On Thursday night Sophie and I wandered into the Savage Club, where they were having their annual artist's dinner. I'm not a big fan of men-only institutions - I mean, really, what is the point? Besides, I got enough of that in my six years at all-male boarding schools.

One of the people at our table was a lovely jeweller, Ali Alexander. She ( Read more... )

I'm enjoying InFrame.tv's interviews with creative Melbournians (or people who are just visiting).

Morsla, if I forget to mention it, you should look at talking to them for your PhD project.

Thier interview with Shaun Tan ( after the cut... )

I just went to a wonderful talk by Deborah Klein at the Athenaeum LibraryShe creates beautiful images of of women (or more specifically, their hair) and moths and masks that are moths and hair ornaments that are spiders. And all that is beautiful ( Read more... )

For all those Tim Burton fans out there, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) has a big Burton exhibition coming up.

Check out their new Burton television advertisement.  Cute.

Tim Burton: The Exhibition
Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Thursday 24 June - Sunday 10 October 2010
Open daily 10am-6pm.
Special late night Thursdays until ( Read more... )

My project for the National Gallery of Victoria, Pictures of the Floating World, got a guernsey in the 2010 Horizon Report (K-12 edition).

That makes me happy because I like the Horizon Reports. They are good.  The Horizon Project (which produces them) "...identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, ( Read more... )

Most video artwork leaves me cold. But this year's Experimenta is great. Almost every work is amazing and fun. And it has something for everyone.

• A steam-punky typewriter where your words turn into insects and fly away as you type.
  
• The logical extension of WoW, as imagined by some Russian artists.
  
• A full colour, full body scanner which is a ( Read more... )

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My sister and I gorged on art.

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One of my workmates from the NGV, Leon Van de Graff, has a new exhibition that links robots with mobile phones. Called "OK, Commuter", it is running until 26 February 2009 in the Flinders Street subway space ( Read more... )

I like Jon Luker's art because it's geeky and it's fun. When I was working with him, he showed me a small grey steel box, with a single lever and a light. I flicked the switch and the light turned on. I flicked it again and it turned off. I looked at him quizically ( Read more... )