August 2010
- Cooktown, Queensland (2010) by Sean Davey has been shortlisted for this year's William and Winifred Bowness Prize which will be exhibited at the Monash Gallery of Art in Victoria.Thirty-four entries were selected for the exhibition from almost two thousand entries. The shortlisted works are available for viewing at the Monash Gallery of Art flickr website.
View finalists' works
Cooktown, Queensland (2010) by Sean Davey
July 2010
- ANCESTRY by Mayu Kanamori is part of PLATFORM 1, which will be presented by The Weather Exchange in Sydney, NSW on July 24 at 7pm.
Fraser Studios, 10-14 Kensington St, Chippendale
- Sean Davey will be facilitating a photography and story telling workshop in conjunction with a MIAC (Melanesian Institute of Arts and Communication) and the University of PNG, as part of a community arts development workshop in Gerehu, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea from July 5 until July 16.
Dodi Wani at the Gerehu Sustainable Arts Workshop, Port Moresby, PNG (July 2010)
Photo by Emilly John.
- brokenbench presents Underpass, a new portfolio of photographs by Spiro Miralis.
View work
Untitled (Kato Vasiliki) from Underpass (2009) by Spiro Miralis
- brokenbench presents Instant Pictures, a new portfolio of Polaroid photographs by David Hempenstall. From Brooklyn, NSW to Baghdad, Iraq to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, Instant Pictures reveals a strong autobiographical narrative which allows the viewer intimate access to David's personal photographic observations.
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Port Moresby 2006 from (Instant Pictures) by David Hempenstall
June 2010
- Dr Jacqueline Lo will present the keynote address 'B(e)aring Memory: Invoking the Dead' at STRIPPING BARE! as part of the 2010 Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies conference at the Australian National University in Canberra. Dr. Lo's address will focus on Mayu Kanamori's work In Repose.
ANU
Canberra, ACT
June 29 until 2 July
Visit the ADSA website
- Mayu Kanamori is showing The Heart of the Journey as part of NAIDOC Week 2010 at MiFA (Melbourne International Fine Art).
Wednesday 7 July, 6:30-7:30pm
MiFA, Level 1, 278 Collins Street, Melbourne
Free entrance
Bookings essential: (03) 9663 3304
Read about The Heart of the Journey
Visit the MiFA website
Video still from The Heart of the Journey by Mayu Kanamori
- Copies of 8 Mile: photographs from the margins of Port Moresby will be available at the Winter Book Fair at the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney on Saturday June 19. The Winter Book Fair will be open from 10am until 4pm.
Visit the ACP website
- brokenbench is pleased to welcome David Hempenstall as a new member to the group. David lives in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. David keeps an online journal on his personal website called Kisim Piksa, where he talks about current work as well as the work of other photographers that interests him.
View David's portfolios
Visit David's personal website
27/10/05 Camp Slayer, Baghdad by David Hempenstall
- brokenbench presents North by Land, a new portfolio of photographs by Thérèse Harrison. In 2009 Thérèse traveled to Japan, and then through China, Russia and Mongolia. Photographing and sketching as she went, Thérèse's work explores her personal responses and feelings towards the people she met and the landscapes she encountered on her journey. View work
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