Archive for April, 2011
5 Miles from the Sea
Greg Neville, 5 Miles no. 2, 2011 This work is in a new group exhibition at Level 17 Artspace until May 17. Curated by Geoff Tolchard, it’s based on the idea that for white settlers and immigrants, penetration of the continent of Australia sort of stopped at about 5 miles from the sea. We are […]
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Tags: 5 miles from the sea, Five miles from the sea, Geoff Tolchard, Level 17 Artspace
Magazine Women at the CCP
Greg Neville, Magazine Woman no 50. This is from my Magazine Women series, (see my previous post, Profile Embedded). It’s on display at the Centre for Contemporary Photography Kodak Salon. Years ago when photographing in the railyards at Flinders Street Station, I found a soft-porn magazine on the ground. It was weathered and decayed and […]
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The Limitless zoom
The amazing new movie Limitless, starring Bradley Cooper, has a lot of jaw-dropping visuals. Boiled down, the story is about the consequences of suddenly becoming very, very intelligent, through taking a pill. The feverish excitement and stimulation of this condition is brilliantly conveyed through the so-called “fractal zooms” which are seen at various points in […]
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Tags: Limitless, Limitless Bradley Cooper, Limitless fractal zoom, Look Effects Dan Schrecker
Maloof
John Maloof, the discoverer and champion of Vivian Maier’s photography, is a photographer in his own right. A Chicago real estate agent, historian, published author and photographic researcher, he now has a website showing his own street photography. This is the loose category that Maier’s work belongs in, as well as that of Joel Meyerowitz, […]
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Tags: John Maloof, johnmaloof.photoposts.org, street photography, Vivian Maier
5 Miles from the Sea part 2
At the opening of 5 Miles from the Sea The exhibition 5 Miles from the Sea opened on April 19 at Level 17 Artspace which is part of Victoria University. Twelve artists responded to the brief, creating new work in a variety of mediums: painting, photography, drawing and sculpture. Curator Geoff Tolchard proposed the exhibition […]
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Tags: 5 miles from the sea, Caz Guiney, Geoff Tolchard, George Alamidis, Kirsten Perry, Level 17 Artspace, Terri Brooks, Victoria University