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Slack Bastard - May 7, 2008 - 5:53am

two reviews of a cans festival in piss street. london. Read more »

Picture this graffiti

Larvatus Prodeo - May 3, 2008 - 5:39pm

If you want to see glorious and evolving represenations of the Australian landscape and Australian icons, the Sidney Nolan exhibition is highly recommended. If you want to see graffiti art, take a walk around the little lanes in Melbourne’s CBD. Here’s some examples of that graffiti.

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Guest post by Marcus Westbury: What’s the big idea? Start with the small ones.

Larvatus Prodeo - April 15, 2008 - 10:55am

Marcus Westbury, of This is Not Art and Not Quite Art fame, received a late call up to attend the 2020 summit. In this post, cross-posted at his own blog, he reflects on the issues confronting the “Towards a Creative Australia” stream.

What is the difference between a 1920s and a 2020 summit? Read more »

Last Train to Lhasa - [/sigh...]

Typing is not Activism - March 16, 2008 - 2:25pm

Last train to Lhasa, originally a gorgeous piece of thoughtful music by Banco de Gaia, now a worthy way to reflect on yet another struggle for independence that has turned into bloodshed and brutality unleashed.

Mixed reports, almost impossible to confirm because of the Chinese regulation of Tibet, have emerged claiming anywhere from 10 to 67 [...]

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Slack Bastard - May 7, 2008 - 5:53am

two reviews of a cans festival in piss street. london. Read more »

A poster I once saw...

The Partisan - April 23, 2008 - 6:48am

Politics, propaganda and posters have a long history of being bedfellows. See here for a Soviet example. Other countries have their own examples - maybe somebody out there has some old Australian wartime posters.In any case, fellow blogger Toaf posted about anti-Beijing posters, of the sort that may be useful for a protest. This is one that I snapped on my travels a couple of years ago: Read more »

Lazy Sunday!

Larvatus Prodeo - April 6, 2008 - 5:00pm

Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all! Read more »