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May 1 – 25, 2008
Abracadaver is a joint show about magic, death and artifice. The exhibition draws on aspects of the macabre and the somber, as well as fun and whimsy. It features the sculptural installation work of Lauren Brown and the illustrations and photographic work of Linda McRae.
Tucked away from the limelight in a small arcade gallery, hiding in a regional town, the exhibition also focuses on that which is precious being hidden and then revealed in art, death and magic.
What : Abracadaver: Lauren Brown. Linda McRae
Where: Allan’s Walk Artist Run Space, Shop 5, Allan’s Walk, Bendigo
When: 1 May – 25 March
Opening: Friday 2 May 7pm
Location: Cemetery Walk: Saturday 17 May 11am (meet at Allan’s Walk)
Contact: lauren@sheseesred.com; design@ lindamcrae.net
So if you’re in Melbourne go and see Lauren’s show because not only is she brilliant and talented, but she’s done an exhibition about ‘funny death’ and if ever there was a reason to go to see art, that is it.
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Maybe if my kid looked like that, I’d try and get rid of him too – but I’d at least make it a little less obvious than piss myself in front of the poor blighter while he hangs himself!
And yes Andy, I do appreciate this is a form of ‘bullying’ so I am a hypocritical bastard. All I can say in my defence is that I’m in advertising. Besides, he started it, ahem!
In all seriousness, I am writing a paper on why these sort of clips make people laugh so much when the reality is they’re quite horrible – so expect some post rationalised nonsense in the next few weeks, probably with a fancy title like ‘The Jerry Springer Syndrome’ to give it that air of importance, ha!
‘Thanks’ to Paul for bringing this to my attention!
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Now I’m angry.
Now I’m really, really angry.
I’ve written posts galore about Singapore’s obsession with literacy and numeracy but this takes the biscuit …
I know what you’re thinking …
“Isn’t it good that a newspaper is doing an article about helping Singaporean parents make their kids ‘creative thinker’s”?
Well putting aside the fact that they talk about creativity interms of a mechanical ‘process’ rather than simply encouraging kids to have the freedom to explore their own World – I guess it is, however what really has fucked me off was when I saw the byline …
Can you see it?
It say’s “How you can give your child a creative edge to do well in life”
Fuck me, they’re pitching ‘creativity’ as a way parents can give their kids a competitive edge over other children … a way they can rise up the corporate ladder faster … a way they can make more money and acquire more stuff they don’t need or want but purchase it because [1] it makes them happy given they live such passive, dull, little lives and [2] it helps them look successful to other sad fuckwits who base everything on possessions rather than values/opinion/ideas.
OK, so I am glad that creativity is being celebrated rather than frowned upon … and I am glad it’s being talked about interms of thinking, not just ‘art’ … and I am glad they are acknowledging its commercial value rather than just treating it as ‘indulgence’ … however I hate that it’s being pitched as a way to achieve ‘career success’ when for young kids it should be about exploring, engaging, collaborating and experiencing life. But then what do I expect from a country that has a prime-time television that features junior school kids debating against eachother!
However as much as that fucked me off, this really got me apoplectic …
Parenting Tips Brought To You By OCBC.
And who are OCBC?
A bank.
A fucking bank.
Yep, they’re not happy enough that every Singaporean University is already selling them their students, they want parents to offer up their young as well.
Fuckers.
You know what – I wouldn’t mind so much if OCBC was the biggest investor in new companies and/or creative organisations – however they’re not – they’re another financial organisation who want their pound of flesh from every one of their customers and then negate all blame if/when things go wrong.
It would be petty of me to say the most creative thing a bank does is find new ways to charge clients enormous amounts of cash in fees – however I do find the fact they are sponsoring a supplement on ‘child creativity’ rather offensive and further demonstrates my belief that if Singapore continues to undermine the importance of imagination and creativity [both in their young and in their attitude to business] then the nations prosperity could be severely affected.
At a time where global economic power is returning to the ‘East’ – Singapore should be looking forward to even greater times – however with their inherent rational approach to life and business, my worry is they could soon find themselves becoming a blueprint for what not to do when for the last 40+ years, they’ve been a testament to the power of creative thought and vision.
There’s alot of brilliant people in Singapore, lets all hope they believe they have a future here rather than elsewhere …
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So I was in an office recently and needed to pop to the loo and when I walked in, this is what I found …
And before you ask, no, that’s not the the ‘kiddy loo’ [I’m no perv] it’s the normal sized one.
What on earth were the people behind it thinking???
And in typical Campbell ‘fuck-up-fairy’ style, a man walked in when I was photographing it and immediately walked out – probably to inform security that some nutter was doing ‘toilet porn’ which will no doubt see me banned from yet another bloody country!
Mind you, as daft as that toilet is, it’s still miles away from this loo madness.
This is a really intellectual blog isn’t it, ha!
And it all seemed to be going so well at the start of the week! 🙂
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Despite the fact Nokia are scrambling to develop their own version of the iPhone, their CEO has just told a group of analysts that they don’t need to do more to fight the Apple phenomenon because it’s a “niche product”.
Yeah right – a niche product that not only caused the share price of the major manufactures to drop the moment it was announced, but has since gone on to sell by the bucketload and remain one of the most desired pieces of technology on the planet.
Statements like that don’t show bravery or confidence, they show stupidity and arrogance.
But then as the owner of a Nokia N95 piece of shit, I realise Nokia are quite out of touch with what the Real World want and think!