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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
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.
The Kingpins Window Project
We don't usually blow our own trumpet, but the excitement is building for the next Incu Window Project, so here comes the big up...
The Kingpins all-girl collective blend drag, costume and gender mish mash to create wild live performances and installations. Spanning a decade, their dazzling career includes projects at major institutions such as the Musée D'art Moderne, Paris, MCA and the Liverpool Biennale, so we're rather chuffed to have the opportunity to collaborate.
ECR
Marley Dawson and Christopher Hanrahan, a pair of Sydney-based artists/petrol-heads, have been known to shift their art practice into unfamiliar territory - such as the last demolition derbies at Parramatta City Raceway. But for their new installation/performance work, they've shifted an unfamiliar territory into a contemporary arts venue.
A Forest of Lines, Pierre Huyghe
Hidden amidst the first floor at the MCA, on a small patch of wall towards the back, there is a poster. Compared to the cobra-filled cotton fields and hammocked rooms of the Biennale showcase, it's a small player. Yet this petit paper alludes to something much greater.
Pierre Huyghe's poster is a calling card to a forest of sorts, one that will materialise this Wednesday on the stage, in the stalls and the circles of the Sydney Opera House.
Kiss Will Miss
If 70s glam rock iconography and a harsh sarcasm (i.e. anti-Hallmark, anti-pop symbols, anti-Damian Hurst) bites yer apple, then perhaps Vanila Netto's exhibition of video works, wall based paintings and photography is worth a taste.
As a young thing, Brazillian Miss Vanila fell in dirty love with the band KISS, a precise and ‘impactual' moment she vividly recalls.
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