Monthly Archives: June 2009

Another Day, Another Traffic Cone 21

By Jens Haas | Published: June 30, 2009
For this entry to come out right, I needed to type it wearing a white glove on my left hand… So here is one thing I found quite telling from what already seems like an eternity of wall-to-wall Michael Jackson coverage. An accomplished ballet dancer explained to me that the “Moonwalk” is a pretty easy [...]
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The Venice Biennale 2009––June 5th

By Dorothea Brooke | Published: June 29, 2009
With Steve McQueen (here and here), Fiona Tan (here) and Bruce Nauman (here), Shaun’s (here) is one of four world-class contributions this year. I am conceptually most drawn to his Apology to Roadkill (2007-9) film series. Each is the enactment of a sort of ritual burial of kangaroos killed on the highways of Broken Hill, [...]
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The Venice Biennale 2009––June 4th

By Dorothea Brooke | Published: June 28, 2009
It is the press launch of the Australian Pavilion and we are greeted by many Australian voices, by red lips and colored stockings. There is a stir as the queuing mounts and the entrance stays guardedly shut. In the meantime, everyone is looking at everyone (looking at them) with remarkable candor; the looks bear [...]
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