assemblage - heide museum of modern art hall clippings... · pool moon more known for her works...

InFall Prey,FionaHall renderedendangered species fromthe

UnitedNationsRedList inmilitarycamouflage.The spectacular

sculptures (Cervus elaphus/red deer,below)will be exhibited for the firsttime inAustralia atHeideMuseumofModernArt,Melbourne, inBigGameHunting from23March

to 7 July, alongwitha selectionofherotherworks. (03) 9850 1500;

heide.com.au.

POOL MOON More known for her works with paper, Lizzie Buckmaster Dove

spent five years rescuing fragments of concrete from an ocean pool’s original 1921

structure in Coledale, NSW, and has since used them to explore impermanence and

the history of place in an installation representing the moon. Pool, the Alchemy of Blue,

is at Coledale Beach, NSW, from 12 April to 16 June. lizziebuckmasterdove.wordpress.com. PHOTO

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ASSEMBLAGEAbrief look at the art world, from lens to brush and installation.

Melbourne artist Robert Rooney’s paintings, based

on children’s imagery, and suburban photographs

have earned him acclaim in Australia since the ’60s.

For the first time, the Centre for Contemporary

Photography, Melbourne, is exhibiting a series

of Rooney’s photographs taken during his

university years (including The Quadrangle, below).

The Box Brownie Years 1956-58 is on from 3 April

to 19 May. (03) 9417 1549; ccp.org.au.

Often inspired by his children’s drawings,

Sydney artist Todd Hunter’s frenzied oils, fuelled

by the music of Nick Cave and Tom Waits, have been

compared to the voluptuous gestures of Peter Paul

Rubens and the figures of Francis Bacon. His latest

show (featuring Idiot Wind, right) is at Scott Livesey

Galleries, Armadale Vic, from 10 April to 4 May.

(03) 9824 7770; scottliveseygalleries.com.

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STEP IT UPADELAIDE FRINGE IS ALMOST OVER, WITH ONLY A FEW SHOWS LEFT. EMMA

HACK, THE BODY-PAINT ARTIST BEHIND GOTYE’S MUSIC VIDEO FOR SOMEBODY

THAT I USED TO KNOW, WILL SHOWAT THE BIG SLAPPLE UNTIL 31 MARCH; GROUP

SHOW GROUNDED TAKES OVER ADELAIDE CENTRAL GALLERY UNTIL 19 APRIL;

AND LUCY BONNIN’S A SOJOURN (WHERE DID THE ANIMALS GO?, BELOW),

WILL BE ATHAHNDORF ACADEMY UNTIL 7 APRIL. ADELAIDEFRINGE.COM.AU.

Selectedworks byHelmutNewtonandBettinaRheims, two 20th-centuryphotographerswho changedperceptionsof gender across art and fashion, will beexhibited at theArtGalleryofNewSouthWalesuntil 19May.The fashion of HelmutNewton and Bettina Rheims includes20 of Newton’smost significant worksfrom the 1970s and ’80s andmore than30 photographs fromRheims’s 1990

Modern Lovers series, includingYannick,below. 1800679278; artgallery.nsw.gov.au.

GENDER STUDIES

Gregory Crewdson is known for producing hyperrealphotographs that communicate the alienation andmelancholy of the everyday in middle America. Threefamed series: Sanctuary, Fireflies and Beneath theRoses, including Untitled, (forest gathering), below, willbe brought to Australia for the exhibition In a LonelyPlace at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, from16 March to 25 May. (07) 3252 5750; ima.org.au.

STILL LIFE

For 10 years, the Art Angels philanthropic program

has nurtured artists, funded exhibitions and

facilitated residencies at Turner Galleries in Perth,

WA. To celebrate, the gallery will show the work

of 33 artists involved in the program, including

Rosslynd Piggott, Gemma Smith, Darren Siwes and

Guan Wei (The Classic of the Mountains and Seas,

above), in 10 Years: 30 Residencies. Until

13 April. (08) 9227 1077; turnergalleries.com.au.

ROHDE SCHOLAR

Emerging artistKateRohde creates sculpturesand jewellery (below) out of colourful resin.

During theL’OréalMelbourneFashionFestival(18–24March), Rohdewill transform thewindowofPieces ofEightGallery,Melbourne, for her

exhibitionOrnament Crimes, a tongue-in-cheekresponse toAdolf Loos’ 1913 essay. Until 13April.

(03) 9663 3641; piecesofeight.com.au.

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The Heide Museum of Modern Art will host acclaimed

contemporary artist Fiona Hall’s newest exhibition Big

Game Hunting this month. Inspired by endangered

species around the world, Big Game Hunting is fusion

of consumerism and environmental issues expressed in

the form of contemporary three-dimensional imagery of

animals. Organic, yet subtly artifi cial, Big Game Hunting

will invoke deep thought through Hall’s alluring blend of

aesthetics, colour, distorted shape and fragility. Big Game

Hunting will be exhibited at Heide Museum of Modern

Art from Thursday March 28 – Sunday July 21 with an Art

Talk with Fiona Hall on Saturday March 30 at 2pm.

BIG GAME HUNTING

The Heide Museum of Modern Art will host acclaimed

contemporary artist Fiona Hall’s newest exhibition Big

Game Hunting this month. Inspired by endangered

species around the world, Big Game Hunting is fusion

of consumerism and environmental issues expressed in

the form of contemporary three-dimensional imagery of

animals. Organic, yet subtly artifi cial, Big Game Hunting

will invoke deep thought through Hall’s alluring blend of

aesthetics, colour, distorted shape and fragility. Big Game

Hunting will be exhibited at Heide Museum of Modern

Art from Thursday March 28 – Sunday July 21 with an Art


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The Heide Museum of Modern Art will host

acclaimed contemporary artist Fiona Hall’s

newest exhibition Big Game Hunting this month.

Inspired by endangered species around the world,

Big Game Hunting is fusion of consumerism and

environmental issues expressed in the form of

contemporary three-dimensional imagery of

animals. Organic, yet subtly artifi cial, Big Game

Hunting will invoke deep thought through Hall’s

alluring blend of aesthetics, colour, distorted

shape and fragility. Big Game Hunting will be

exhibited at Heide Museum of Modern Art from

Thursday March 28 – Sunday July 21 with an Art


ON DISPLAY

The Heide Museum of Modern Art will host

acclaimed contemporary artist Fiona Hall’s

newest exhibition Big Game Hunting this month.

Inspired by endangered species around the world,

Big Game Hunting is fusion of consumerism and

environmental issues expressed in the form of

contemporary three-dimensional imagery of

animals. Organic, yet subtly artifi cial, Big Game

Hunting will invoke deep thought through Hall’s

alluring blend of aesthetics, colour, distorted

shape and fragility. Big Game Hunting will be

exhibited at Heide Museum of Modern Art from

Thursday March 28 – Sunday July 21 with an Art



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PERFORMANCEBlak I 3-4 & 8-11 MayBangarra Dance Theatre'smoving productiontells the story of acontemporary IndigenousAustralian clan and thecollision of two worlds.

3-4 May: 8pm;7 May: 6.30pm: 8-11 May: 8pm:11 May: 2pm. $29-$89. Playhouse,Arts Centre Melbourne,100 St Kilda Rd. Enq: 1300 182 183 orwww.artscentremelbourne.com.au

Family Classic Kids: The HappinessBox I 11 MayThis is the story of three animal friends asthey journey through the jungle on a questto discover the secret of happiness. Writtenfor Changi Gaol's child prisoners in 1942by an Australian prisoner of war, it hasbeen scored for young audiences byaward-winning composer Bryony Marks.Illustrations from the original book will

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accompany the narration and music. 10am,11.30am, 1.30pm & 3pm. A$18, C$12.120-130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank.Enq & bkgs: 9929 9600 orvisit ww.mso.com.au

Hot and Cool Music I 5 MayAn afternoon of free live music performedby classical guitarist Mathew Fagan,and family-friendly activities. 2.30pm.Walker Street Gallery & Arts Centre,cnr Walker & Robinson sts, Dandenong.Enq: www.greaterdandenong.com

Lemony Snicket's The Composer isDead I 5 MayA fun musical mystery that serves as alight-hearted introduction to the orchestrafor kids of all ages. There will also be aperformance of the 1812 Overture with theaudience invited to participate. Presentedby the Essendon Symphony Orchestra.2.30pm. $15pp.The Clocktower Centre,750 Mt Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds.Enq: 9243 9191 or visitwww.clocktowercentre.com.au

Mother's Day Concert12 MayEnjoy classical music from the AustralianNational Academy of Music. 2.30pm.ANAM,South Melbourne Town Hall,210 Bank St. South Melbourne.Bkgs ess: 9645 7911 or www.anam.com.au

Mother's Day Luncheon & FamilyConcert I 12 MayShowcasing the musical talents of localschools, mothers and their families arc

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Buddha's Day and MulticulturalFestival - page 27

11. Mother's Day Concert - page 26

L ll A Caterpillar. a Gryphon andthe Jebberwock: LewisCarroll's Alice Books- page 30

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'gar Moving trnage Screen WorldsExhibition - page 32

invited to watch the performances andenjoy a three-course lunch. 12.30pm. A$65,C(U12yrs)$30. Frankston Arts Centre,27-35 Davey St, Frankston.Enq & bkgs: 9784 1060 or visitwww.art scentre.frankston.vic.gov.au

The Owl's Apprentice I 18 MayThis shadow-puppet show is aboutPout Pout, a young owl who, under theguidance of Mr Tawny, is learning tobecome wise. The show is brought to lifeby Jenny Ellis. a puppeteer for more than 15years. Suits 5-12yrs. 11am & 2pm (50min).La Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday St, Carlton.Enq & hkgs: 9347 6142 or tamama.com.au

Possum Magic FinalFarewell Tour25 & 30 MayMem Fox's classicbook about babypossum Hush and

Grandma Poss has been adapted into arollicking musical.25 May: 12pm & 2.30pm. $13-$16. ThePlayhouse Theatre, Geelong PerformingArts Centre, 50 Little Malop St, Geelong.Enq & bkgs: 5225 1200 or visitwww.gpac.org.au30 May: 10am & 11.45am. A$16,G(4p+)$13.75pp. Drum Theatre,cnr Walker & Lonsdale sts, Dandenong.Enq & bkgs: 9771 6666 or visitwww.greaterdandenong.com

OUTDOORSBallarat Heritage Weekend G 11-12 MayThis weekend is designed to showcasedifferent elements of shared heritageand the historic assets of Ballarat. Thisyear the event will showcase Stories ofEntertainment with a program of freeentertainment, activities, tours andexperiences. Families can follow the trailthrough Ballarat's most impressive heritagebuildings, and enjoy live music and streetperformers. Families can also ride a double

decker bus, cruise the lake on the BegoniaPrincess or get on Steamrail Victoria'sY Class Steam Engine (costs apply).Ballarat. For the full program, visitwww.ballaratheritageweekend.com

Breathing Hope - Dylan FosterI Asthma Awareness Walk I 4 MayA walk from Steampacket Gardens toEastern Beach Reserve and then back,followed by a BBQ to raise money for TheAsthma Foundation of Victoria's DylanFoster Asthma Fund. 10am-3pm.$5pp, F$10. Steampacket Gardens,Eastern Beach. Geelong. Enq: 0424 672 348

Buddha's Day and MulticulturalFestival I 1B-19 May(FREE' Con-nentoraling the birth ofthe Buddha and celebrating Melbourne'sdiverse multicultural society, this festivalis presented by Fo Guang Shan Melbourneand Buddha's Light International Victoria,with Asian vegetarian food, culturaldemonstrations and insights, music, artand craft and community service groups.10am-5pm. Federation Square.Buddha's Day Baby Blessing Ceremony:18 May. Children under 6 years can beblessed by the Venerables of Fo GuangShan, so they may live happy and fulfilledlives under the protection and guidance ofthe Buddha and Bodhisattvas.





1.30pm: registration; 2pm: ceremony.C$20. Register no later than 14 May.The Wisdom Hall, BMW Edge,Federation Square, Flinders St.Enq: 9314 5147 or www.buddhaday.org.au

Literary Afternoon with AndyGriffiths 1 11 MayChildren can join the popular Australianauthor for an afternoon filled with hilariousstories and unexpected twists, and thechance to make up stories with Andy withthe worst/grossest/silliest endings everheard. 2.30-5pm.National Rhododendron Gardens, Olinda.$35 per child, or 2 or more children $30pp.Enq & bkgs: 9754 8723 orwww.dandenongrangesfestival.com.au

The Long Walk I 25 MayJoin Michael Long at the communitycelebration before The Long Walk toDreamtime at the 'G'.The annual commemoration of thishistoric walk to Canberra is now a popularcelebration of Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander achievement, featuring inspiringspeeches, bands, children's activities,market stalls and more.Community celebration: 2-6pm;walk starts: 6.30pm.Federation Square, Flinders St.Enq: www.thelongwalk.com.au

The Ian Potte? Foundation Children's Gardenis specifically designed for children to drscoverthe world of ptants. Children tar) dig, build,Imagine, create, hide and explore among

I the plants.

Open lOarn-sunset Wednesday to Sunday_ Thegarden closes For eight weeks from mid-July.

The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden,Observatory Preinct, Royal Botanic Gardens.Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra.

Enquiries: 9252 2429 or visit' W gvuWW9fbg.vic.o.a

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Journey Back to theTime Before Dinosaurs!

Head to the National Wool MuseumbefOre 3t June foT insight into the

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(FREE' Herr/ Birdwatch Surveys26 MayBeginners are welcome at this bird-watching experience. Bring binoculars ifpossible. 8.45-10.30am. Gaisda Tan-a-more, meet at the end ofHatty Ct, Campbelltield_

Ngaark (Craigieburn Grasslands),meet at O'Herrts Rd fgato off Hume Hwy)Somerton. Eng: 0429 386 102

Mother S IpaY ClaiSSiC I 12 MayFamilies can enter this 4km or 6kro funrun to celebrate Mother's Day and raisefunds for breast-cancer research. Therawill also be free entertainment and

activities 6.15am-1 prn On the day: A$50,C(1.116yrs).$25, F(2 4 up to 4C)$100,P(1A + up to :40)S70, additional C$15.Timing Pee (rrie odatory. for runners) 54.Alexandra Gardens and the Tan Track.Boathouse Dr, Melbourne.This event is also being held in regionalcentres around Victoria.Enq; 9285 0600 orw.A.w.rocthercrlayclassie.corn.su

Mulberry Hill Mother's Day AfternoonTea 112 mayFamilies can enjoy a Devonshire tea inthe courtyard after a tour of this colonial-style National Trust house, the home of





artist Sir Daryl Lindsay and his wife. LadySan, author of the classic novel Picnicat Hanging Rock. The personal enheetionof artworks and Georgian furniture are afeature of the horno, 12-4,30pm_M20, Cone.$18. Mulberry Hill,Golf Links Rd, Langwarrin South.Bkgs ess: 8663 7260

Ridden Lea House and GardensStorytelling 13 MayEnjoy storytime and activities such asdancing, games, face-painting and balloonart. Ilarn-12nin, AS7, Cone.SS, C$3, F.$10_192 Hotham St, Elsternwick.Eng: WWW_Iipl.loilidaCetatd.COM.BLI

RSPCA Million PawsWalk I 19 MayA fun day for Animallovers. whether apet owner or not,and a great way to

raise funds for RSPCA animal shelters,inspectorate services and communityeducation_ There is a wheelchair andpram-friendly kern walk, as well asentertainment, displays, stalls. giveaways

and other activities such as dog-agilitydemonstrations, pet-dog competitions,vet advice and dog washes. There are1L locations for walks throughoutVictoria. Early 'bird (before 9 May): A$19,C(U16yrsA9, Cone.$12, F(2A+20045.After 10 May; AS25, C(tl16yrs)$1.2,Cone.$15, F(2.A+20860, 8.30arn-2.30prn.On-the-day registration: from 6.30am,Walk starts21.0arit Pelican Lawn,Albert Park Lake, Albert Park.Enir warmvie.rnillionpa.wswalkeorn_aa

Train For Thought 19 MayVictorians are asked to put on their fitnessRhos and bring along family. friendsand colleagues to support headspace, theNational Youth Mental Health Foundationand in the process, see just how much funit is to be in the outdoors and enjoying aFitness scssiart with 2000 other people,The aim is to raise funds to enableheadspaee to deliver Healthy Living andExercise Programs to young people inheadspaee centres. 10arn.Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park.RegiMerwww.tra_inforthought.gofundraise,corman.





(FREE I Wombat Hill BotanicGardens I 11 MayHelp celebrate the 150th birthday of theWombat Hill Botanic Gardens with tihack-to-Daytesford picnic lunch, officialeerenne.ny. parade and cntertairu-nent.10am-4pni. Central Springs Rd.Daylesiord. Eng: 54S 2201 orwtm.hepburn.vic.gov.au

INDOORSACM1 Kids' FIliclo 14, S. 11. 1218. 19,2 5 & 26 MayThe Pirates! Rand of Mlslfi tr. POI (G) -4 & 11 Mayl 10,30ant:5 & 12 May; 10-.30ffin & lrrn- Dumbo (G) - 12:3May: 1ptn:19 & 26 May: 10.30ara & I pm;25 Mar 2.utipm..$6pp. Australian Centrelor the MovingImage Cinemas,Federation Square. Flinders St.Elnq & hko: www_ttrnirnet_ad

ArttPlay I VariousDatesCheer the website fordetailed information.Ali children musthe avcompiAnted

by an adult. Monstcr Madness: 4 May. Suits 3Syrs.1-4pm. C$5. Bkgs recommended.k FREE Shelter 5 May.Suits 5-1237s. 1 -4pm.+ Big and Lida.: 11. & 12 May. Suitt... 4)e.rsand under. 2.2.45pmr. 3,15 -4pm.C$ t0. Bkgs es5. Nests: 11 & 12 May, Suits 3-5yrs,10.20-# I am; 11.20ara-12pm; 12.3Q- ipm.

Bkgs ess.(FREE I Backyard: 12, 19 & 26 May.Suits 5.12yrs. Ilatrkr. pm.(FREE ; Card Art Spaces; 1B, 19. 25 & 26May. Kids can be inspired by cardboardstructures designed by first-year students(ruin the Deparlutunl. of Architecture ftl.Monash University to sculpt and mouldLhcir LIWri cardboard creation.o. Suits7-12yrs and their families. Exhibition -l8 May-2 Jun:1 0acn-4pra (Thurs-Sen).Worklhops - 18 May-2 Jun; 2-4pm(Sat & Sun). Socret Spaces, Secret.Sounds: 22 May.10.30-11.15am.; 11.45arn-T2:30pm:1.1_45prn, C$15. Bkgs ess. Paper Creatures Pupperry7 29 May, Suits2.2 .Ts: 10.20- I.1.15am., 11_45arn12.30pmSuits 4-5yrs:. 1-1..45prn. C$15-Bkgs ess. Birtarung Marc, FederationSquare, Ftlinders St.Bk ydvntr.artplay_eci-n_au





PuppET PLEARinprThltUrfunny, ol-is.r.siCal and Mews+, MuCkheao is a oupOetry taleof two young adults trying to clean out their house for then' blg move.In the process of packing and sorting, they find ell their hoarded Wink

.tog interesting, too useful OF too full of mernOriPS to throw away.

Presented by Polyglot Theatre.

Suits children S to 12 years and their farnifies. 45 minutes (no interval

16 Mays: Warn &12prn,$19,50 per person, Parrilly (4 people) $62.Karralyka Centre, Mines Road, Ringwood East.Enquiries and bookings.. 9579 2933 or visit www.karralyka.carn.au

23 May; 11,30arn & 6prin (Auslan-signed performance at 6prn)$10 per person, Famiiy (4 petiole) $30.

5Cutie 3.7. Frankston Arts Centre, Davey St, Frankston.Enquiries and boolongs: 97641060 or visitwww.artstantee.frankston.vic gov.au

(FREE BanyuleKindergarten OpenDay I 4 MayTwenty-eightcommunityki rich. rAart u.os across

the Banyule Council area will hostactivities for children under '5 years,showcasing their programs for 3 to 4 yearolds, and providing families with theopportunity to meet staff, 9ani-12pm,Eng: www.banyule.vic,govAu/i.!..arlyyears

The Canterbury Art Exhibition4 & S MayFeatures more than 170 Australian artists.Join, tour (1 tah]. & 2pm) to bourn moreshoat the Featured 4irti5tc, di.Penver why theaward-winiting amoll works were Chosenand learn about the Indigenous wnrk,Includes children's activities-4 May: 1.0arn-5prn,5 May (family day): ICarri.-4prn. ASS, C free.Canterbury Primary School, MoleNworth St.Canterbury, Eng. www -eartiriniryatt.cottt





Turtle CelebrationWorld Turtle Day is on 23 May and Melbourne Aquarium Is celebraillng with turtle arl-and-cram activities,and presetgons focusing on the plight facing turtle species around the globe There will also beinformation about the aquariums Rescue and Rehabilitation Program. As welt, families can see Australia'sfirst sub- Antarctic King Penguin chick born irk c.apirivty,

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Adult $35, Concession 523.91 Child (3-15 years)$21 .$0, Family (2 Adutts & 2 Children) $9,2,

Adult +2 Children) $65,additional child $16.

Met ourne Aquarium,corner King and Flinders streets.

Enquiries: 9923 5999 or visitworm. m E I bourneage arc LIM.C4111.all

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(FREE A Caterpillar,a Gryphon and theJabbetwock: LewisCarroll's Alice BooksUntil 23 May1-{2 W S C arTni Aticubooks play with languageand rrmaning in waysthat have entrancedboth child and adultreaders since they Were

published in the late 19th Century. Thisdisplay showcases wi selection of illustratedversions of Alice's adventures, and theitems on display include Carroll's owndr wing..5.,. engravings by the renownedillustrator John Tenniel., and paper-eiigineering tralia.pri.z..0 in cumernporarypop-up books. Mon-Thum: 10.arn-9prn:Fri-Sun, Iola rn-6pin- State Library orVictoria, 328 Swanston St.Zrai; ta4564 7000 of visit www.s1v,vic.gbv.au





Chinese Museum:Shadow Play I Until27 JunFamilies can discover thert s ry of Shaanxi shadow

puppetry and view a rareeollection of hand-craftedshadow puppets.

Based on the Chinese folk story'The Reason Why Dogs and People GetAlong'. families. can pia their favouriteanimal to design and create an adaptationof a shadow puppet,10arn-5pm daily. A$8, C f Conc.$6,PICINIup to 4C320, C(U 6yrs)free.Cohen Pl.Eng; 9662 28-88 or visitwww.thinesemuseurn.com

Danclenong Ranges Steiner SchoolHarvest Market & Open Day I 11 MayOpen elacroorns, teachers to meet,wholesome food, performances, stalls andchildren's activities,10am-12pm_ Earh.. Childhood Campus,51 School Rd. Menzies Creek.Eng! 8790 4797.11am-3prn, Primary Campus,I1C Duff Rd, Narre Wa rren REu,t.

Eng; 87.90 4797.

Dug Lovefs Snow 3-5 MayThis family-friendly show is a fun andeducational experience for anyone lookingto get a pet dog, existing dog owners andfor dog lovers in ge.neral. There will hemore than 100 exhibitors showcasing thelatest dog products and services. There willalso he the Poppy School, Breed Showcase.fescue Dog lone pod the Archie Bark Priacportrait competition. 10am-5pm.Online prices; Mas, C(S-Con.e..$10. MA420346. C(U5yrs)free..Tickets also available at the door.Royal Exhibition Building. 9 Nicholson St,Carlton. Eng.: wuriff.dogioversshow.corn.au.Bkgs:. wwvo.tieketrnaster.contau.

Heide Museum ofModern Art 13E &26 MayHeide Art Rubs: 16 May.This pregarn welcurnesparents, babies andtnddlerb for a guidedtour of the Fiona Hall

with activityslops to entertain thekids, as well as ramming

tea and crayon drawing_ Suits 05yrs.A$20, Conc.$16, 10-11,30am.





Sunday Art Club - Big Game HuntingSculpture: 26 May. Taking inspiration fromFiona Hall's transformations of mundanematerials into organic forms, children willwork with a sculptor to create a 3D artworkthat draws from nature and contemporaryculture. Suits 5-12yrs. lOarn-lpm.C$30, Conc.$25.7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen. Enq & bkgs:9850 1500 or visit www.heide.com.au

Instant Rockstar I 18 MayChildren can be the rock star and directorin this fun and easy music-video workshop.10.30am-lpm. C$22. All kids must beaccompanied by an adult (free entry).Digital Learning Hub, The Arts Centre,100 St Kilda Rd.Enq & bkgs: 1300 182 183 or visitwww.theartscentre.com.au

Melbourne Observatory I 6, 13, 16,20 & 27 MayA Parade of Planets: 6, 13, 20 & 27 May.Families can view Venus, Mars or Jupiter,and in late autumn may be able to viewSaturn, with its fantastic ring system.8-9.30pm. Suits families with children8yrs+. A$18, Conc.$14,F(2A + up to 3C)$50, F(1A+2C)$42.Lunar Tours: 16 May. Join theastronomical guides for a chance to viewthe moon through historic telescopes.Discover more about Earth's only naturalsatellite and discover why the moonsometimes appears to wobble.Suits families with children over 8 years.8-9pm. A$14, C/Conc.$10,F(2A+3C)$40, F(1A+2C)$30.Meet at the Visitor Centre at ObservatoryGate. Royal Botanic Gardens (enterObservatory Gate), Birdwood Ave, SouthYarra. Bkgs ess: www.rbg.vic.gov.au

Miffy the Movie I 11-15 MayAlmost 60 years since Dick Bruna first drewMiffy, there is a big-screen movie featuringthis popular children's character. 10.30amat selected Event and Greater Unioncinemas. Bkgs: www.miffythemovie.com

National Gallery of VictoriaInternational: Monet's Garden

From 10 MayThis exhibition is devoted to ClaudeMonet's iconic garden at Giverny and willinclude more than 50 masterpieces fromthe Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, aswell as paintings from leading internationalmuseums and private collections.Highlights of the exhibition are the waterlilies paintings that Monet completedbetween 1900 and 1919.Audio Guide: Walk through Monet'sGarden and hear about his life andpaintings. $5, Available from Ticket Desk.Labels for Kids: Interesting facts andstories lead children through Monet'sGarden. Exhibition entry fees apply.Exhibition space. Daily: 10am-5pm,A$26, C$10, Conc.$22.50, F(2A+2C)$65.NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd.10am-5pm, closed Tuesdays.Enq: 8620 2222 or visit www.ngv.vic.gov.au

National Wool Museum I DailyFuture Wool Exhibition: until 19 May.This exhibition brings together design

in merino wool from acrossthe globe and is held in conjunction withthe Melbourne fashion festival.Permian Monsters - Life Before theDinosaurs: until 10 Jun. Delve back290 million years to discover the giantinsects, strange-looking sharks anddinosaur-like 'monsters' of thePermian Period, in an exhibition that bringsthe past to life and includes fossilisedskeletons, life-size models, magnificentartworks and interactive dig pits.Children can be prehistoric detectivesand search the exhibition and excavatein the dig pits to discover the fossils.Suits all ages. Daily.Preschool Art Classes: Saturdays. Art-and-craft classes with a qualified art teacher.10-11am. A/C$5.50.Mon-Fri: 9.30am-5pm; Sat & Sun:10am-5pm. Entry: A$7.50, Conc.$6, C$4,F(2A+up to 4C)$25.26 Moorabool St, Geelong. Enq: 5272 4701or www.geelongaustralia.com.au

Scienceworks Little Kids' Day In6 MayChildren aged under 6 years can visit





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ART BY TWILIGHT: CARRION CALL

For those working regular 9-5jobs, Art By Twilight is the perfectopportunity to get your culture fixin after-office hours. Fiona Hall willbe discussing the powerful themesin her exhibition Big Game Huntingwith curator Kendrah Morgan andexperts in zoology and environmentalresearch. There'll be a life drawingclass, with reptiles rather than nudesfor subjects. You can also explorethe 21st-century hunter's deninstallation Fall Prey, all the whileenjoying the tunes of Breaking andEntering DJs. Adult ticket prices are$25, which includes entry and aglass of wine on arrival. Places arelimited. Heide III: Central Galleries,Heide Museum of Modern Art,7 Templestowe Road, Bulleen.May 30, 6-9pm. 9850 1500.

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BEAT’S PICK OF THE WEEK:

The Heide Museum of Modern Art are currently

hosting acclaimed contemporary artist Fiona

Hall’s newest exhibition Big Game Hunting.

Inspired by endangered species around the

world, Big Game Hunting is fusion of consumerism

and environmental issues expressed in the form

of contemporary three-dimensional imagery

of animals. Big Game Hunting will invoke

deep thought through Hall’s alluring blend of

aesthetics, colour, distorted shape and fragility.

Check it out at Heide Museum of Modern Art

until Sunday July 21.

BEAT’S PICK OF THE WEEK:

The Heide Museum of Modern Art are currently

hosting acclaimed contemporary artist Fiona

Hall’s newest exhibition Big Game Hunting.

Inspired by endangered species around the

world, Big Game Hunting is fusion of consumerism

and environmental issues expressed in the form

of contemporary three-dimensional imagery

of animals. Big Game Hunting will invoke

deep thought through Hall’s alluring blend of

aesthetics, colour, distorted shape and fragility.

Check it out at Heide Museum of Modern Art

until Sunday July 21.


Beat Magazine (Melbourne), Melbourne22 May 2013



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ACHIEVEMENT: Singer-songwriter Iva Davies.

Salute to our great southernmanIVA DAVIESAM

IT IS one of Australia’s de-fining modern songs.Yet as Iva Davies is recog-

nised in the Queen’s BirthdayHonours for his contributionto our cultural psyche withGreat Southern Land and hisenduring Icehouse songbook,he has revealed it was a

surprise success. Also madea Member of the Order ofAustralia for his work withcharities including the Sal-vation Army, Davies said heremembered he was shockedby the reaction to the song.He had just returned to

Australia from the band’s firstinternational tour and got towork on the next album,when hewrote the songwhilewearing headphones in his

Leichhardt home to drownout the noise of the planesand buses.While his team were blown

away by the ambitious piece,releasing it as a single was agreat risk because it went formore than five minutes. ‘‘Thefirst playback was on 2JJ andafter George Wayne playedit, there was this massivesilence and then he groanedand said ‘I don’t know about

that.’ I was absolutely gut-ted,’’ Davies said. ‘‘Up untilthe millennium I was moreassociated with Electric Bluebut for some reason afterthat, Great Southern Landcame on fire again.’’Icehouse continues to play

to packed houses and Daviesis considering the possibilityof another record.But the AM award also has

him casting his mind back, to

playing oboe in the orchestrafor the first opera staged atthe Sydney Opera House.And then to playing in acovers band on Friday nightswhile juggling cleaning jobs.‘‘It is quite surreal as I still

imagine myself 30-odd yearsago in a covers band on aFriday night, which was agreat life but I had to keepmy cleaning job for a longtime,’’ he said.

Healing peoplein brutal regimeJOHN GEORGEOAM

A STRANGER inspiredJohn George to start sup-porting orphaned and im-poverished children fromCambodia.A friend set up a lunch

between Mr George and Geraldine Cox,a champion of children’s welfare inCambodia, who needed help running herSunrise Children’s Villages charity.The MGA Insurance Brokers’ chair-

man soon committed his time to thecause, helping the nation recover fromPol Pot’s murderous Khmer Rougeregime of the 1970s.

Force formentalhealth reformBARBARA WIELANDAO

MENTAL health services reformerBarbara Wieland has been awarded theAO for 40 years of distinguished serviceto public administration in the sector.Ms Wieland left Health SA last year.

She had a key role in establishing thefirst public mental health service Con-sumer Advisory Group. She also devel-oped the only metropolitan AdelaideAboriginal Mental Health liaison pro-gram with indigenous peer workers.

Dedication tosurf lifestyleBILL JAMIESONOAM

BILL Jamieson has spentmore than 50 years in surflifesaving.But the Christies Beach

man remains modest abouthis contribution to the surfcommunity.Today, he is awarded a Medal of the

Order of Australia (OAM).He became involved in surf lifesaving

at age 15 and he has since held a raftof positions including Surf Life SavingSA president. He is also an Onkaparingacouncillor. VISUAL: Fiona Hall collects objects for her art. Picture: NATALIE ROBERTSON

Honouricing onthe cakefor artistFIONA HALLAO

TIM LLOYDARTS WRITER

FIONA Hall is a bit vague aboutwhich particular honour has beenbestowed upon her.‘‘It is an honour,’’ she said. ‘‘I

suppose most people who get aletter inviting them to receive a –I don’t even knowwhat I’m getting.I think it’s an Order of Australia;is that right?‘‘Like most people who get invi-

tations to receive one, they comeout of the blue. It’s an honour butI suppose since they come out ofthe blue it doesn’t really change thecourse of your life. It’s a bit of icingon the cake, I suppose.’’Hall does not comfortably fit the

bill as an artist. She has won noArchibald prizes for portraits, andher work can find expression in amultitude of ways that make herhard to categorise.But most people would recog-

nise her sculptures embossed onsardine can lids. They are often themost finely-crafted relief minia-tures of scenes, from the idyllic tothe pornographic, and snapped upby collectors around the world.

She has gained her Officer (AO)in the general division of the OrderOf Australia ‘‘for distinguished ser-vice to the visual arts as a painter,sculptor and photographer, and toart education’’.Born in Sydney, Hall, 60, has

based herself in Adelaide for manyyears. She first trained as a photo-graphic artist but gradually movedtoward a process of transformingeveryday materials into extraord-inary objects.In particular she has worked

with museums and museum scien-tists to develop grand series ofworks that pursue her interests –often an intersection of environ-ment, politics and exploitation.She has works in all the national

and state art galleries and somemuseums in Australia, and the rarehonour of a retrospective of aliving artist has been paid to herby state art galleries including theArt Gallery of SA in 2005.Hall said she believed her rec-

ognition in the honours list wouldbe good for the arts as a whole.‘‘I do think it does make a

difference to people in the arts andto the arts generally to have rec-ognition,’’ she said. ‘‘It’s alwaysdifficult for the arts to get air timein the media and in the publicmind.’’

Fiona Hall, lizke No Prisoners. barkcloth, woes, tongo (natural dyes and pigments)227 x 236cm. Photo: Sam Hartnett. Courtesy of the artist and Two Rooms

Beyond logicAustralian artist Fiona Hall's most recent paintings on barkcloth are compelling,angry and dark - the urgent response of an artist observing the demise of the naturalworld. Virginia Were spoke to Hall while she was in New Zealand on an artist'sresidency at Tivo Rooms.

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1n 2011 Fiona Hall, who is regarded as one of the mostinfluential and critically acclaimed artists workingtoday, joined a group of New Zealand artists aboard

the New Zealand naval ship Otago. They travelled fromAuckland to Raoul Island in the Kermadec Group, then toTonga, following the 1000-kilometre-long Kermadec Trench

- the second deepest oceanic trench in the world. Filledwith active undersea volcanoes and populated by manyas-yet undiscovered species, the Kermadec Trench is oneof the world's last relatively untouched wilderness areas.

Pew Environment Group funded the voyage, and theartists travelled with the specific aim of convincing theNew Zealand Government to declare the Kermadec Trencha marine reserve, protecting it from the imminent threatof mining and fishing.

Since then the resulting exhibitions have taken on alife of their own, first opening in Tauranga then travellingto Auckland, Wellington and Santiago. This summer onewill tour to the Navy Museum in Devonport.

For Hall, whose love of nature and close scrutiny ofthe natural world is manifest in her interdisciplinary artpractice, the voyage was a watershed. Until then herart had been mostly land-based. After the voyage sheturned her penetrating gaze seawards. It also marked thebeginning of her use of Tongan barkcloth as a substratefor large, eerily beautiful paintings populated by the sealife of the Kermadec Group.

On board Otago Hall became good friends with NewZealand artist Robin White, who has a long history ofworking with barkcloth and whose recent exhibitionof large barkcloth works at Two Rooms resulted from acollaboration between White and Tongan New ZealanderRuha Fifita. After the voyage Hall met Fifita in Tonga, andfrom her, learned the rudiments of preparing and paintingon barkcloth (called tapa throughout the Pacific), usingtraditional ochres and dyes.

"My way of working with the medium is very differentfrom the Tangan one, and the traditional practice across the

Pacific," says Hall. "I'm using it to paint in a comparativelyWestern way. So there wasn't a need for me to learn aboutthe kupesi process."

In the elegaic paintings, made after the voyage, Halldivided the pictorial space into grids, containing fragmentsof text (including the words "On your watch Mr Key, whichside are you on?") and images of Kermadec species. Thisgave the works the feeling of protest banners, which inmany ways they are.

In Ghost Net, 2011, Hall imagines the future of theKermadec Trench if it's not protected. The skeletal formsof animals are hopelessly entangled in 'ghost nets' - lostor abandoned nets that drift in the ocean indiscriminatelyensnaring and killing sea life as they go. Scrimshaw, 2011,is like a catalogue of ships, ranging from a European

sailing ship and a Polynesian canoe to modern warshipsand factory fishing vessels. The skeleton of a whaleis contained within the shape of a coffin; a skull andcrossbones in the top right corner serve as a warning andan allusion to piracy.

Scrimshaw and Spill, both painted in 2011, were Hall'sresponse to the grounding of the container ship Rena onAstrolabe Reef in Tauranga, which happened only monthsafter the artists' voyage. "For all of us on the Kermadectrip, Rena was a very timely reminder of the issues wewere dealing with, and the show opened first in Tauranga,the port city close to where the disaster happened. Butthat wasn't enough to remind your government of the truedanger and risks of offering mining permits to companieswanting to mine the area," she says.

Despite the undoubted success of the Kermadecexhibition in raising public awareness of the need toprotect the area, the main goal, which was to convince

Fiona Hall, Ailuropoda melariolenca giant panda, China 2012 (detail) ILICNthreat status: critically endangered. From Fall Prey, 2012, dOCUMENTA (13)Kassel, Germany. Courtesy of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery





Fiona Hall, ftzoporus occtdentalts/night parrot, Australia, 2009-11, 11.1CNthreat status: critically endangered. From Hill Prey. 2012, dOCUMENTA (131Kassel, Germany. Courtesy of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery

the government to declare it a marine reserve, hasn't been

achieved. In that context, I asked Hall if she thinks art can

be an effective political tool?"Yes it can be, but it's mostly like litmus paper in that

it detects and brings to the forefront the issues of the day- there are many historical precedents. Whether it changes

the course of events in a major way, I'm not sure. It shows

up some of the agendas, bringing them to attention - andbecause the arts are at the vanguard, it's always a bit ahead

of the game. The litmus paper shows up what the game is,although it may not persuade governments or dictators ordespots to change an agenda."

Two years after the Kermadec voyage, the wood grainpattern on the coffin in Scrimshaw re-appears in the recent

series of paintings made during her Two Rooms residency

earlier this year. An exhibition of these works, titledVeneer, will open at the gallery in late August. The titleis metaphorically rich when you consider wood veneeris a byproduct of trees and forests, which are a shrinkingresource, and the fact that veneer is also associated withsuperficiality and concealment.

Though they're also painted on barkcloth I made from the

bark of the paper mulberry tree) the recent works are very

different from the Kermadec works. Rather than addressing

a specific environment, these paintings are more universal

in scope - and more angry, expressionistic and intuitive. Hall

is looking at the wider picture of environmental destructionand loss of habitat, and the role humans play - with ourpropensity for conflict and warfare - in this unfoldingdisaster, which will eventually affect us all.

"The Kermadec work was all Kermadec driven," sheexplains. "The current work is coming from a very differentpsychological place, although, like much of my recent work,

it refers to the demise of the natural world, and also to the





Opposite page: Fiona Ilan, Scrimshaw, 2011,Tongan tapa dye, ochre on canvas, 1885 x2800turn. Courtesy of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery

Right: Fiona Hall. Photo: ' Natalie Robertson

mix of politics at large with environmental politics. Politics

at large too often means warfare. Over the last few yearsI've been working a lot with military camouflage patterns

and garments in several contexts - they are indicators ofnations participating in skirmishes across the world. Thoseissues are still driving some of my current work, but inother work, including the paintings I'm doing for the TwoRooms residency, the work is less attached to specificpolitical agendas, and coming more from an emotionalresponse to the state of play in a world which many ofus would agree is a fairly calamitous place. You could sayit always has been, in all sorts of ways. Humans seem tobe hard-wired for conflict."

Hall says in the recent paintings she wanted to bypassthe stringently logical thought processes underpinningearlier work and to tap into a more subjective andemotional register. In one work, Take No Prisoners, aworld map is crumpled and torn, seemingly caught in theact of being unfolded. Its surface is covered with blotchesand stains, which seem indistinguishable from the soft,blurred shapes of continents and islands. Latitudinal andlongitudinal lines are bent and warped, adding to the senseof contagion and disorder.

"Maps are quite beautiful when they're unfolding.You see all the fold marks and the undulations of themap along with the undulations of the territory thatis depicted," she says. "In this work there are a fewholes and a couple of skulls, and the one in Africa isof a chimpanzee. There's the widely acknowledgedevolutionary theory that we all came out of Africa andshare the majority of our genetic makeup with otherprimates - so in that work there's a specific logic, but youwouldn't have to know that to respond to the painting."

The skulls, which morph in and out of the map and thewood grain background, carry a similar sense of horror asEdvard Munch's famous painting The Scream of Nature,1893, in which a figure with an agonised expression isseen against a landscape with a tumultuous orange sky.While walking along a path at sunset, the Norwegianexpressionist painter saw the clouds turn blood red abovethe dark blue fjord below him. Writing of the experiencethat sparked the painting, he said: "I sensed an infinitescream passing through nature".

Like Munch, Hall seems to have sensed this screamand in these paintings we can hear its echo and feel herdespair at the current state of the world. "It's an emotive,angry response, but also cynical and sorrowful," she says.

A similar emotional intensity can be felt in herinstallation Fall Prey, a commissioned work made lastyear for dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany. Fall Preycomprised a rag-tag menagerie of critically endangeredspecies constructed from military camouflage garmentsand worthless discarded objects from the species' countryof origin. These creatures, which appeared like trophies

mounted on the wooden walls of a hunter's hut, weresourced from The International Union for the Conservationof Nature's (IUCN) register of endangered species,including a Californian Condor and a Mexican Axolotl.

As always the craftsmanship in these works isexceptional, as is the connection between Hall's choiceof materials and the subjects driving the work.

This year Fall Prey formed the core of Hall's surveyexhibition Big Game Hunting, shown at Heide Museumof Modern Art in Bulleen, Victoria.

In David Hansen's catalogue essay for Big GameHunting he discusses her use of camouflage: "... themilitary fabric is not in fact singular, but a complex ifcompact triple trope, which embodies conflict, plantecology and disappearance. In her presentation ofcamouflage as this three-headed allegorical device, we canbegin to see both the distinctiveness and the distinctionof Hall's practice: its multivalence, its vegetal energy, itsreaching branches and rhizomic meanders, its wondering,wandering, ambitious and generous expansiveness. Or toshift to another corner of the camouflage triad, she is notcontent with the one clear shot, but employs the rapidfire of a fully automatic assault weapon."

Hall's recent barkcloth paintings are no exception.Although the subject matter of these works could not bemore serious, their earthy sensuality and tactile beautymakes them dangerously seductive. For Hall, beauty is alure, used to stop us in our tracks and alert us to a painfulreality - human destiny is inseparable from that of thenatural world. These paintings will certainly do that.

Fiona Hall's exhibition Veneer is at 71vo Rooms, Newton,Auckland, from 2.3 August to 28 September 201.3.





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