brendan McKnight chats to Limedrop about the new wave of digital textile design.
  • STUDIO FREEZE FRAME Framestore are one bunch of cool cats when it comes to digital animation and effects, writes Jo Spurling.
  • TYPE ADORN Luca Ionescu speaks with type master, Eric Elms.
  • WEB COVERING ALL BASES Stuart Gonsal looks at why, in the world of the web, we are wearing more hats than ever before.
  • WEBGUIDE REPRESENT
  • COOLSTUFF
  • DIGITAL TRAMPOLINE Neil Simpson talks to Trampoline Systems about social networking and data visualisation.
  • REARVIEW

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 2nd October to Fri 8th October 2010)

  • THE SCULPTURE DIARIES: EP 1 OF 3
A quirky and at times dark journey through sculptures with leading British art critic Waldemar Januszczak, is a fascinating look at inspiring and remarkable pieces all around the world. The three-part series travels from a remote Nigerian village to the legendary Easter Island where sombre mysterious structures dominate from a previous civilisation. He also visits a Lithuanian theme park featuring old Communist statues of Lenin, Stalin and Marx.
Sunday 3 October 2010 10.30pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan on DVD.
  • ART NATION
Fenella Kernebone looks at 'art+soul', the Indigenous contemporary art exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW; 'Guilty Pleasures' features Moira Finucane; and songstress Mama Kin performs her latest release 'To My Table'.
Sunday 3 October 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
  • EATING ART: BEEFED UP ART - EP 5 OF 10
Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Monday 4 October 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: PGWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
  • THE GENIUS OF DESIGN: BLUEPRINT FOR WAR - EP 3 OF 5
This episode examines what happened when design was conscripted into the Second World War, and looks at the rival war machines designed and built by Germany, Britain, the USSR and the USA.
Tuesday 5 October 2010 6.00pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 60 mins
  • SEVEN AGES OF BRITAIN: AGE OF MONEY - EP 5 OF 7
This week it is the turn of the 18th century, a time when the triumph of commerce led to the emergence of a new 'middle' class: a group of people who craved pleasure and novelty, and developed their own tastes in art. The result was a golden age in painting with Hogarth, Reynolds and Gainsborough re-inventing the British style. The story ends in 1805 with the burial of Horatio Nelson, a commoner, at the heart of St Paul's: the supremacy of the middle class assured.
Tuesday 5 October 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC
Duration: 65 mins
  • IMAGES OF CONFLICT: PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE WAR ZONE
Photojournalists tell their stories of life in war zones, trying to make photo stories with one eye on survival and another eye on producing strong, truthful images with a narrative.
Thursday 7 October 2010 8.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: PG, V, LWS Rpt
Duration: 55 mins
  • ART + SOUL: HOME AND AWAY - EP 1 OF 3
In this three-part documentary series, Hetti Perkins takes us on a personal journey into the world of Aboriginal art. art + soul, directed by Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah), is the powerful and emotionally engaging television series about contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, and the artists who create it.
Thursday 7 October 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: G *New Series*CC
Duration: 60 mins

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Pictures

Pictures by Tim Walker is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.
Cover image:
© TIM WALKER PICTURES, Lisa Cant with eighty white rabbits, Chiswick, West London, 2004, British Vogue, published by teNeues, www.teneues.com, Photo © 2007 Tim Walker. All rights reserved.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

WetlandCare Australia National Art and Photography Competiton 2011

Liz Hajenko
WetlandCare Australia National Art and Photography Competition 2011
WetlandCare Australia
e-mail:
lizhajenko@wetlandcare.com.au
Phone: 02 66816169

ANNOUNCEMENT

WetlandCare Australia National
Art and Photography Competition 2011

WetlandCare Australia National Art and Photography Competition 2011
To celebrate World Wetlands Day 2011, an international event proclaimed by the United Nations, WetlandCare Australia is once again launching an Australia-wide Art and Photography competition offering categories for children and adults.

We are seeking works on paper exploring the theme of Forested Wetlands: their importance and wise use. Closing date for entries is December 3 2010.

The competition is acquisitive, with the winning works to be used by WetlandCare Australia to promote wetlands and the work of WetlandCare Australia.

Entry forms are available at http://www.wetlandcare.com.au/


Authorised:
Liz Hajenko
Competition Coordinator