Monthly Archives: May 2010
Art
The View from Here: 19 Perspectives on Feminism
If you’re in Melbourne, today’s the last day you can catch The View from Here: 19 Perspectives on Feminism at the Next Wave Festival. Curated by Victoria Bennett and Clare Rae, the project pairs eight writers with eight artists to examine contemporary feminist ideas. The works explore … Read more
Books
Leaching off the art scene: Sam Leach and Hoax Nation [review]
‘To censure an artist for forgery is to confuse an ethical with an aesthetical problem.’ Oscar Wilde. Sam Leach recently caused a fuss by winning the Wynne Prize for Australian landscape painting with a work that replicated a 17th century Dutch painting, Adam Pynacker’s Boatmen Moored on … Read more
Theatre
100 Proofs the Earth is Not a Globe [review]
Starring: the Tape Projects company; Lee Anantawit, Cait Foran, Eugenia Lim, Tanja Milbourne, Michael Prior, Zoe Scoglio, Jessie Scott Appearing at: Victorian Space Science Education Centre (Meet at Next Wave Festival Club, 1000 £ Bend for shuttle bus) How much do you accept as truth … Read more
Podcast
‘The blog ecology is always changing’ – Interview with Rachael Kendrick [podcast]
There’s nothing like the hospitality of a food blogger on an autumn eve. Cradling a little glass bottle of chinotto in my gloved hands, I spoke to Rachael Kendrick of Thus Bakes Zarathustra, Motor Coconut, The Vine (click on that last one for sure – I ate of that … Read more
Books
‘The real conquerors of Australia’: Brian Coman’s Tooth and Nail [review]
European settlement of the new world is almost invariably portrayed as a purely human occupation or “conquest”. In ecological terms, however, the real conquerors of Australia were not humans. Brian Coman, Tooth and Nail: The Story of the Rabbit in Australia One of my earliest memories is … Read more
Recommended Reading
Kalinda Ashton’s Recommended Reading
As a child, I was entranced by the Very Hungry Caterpillar and Where the Wild Things Are. I can actually remember learning to read and what a difficult and pointless process it seemed, spelling out all those bloody letters and trying to sound out words. The relief … Read more
Events
Kill Your Darlings team appearances
A little alert about the doings of the Kill Your Darlings team: On Saturday 15 May, KYD Editor Rebecca Starford will be reading at A Bridge for Short Attention Spans – a showcase of thirty writers and editors (Brunswick Street Gallery, 7pm – 10pm). Towards the end … Read more
Books
In defence of the slut: Emily Maguire’s Your Skirt’s Too Short [review]
Hysteria about adolescent female sexuality is at fever pitch at the moment. You can’t open a newspaper without having some self-proclaimed figurehead like Michael Carr-Gregg shrilling about teenagers having orgies, tween stars pole dancing on MTV and the effect singing along to that Britney song about threesomes … Read more
Issue One
Issue One of Kill Your Darlings is sold out
Some good news (or bad news, depending on how you think about it) – Issue One of Kill Your Darlings is sold out! This means that if you’d like to get your paws on a copy, you’ll need to visit one of our wonderful stockists. It also … Read more
Podcast
Voyage and destination: Joel Magarey’s Exposure
In 1995, Joel Magarey up left his job as a journalist, and his beloved girlfriend Penny, to ‘track across the hurtling world’. Journeying to some of the most remote places in the world, Joel embarked upon an odyssey of sorts – geographical, sexual and psychological. His trek … Read more
