Commentary

The slap and tickle of Phil Dadson’s Bodytok Quintet

Writing Posted Apr 23, 2012
By Melanie Oliver
Bodytok Quintet

In Melanesian pidgin, ‘toktok’ is a term for conversation.

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NEW MEDIA WORLD OLD MEDIA WORLD aka VIRAL INTERNET #1 with YVES

Writing Posted Apr 10, 2012
By Yves

Welcome to the first edition of NEW MEDIA WORLD OLD MEDIA WORLD, brought to you by guest columnist Yves. In this edition of NMW-OMW, Yves brings you Easter reflections, Hennesy Youngman, the bubbling enthusiasm of Venezuelan artist The Passion and finally, the re-incarnation of F Mercury.

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7 responses: St Paul St curatorial symposium

Writing Posted Apr 3, 2012
By Mark Williams
Vera Mey at the St Paul St curatorial symposium

With 120 registrations, the recent St Paul St Curatorial Symposium was clearly a case of right issue, right timing.

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Video Interview - Murray Hewitt

Writing Posted Mar 15, 2012
By Mark Williams

Murray Hewitt's videos mix social commentary with a healthy dose of humour and absurdism. His work reflects on the excesses of late 20th century capitalism, the lingering effects of colonisation and points of conflict in contemporary New Zealand.

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Bangkok Experimental Film Festival 6: Raiding the Archives

Writing Posted Feb 24, 2012
By Mark Williams

“Articulating the past historically does not mean recognising it ‘the way it really was’. It means appropriating a memory as it flashes up at a moment of danger” - Walter Benjamin.

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