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Zidane - a 21st Century Portrait

2007-05-03T23:50:00Z

Albert Camus. An unlikely starting point for the review of a docufilm chartering a ‘game in the life’ of Zidane, the most-talented sportsman of my football-watching generation. They were both Algerian immigrants to France, but their similarities, character traits and causes are aligned to a much greater degree than a simple historical analysis might suggest. They say life often imitates art - the game captured by this beautiful piece certainly does. First, a background to the film. Zinedine Zidane...(read more)

hookers on skateboards

2007-04-15T23:02:00Z

Well... not really. So i went into melbourne city centre today... lazy sunday and it was the last day of an exhibition i wanted to see at the NGV. 'screenings' . Suffice to say that if you saw it you know it probably wasn't up to much.. and if you didn't then its too late and theres nothing to tell you about anyways. Anyways, i was in the mood to wonder and i happened upon the 'no comply' exhibition. A load of up'n'coming artists (from around the world as i far as...(read more)

an englishman in melbourne

2007-04-15T10:29:00Z

i'm a legal alien. Never have i been so aware of my roots as being half way across the planet. I spotted this in Melbourne city centre. It documents the immigrants who have settled in australia, where they're from and when they are etc. The last 2 generations of my family were english and maltese. Thats pretty cool. A country so young is so aware of its origins, and while the uk may be steeped in history, the depth and length of that history renders it somewhat intangible. Compare that to...(read more)

Way out west

2007-04-15T10:21:00Z

Way Out West have been on my list for a while now, the first time i ever really heard them was live and i was hooked. A mate of mine had just been taken on as their manager so i had the privelege of checking them out regularly for a while. Their live show is nothing shord of incredible. Last week a mate of mine drew my attention to a new jody wisternhoff (1/2 of WOW) mix of oldskool jungle.. but very chilled... its on heavy rotation. 01) Apollo Two - Return to Atlantis (LTJ Bukem Remix) [Good Looking...(read more)

art 2.0

2007-04-15T09:45:00Z

Web 2.0 - everyone contributes ... User generated content, communities & wikipedia what if you did wiki-art where everyone contributed? I found 2 instances this weekend. The first was at the NGV in Melbourne... Olafur Ellasson's ' The cubic structural evolution project 2004' .. Its a massive lego structure and everyone gets to build and add. Great for getting kids into art: The other instrance of wikiart i stumbled upon is PostSecret. . Its a mad blog / wiki. People send in their...(read more)