Memes for Hope
This is an archive of the stuff floating around the interwebs lately. Spread ’em like butter, please. Firstly, some righteous rage, with shots of Footscray from Pataphysics. This is one […]
Undefeated Despair
In his book ‘Hold Everything Dear’ John Berger describes life in the occupied territories of Palestine, using the refrain “this is the stance of undefeated despair”. And this refrain travels […]
holidays? brain fart in the cold….
What to casual academics do on our holidays? Do we even have them? I’m currently on hiatus, waiting for the last of my pay to dribble in and wondering if […]
GOT, marking and the Useful Box
I’ve got a performance next saturday! yay! super-excited! In the meantime, it’s that time of year again. A time of never getting out of my pyjamas, of living in slippers […]
Isn’t It Ironic…..?
I went to see Aamer Rahman last week with Renaissance Wife and two dear friends. It was cutting intense political critique, heartbreaking in parts, hilarious in others…. and refreshingly free […]
Open sourcing education
OK – university has resumed in a crazy whirl and I’m realising that I have very little time for anything else for the next 4 months. I gnash my teeth […]
Who will write the history of tears?
I’m so lucky. I’ll get to teach the bit of Barthes where this line comes from in a month or so. Judging by the first crop of student blog posts […]
Beyond Representation
Art Beyond Representation is a book that I could say changed my life. It prompted me to change my PhD discipline from Art History to Gender and Cultural Studies, and […]
Aerobics against Rape
Last night was V-Day in Australia. Eve Ensler has done a wonderful detournement of the nasty heteronormative consumer fest of Feb 14 by declaring it a V-Day – V standing […]
Open Source Theory
I’m finally participating in the Melbourne Free University – giving a fairly conventional art history talk loosely connected with my PhD on life drawing/modelling….. The Free University movement gives me a […]
First World Problems 