Frances Bean Cobain
Frances Bean Cobain has always seemed like a tragedy waiting to happen. When the genes of rock’s most volatile couple collide, how else could things turn out? Ever since the first pictures of that beautiful, blue-eyed baby appeared, cradled in the arms of her loving but (let’s face it) insane parents, the world has been [...]
Love, Loss & Intimacy
I finally got around to seeing the Love, Loss & Intimacy exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria last weekend. Yes, it’s been open since February and it closes soon, but whatever. It was the title that both drew me towards it and made me think I should stay away. Love, loss, intimacy- the three [...]
Destiny Deacon
In the self-portrait currently hanging in Melbourne Uni’s Ian Potter Museum of Art, Destiny Deacon sits placidly with her hands folded on her lap, dressed in a flowing green skirt and folky jewellery, her hair pulled back in a neat bun. Beside her sits Carol, one of the many black baby dolls Destiny has ‘rescued’ [...]
The Sketchbook Project
Being someone who has always loved books, notebooks and sketchbooks of any kind, stumbling across The Art House Co-op’s Sketchbook Project made me giddy with excitement. Since I was a little kid, I’ve always treasured books as something truly precious- and a book with blank pages even more so. Taking the term ‘visual diary’ literally, [...]
television: why i’m pro-pregnant teenage backup dancers
Lex Rosenberg looks at ‘Glee’ episode “Funky” – and discusses the point of pregnant teenage backup dancers – in the second part of her ‘Glee’ special.
film review: eclipse
Kimberley Carey reviews ‘Eclipse’ – the latest laughable instalment in the ever-excruciating Twilight franchise.
the epochal odyssey : vintage shopping passe?
I do about four loads of washing a week. That’s pretty awkward. Now you think I have some sort of problem, be it slightly neurotic or a case of over active sweat glands. Thankfully for me, neither of these are the issue when it comes to my over-exhausted laundry practices. * * * When I [...]
Code of Conduct
There’s a new proposed code of conduct for the advertising, media and fashion industries. Championed by Minister for Youth Kate Ellis and the National Advisory Group on Body Image, the code of conduct states that it would like these industries to integrate positive body image into their businesses. The Australian government is pledging $500, 000 [...]
love out loud: the loss of relics
My recent trip to Europe marked two milestones in my life: 1) My first visit to Germany. 2) My first purchase of artwork. Whilst strolling around the streets of Berlin with a friend, we came across an op shop owned by a rather disagreeable woman, a fact that could be forgiven when we realised the [...]
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