Fishhead Magazine, December 2012 ___ It’s evening. A veil of mist has shrouded the sea. Outside, rain is falling so faintly it is almost invisible, almost but not quite. I can see the strings. A fantail alights on the black licorice telegraph wires outside my window and spreads its unwelcome […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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The Lumiere Reader, September 10, 2012 ___ A female arm snakes above the stage sinewy as smoke, a lovely leg spikes and its reflection ripples the silver waters of the mirror below. With a taste of your lips, I’m on a ride, you’re toxic, I’m slippin’ under. The mirror divides the stage like […]
I’ve Been to Me I have been places. Down the shops, to Europe, to New York long enough to get stoned and visit Williamsburg. I once saw Air Force One parked on the tarmac in Rome. This year I’ve managed Auckland, London, Norwich and Barcelona. (Sound the toot of […]
Eyecontact, 24 August, 2012 ___ Reading Room is an exhibition with plenty of character. Look through the window of Objectspace today and you will see the rubble of a bookcase, lined with books, face out and spine on. A low-lying table is scattered with more titles, some splayed open, others […]
Fishhead Magazine, August 2012 ___ It’s one of those Wellington weekends, where the wind is whipping the trees outside the window and the cat flap keeps blowing open dramatically, even though the cat is sitting on the couch by the heat pump. I’m wondering what it would be like […]
NZ Listener, 12 July, 2012 ___ Multidisciplinary artist Sharmila Samant has been in the country for four days when I call her to discuss the socially based artwork she will develop in the New Plymouth community. Our conversation quickly turns to the availability of water. “The thing about water is […]
1. You can always use more bling. 2. There’s a fine line between selling and selling out. 3. The afterlife can be accessorised. 4. Art is retail. (But it doesn’t always sell.) 5. Not all art is created equal. 6. If it hurts maybe it’s because you’re not laughing hard […]