Opening exhibitions The Burning, Umma’s Tongue at 6000 degreesand Fake Naturefrom 8 February until March 2020
Solastalgia,
coined by Australian environmental philosopher Dr Glenn Albrecht in 2005,
describes the sense of loss or nostalgia we feel when our homes or environments
change irreconcilably in the face of climate change or natural disaster.
(A guide to not being a trash human and other life issues) Illustrated by Alex Nicol, @perceptioninfection Pantera/Lost the Plot, Australia 2020
This excellent survival manual for millennials is Anna Blackie’s first published work. It covers in useful detail and with reference to expert advisers, an array of problematic practical life issues including finance including tax, cooking, legal, social media, professional, health and fitness.
Whilst with serious intent, How to Adult is written in an engaging, readable and highly accessible style, deftly laced with goodly doses of sardonic humour. Think the opposite of po-faced.
Margaret Kalms
is a photomedia artist who uses her artwork for women’s health advocacy. Her work
to raise awareness for the plight of those suffering with endometriosis has resulted
in an exhibition, the reproduction of her images in photography magazines, fundraising
for Endometriosis support and this book.
Margaret met with 27 women with endometriosis and 17 elected to join her photographic publication project. In consultation with the 17 women who have now appeared in this publication, Margaret created a visual representation of how they felt as a result of the disease. The images express a range of emotions and experiences of pain and loss.
7pm Thursday 6th February 2020 Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest
Boccherini’s playful flute quintet Las Parejas (The Couples) opens AHE’s 2020 season. The title refers to a Spanish horse race in which two horsemen ride hand in hand. Boccherini infuses the quintet with a military flavour, reminiscent of his famous work Night Streets of Madrid.
Textiles by Belconnen Community Gallery Emerging Artist Support Scheme prize winners Angela Coleman, Portia Lawson, Anna Roufogalis and Rosie Armstrong 21 January to 14 February Opening celebration Wednesday 22 January at 5.30pm, all welcome
Rosie Armstrong uses the techniques of laser cutting and watercolour paints to create a narrative of insect decline.
Anna Roufogalis looks into the functionality and beauty of the human body through the lens of textiles.
Portia Lawson’s collection of scientific-like specimens explores the synergy of spontaneity and individuality, and order and uniformity in natural systems of growth through the medium of automated machine embroidery and hand beading.
Angela Coleman’s work investigates our memories attached to and imbued in clothing. The ephemeral nature of both is conveyed through the fragile materiality.
Museum of Australian Democracy, Old Parliament House, Canberra Open daily 9am-5pm
At this new permanent exhibition underneath the old House of Representatives chamber, 12 of Australia’s finest journalists appear as larger-than-life characters – literally.
University of Queensland Press, 2019 Available at independent bookstores and online sellers
This is David Burton’s debut novel, billed as young adult fiction and with two teenage boys, Shaun and Will, as the main protagonists, but an entertaining, fast-paced and thought-provoking read for adults (certainly for this one).
David Burton has previously written 30 professionally produced theatrical works and has directed productions for the Queensland Music Festival. His memoir How to be Happy won Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing in 2014.
Chambers Pavilion, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Barton ACT Sunday 5 January 2019, 10am and 4pm
Writer
and teacher Valerie Albrecht invites you to join a one hour class of Bhakti Yoga – its nature and practice is love,
gentleness and respect for all phenomena on our Earth, all beings and
ourselves.
Classes
will include seated chair poses, relaxation & meditation.
In a
publishing world where so many vast fictional tomes are being created, it is
refreshing to find a novella which manages to say so much so well in an
economical 152 pages. The Nail House is at once a study of modern China
and the inexorable path of economic growth and development and a cross cultural
love story.
The story focuses on Lindon, an Australian property project manager fleeing an unhappy marriage breakup and Zhen, a real estate agent and the daughter of a family holding on to the last property required by the developer to go ahead with a huge building project – hence the term the Nail House (the hold out).
16 January – 2 February 2020 21 Blaxland Crescent Griffith ACT Open Wednesday to Sunday 12-5pm
Unnatural Histories – Dan Power and Luke Hadland
An investigation into the anthropogenic erosion of biodiversity in the natural world, which explores the disruption of ecosystem structure and impact of invasive species by illustrating the story in a personal way.
Migration – Sian Watson
Migration is an investigation into the movement and environmental displacement of humans and birds. Watson uses sculpture and photo mediums to explore the human/animal figure in contrasting and sometimes extreme environments. Through varied landscapes, Watson shows the seemingly inhospitable habitats utilised by necessity in the current global climate.
Barbie speaks with Sian Watson about Migration
A Month of Sundays – Brenda Goggs
This body of work comprises 31 woven tapestries, that
provide glimpses of iconic Australian moments and explore Australian Identity.
ChutespaceMeditations in Glass – Susan Wiscombe
Chutespace is curated by Kerry Shepherdson & Jeffree Skewes, (M16 studio artists) – a former library book return chute, artists exhibiting in this space create works which respond to the unusually small dimensions of the space
I came across
Desiree Nielsen on the SBS food channel with her Urban Vegetarian show
and was immediately taken not just with the things she cooked and her approach
to nutrition but also with her ebullient and personable manner.
Let me start by saying that while I am a vegetarian in so much as I don’t eat meat (red or white), I am a committed eater of cheese, dairy products in general and eggs and I do eat some fish and seafood because I feel I need it.
University of Queensland Press, 2019 Available at online sellers
This is David Burton’s debut novel, billed as young adult fiction and with two teenage boys, Shaun and Will, as the main protagonists, but an entertaining, fast-paced and thought-provoking read for adults (certainly for this one).
David Burton has previously written 30 professionally produced theatrical works and has directed productions for the Queensland Music Festival. His memoir How to be Happy won Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing in 2014.