Author results: Amelia Groom
Loaded
Next time you boil the kettle, stop and think about your relationship with it. Why? Because jewellery designer Shaun O'Connell says so.
When his grandmother's Kambrook stopped working after more than a decade of faithfully boiling water three times a day, Shaun was determined to fix it. This he did, and to grandma's delight, also replaced the switch with gold.
10x10
Of all the furtive acts I regularly indulge in, scanning bookshelves in people's homes when they're out of the room has got to be one of the most rewarding. Even a cursory glance over the spines of someone's literature collection can give us very important details about what sort of company we're amongst and how long we should stay amongst it.
The Game of Places
Hosang Park's strange aerial images (like this one) depict fabricated city spaces that are utterly lifeless. His use of a bird's-eye view distorts things by taking away perspective and depth; making the controlled spaces even more impersonal.
Park is one of five young Korean photographers whose work is included in THE GAME OF PLACES, currently on at UTS Gallery.
Bateaux Jouets, Toy Boats From Paris 1850 - 1950
The last time I was at the Maritime Museum I was four years old and had a vegemite sandwich stolen out of my Power Ranger backpack.
Despite the sad memories, I recently decided to return (pledging to keep a vigilant eye on my lunch). It seems facing your demons pays off, in the form of two exhibitions currently on show.
Games of Consequence, Polixeni Papapetrou
Return to the spontaneity, freedom, simplicity and escapism of childhood with Polixeni Papapetrou's cinematic images of self-determined young girls at play.
With the landscape of rural Australia as a recurring backdrop - representing a space full of possibility and devoid of constraints - the artist is drawing on childhood memories of unregimented play, and the times she spent with friends outside the home discovering worlds beyond her own.
Stitch 'n' Bitch
Got a burgeoning pile of darning to attend to? Been meaning to learn how to knit? Need to brush up your double crochet stitch? Like cake?
Head to Stitch 'n' Bitch, a craft club run by the lovely Miss Death (aka Aspasia) at Mu Meson Archives, our favourite place to watch forgotten cinematic gems.
The monthly gathering attracts anyone from 7-year-old boys to ladies in their seventies, and caters to projects as broad as knitting, needlepoint, tapestry, crochet, hand sewing, and even sculpture work.
From Bustles to Bridezilla
Because we all need more conjugality in our lives, 40 bridal gowns are currently on display in the NIDA foyer, replete with veils, millinery and bridal accessories.
Arranged chronologically by decade from 1880 to 1980, FROM BUSTLES TO BRIDEZILLA will appeal to anyone interested in the general history of dress, and the evolution of nuptial fashion.
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