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BitTorrent's decentralized chat app keeps content, metadata safe
BitTorrent, the company that develops the homonymous peer-to-peer protocol and two popular clients that use it, has announced the release of Bleep, an online communication (voice and text) application that lets users "make a direct, decentralized connection to someone they trust." "Messaging and voice applications currently available all rely on central servers.
Free iPhone app for encrypted phone calls released
There is finally a free alternative for all iOS users who are looking to encrypt their voice calls: the app is called Signal, and has been developed by the Open Whisper Systems project.
I2P patched against de-anonymizing 0-day, Tails integration still to follow
Developers of the I2P anonymous networking tool have released a new version (0.9.14) of the tool that fixes XSS and remote execution vulnerabilities reported by Exodus Intelligence.
Russian government offers money for Tor-cracking tech
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has published a tender offering $111,000 to any Russian company or organization that can provide technology that can de-anonymize users of the Tor anonymity network and decrypt the data sent through it.
Intel unveils SSD Pro 2500 self-encrypting drives
Intel announced the Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series, which offers IT departments peace of mind with advanced security features and capabilities.


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Uncharted series 'a good candidate' for PS4 re-release
Uncharted 4 is currently in development for PS4, but perhaps one Uncharted game simply isn't enough for Nathan Drake.
Retail listings for Beyond: Two Souls crop up online
2013 PS3 title Beyond: Two Souls could be the next game in line for a next-gen re-release.
Naughty Dog hints at possible PS4 release for The Last of Us
Hopes for a PS4 version of The Last of Us seem to have increased, even if only a little bit.
Homeworld and Homeworld 2 receiving HD re-releases
Gearbox has wasted no time in putting its recently acquired Homeworld IP to work.


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For a third year, Milton Martin Honda in Gainesville will present the John Berry Christmas Concert, a benefit for the nonprofit organization Challenged Child & Friends.
The Piedmont College Chorale will present its 23rd annual Service of Lessons and Carols at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2-3 in the chapel on the Demorest campus.
Hillsong, an Australian worship band, will bring its praise-filled performance to Free Chapel on Nov. 27.
Last summer, area residents began chipping in to help overseas troops in Afghanistan by donating hundreds of cans of shaving cream to the war effort.
The Lake Lanier Rowing Club is offering a Juniors Introduction to Rowing Class in an effort to get more young people involved in the sport.
Holiday memories will flow like eggnog at the Aurora Theatre's annual holiday musical, "Christmas Canteen 2011," which runs Friday through Dec. 23.
The Sautee Nachoochee Community Association Galleries will present its Annual Holiday Extravaganza. The Holiday Show features a huge array of art made by resident artists and especially designed for holiday gift giving.
The North Georgia Chamber Symphony of Dahlonega has scheduled a series of four holiday concerts in four different Northeast Georgia cities in early December.
The annual Festival of Trees Gala will light up the holiday season for the eighth year on Dec. 3 at the Buisson Barn on Lake Lanier, 6354 J.F. Jay Road, Gainesville.
With the Holiday Season nearly upon us, the Holly Theater in Dahlonega is helping folks get into the spirit with the Holly Performance Academy's performance of the classic Christmas tale "Babes in Toyland."
For 20 years, the faith-based dance and performance group Praise in Motion has been putting on dance and theatrical performances. The group is looking forward to its holiday season production of "The Gift," to be performed Saturday, Nov. 19, in Gainesville.
The UGA Performing Arts Center will present "The Miles Davis Experience: 1949 to 1959" at 8 p.m. Nov. 17 in Hodgson Concert Hall.
It may only be November, but it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in some parts of Gainesville.
After spending two years giving everything she had to help promote and support musical artists following their dreams, Heather Wilkerson decided to follow her own dream in the world of musically inspired visual art.
Tellabration!, the worldwide storytelling event that started more than 25 years ago, will come to the Sautee Nacoochee Center at 8 p.m. Nov. 19 with storyteller Minton Sparks. Local storyteller David Fore will open Saturday's show.
Gospel and bluegrass music will be paired with fresh food for the "Maters & Music" event in Northeast Georgia this weekend.
Beer, wines and bands with the names such as Twisted Whiskey and Southern Accent will pour into Dawsonville for a festival this weekend.
Sounds from the 19th century will ring throughout the Piedmont College chapel Sunday afternoon as a new musical group performs for the first time.
A trio of siblings will show off their abilities to pull and pluck their own strings, musically that is.
Wine enthusiasts may indulge in more than 75 domestic, international and regional wines, as well as locally crafted beers this weekend in Braselton.
Iceland's majestic scene, the outdoor life and the impact of Elephant Six is the focus of three separate art endeavours at the University of North Georgia this month.
Garlic may drive away the vampires, but it brings in the food lovers.
Most musicians credit their bandmates for their growth as artists, but Karl Reising, the bassist for Mid Life Crisis, actually owes his life to his fellow musicians.
Family Promise of Hall County will crank up the tunes this Saturday to help make the dreams of many local homeless families come true.
Wine enthusiasts wishing to imbibe in the reds and whites fermented and corked in Northeast Georgia will have a chance this weekend.
Clay creations from juired gallery artists along with pieces from White County students adorn the walls in the Sautee Nacoochee Center until Sept. 7.
While New York City can experience Shakespeare in the Park, Hall County residents can picnic and enjoy an original tale on Lake Lanier.
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El Puerto is one of the more popular beach escapes in southern Spain, drawing a predominantly Spanish crowd of beach lovers for its fabulous white sandy beaches.
El Puerto is one of the more popular beach escapes in southern Spain, drawing a predominantly Spanish crowd of beach lovers for its fabulous white sandy beaches.
Most of the action occurs along the coast between Tarifa and Punta Paloma, 11km northwest. The best spots depend on the day's winds and tides: El Porro on Ensenada de Valdevaqueros is one of the most popular, with easy parking.
Combine two tours in one and see the best of the Spanish capital with a visit to El Escorial Monastery and a sightseeing tour of Madrid. This day trip takes you from the Renaissance grandeur of El Escorial Monastery and poignant Valley of the Fallen to Madrid's famous squares, and it includes free time to explore the city and enjoy a complimentary drink at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Take a short trip from Barcelona to nearby Catalonia's Montserrat on this small-group tour! With a local guide, head to the top of this rugged mountain to see its main attraction, the Virgin of Montserrat. Then take a walk to enjoy amazing views, or check out a museum.
Take a day trip from Seville to explore the ancient city of Ronda, where you'll enjoy tasting local wines and explore Plaza de Toros, a traditional bullfighting ring. See several important monuments, churches and bridges and admire views of El Tajo River gorge. Upgrade your tour to include a visit to Pueblos Blancos, a picturesque area filled with white-washed houses.
This airy 4.5km walk takes at least 1¼ hours. Go north from Plaza de Mina to the city's northern seafront, with views across the Bahía de Cádiz. Head west along the Alameda gardens to the Baluarte de la Candelaria , then turn southwest to the Parque del Genovés , a semitropical garden with waterfalls and quirkily clipped trees.
The shores and waters around these seven islets, an offshore continuation of the limestone Montgrí hills, have been protected since 1985 as a reserva natural submarina , which has brought a proliferation in their marine life and made them Spain's most popular destination for snorkellers and divers. Some 1345 plant and animal species have been identified here.
Caldes de Montbui , 28km north of Barcelona, hosts three thermal bath hotels. You can use the facilities even if you don't stay in the hotels, although the price can mount depending on what you opt for.
Early morning and evening are the best times for birdwatching, and good areas include L'Encanyissada and La Tancada lagoons and Punta de la Banya, all in the south of the delta. L'Encanyissada has two observation towers and La Tancada one (others are marked on a map you can pick up at the Centre d'Informació).
Make your stay in Barcelona unforgettable with a private sailing trip! Admire the unique skyline of Barcelona at dusk, feel the warm sea breeze, and enjoy a glass of cava (Spanish sparkling wine) while sailing on the Mediterranean Sea. This private sailing trip is the perfect way to have a special day with your loved one, with Barcelona's beautiful landmarks as a backdrop.
A 300m stroll east from the Edifici Fòrum is the Zona de Banys , with kayaks and bikes available for rent, the option to learn diving, and other activities. This tranquil seawater swimming area was won from the sea by the creation of massive cement-block dykes.
In La Garriga , a pretty town 36km north of the city, is a fine historic installation that has been modernised, Termes La Garriga . It sits atop waters that bubble out at temperatures as high as 60°C. All sorts of treatments are possible, from mud baths to aroma massage.
Relax as you travel by private car to Bodegas Torres, one the most famous wineries in Catalonia, and the beguiling coastal village of Sitges. Accompanied by your own private guide, you'll enjoy personalized attention on your special private tour of these two Catalan highlights.
Take a trip from Madrid to Aranjuez and discover the beauty of this royal city, which has been designated a World Heritage Cultural Landscape. Your knowledgeable guide will show you the Palacio Real, Aranjuez's most famous landmark. Relax in its stunning gardens before visiting the Museum of Royal Feluccas.
Take a private day trip to the town of Ronda. Situated in a mountainous region west of Malaga, Ronda has many highlights to see, including the Plaza de Toros (one of the oldest bullrings in Spain), the Church of the Holy Spirit and the town square.
The best of the self-guided walks offered by the tourist office is the 45-minute Ruta Monumental , which gives a wonderful feel for the town and is well signposted. The other is the two-hour Ruta del Castillo y Las Murallas , a far more strenuous undertaking that climbs up to and follows the walls.


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In November of 2013, we selected 20 new Fellows from a pool of qualified applicants currently teaching in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and D.C. public charter schools. The Fellowship program will run from January through December 2014. It will include local and national school visits, workshops, seminars, guest speakers, and technology demonstrations. Fellows will design and lead their blended learning pilot programs in summer school and expand them in their classrooms and schools in the 2014-2015 school year.
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Educators across the country are exploring a variety of blended learning models to help realize the vision of redesigned classrooms and schools that use personalized learning environments to accelerate achievement for all students. Effective blended learning models combine the best of face-to-face instruction with the best of online instruction. Early evidence indicates that teaching in a blended classroom offers educators new opportunities to differentiate instruction for individual students, to motivate students to take ownership over their own learning, and to extend teacher capacity to reach additional students. Teachers have tremendous—and often untapped—potential to incubate innovation in their classrooms. Through direct exposure to the most promising best practices in blended learning, the Education Innovation Fellowship program will provide a cohort of teacher leaders with the opportunity to advance the field through their own leadership and instructional innovation. In this way, the Fellowship will encourage teachers to become market drivers for the uptake of tools and techniques that work. The Education Innovation Fellows will be ambassadors for the implementation of effective blended learning models in D.C.
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DCPS is investing in the blended redesign of a four-school feeder pattern in Ward 8 for Fall 2013.
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Bryce Harper is 6-foot-3, 205 pounds, and an all-around man-child on the baseball field. But despite his large build, all it took was a measly ingrown toenail to keep him out of the lineup on Friday. The Washington Nationals star outfielder missed FridayŌĆÖs 7-3 win over the Chicago Cubs to have a troublesome ingrown toenail removed from his right foot. The issue was noticed earlier in the week and Harper had his nail clipped, but the pain persisted. The Washington Post says the area that was not previously seen was removed in the minor procedure on Friday. They also report that Harper is on medication for an infection that emerged. All this for an ingrown toenail, right? Well, after you see the picture Harper tweeted of the ingrown toenail, youŌĆÖll understand where all the problems came from. Take a look: Since everybody wanted to see it! Here it is!hah #Toe #SICK #Graphic twitter.com/Bharper3407/stŌĆ" ŌĆö Bryce Harper (@Bharper3407) May 11, 2013 Is that nasty or what? Harper suppose...
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Twins eh?? And you get the older kids?? I guess you don't have to worry about weight loss . . . they'll run you to death. Enjoy while you can. LOL
You just hang in there!!
Sounds like another plan fell in your lap, and some of it must feel good, and be rewarding. Don't forget to open the window so your plans can get back in LOL!!
I had different plans before we found out that twins were one the way. I love to knit for the kids, grand kids and charity. That has slowed down, along with my plan for exercise. I'm learning to readjust. We are fortunate that the twins arrived healthy and after getting their weight up, they've continued to thrive. Any delay in other things has been very worthwhile. Their mom is a teacher and home the remainder of the summer. It is time to take advantage of the days I don't have the kids....right after I catch up on some much needed rest !!
Time to be mindful for me . . .
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
M. Gandhi
I wanted to take some time this year & get my Degree finished but the key office person at my part time job got a better offer so I've been working 6 days a week since April 15! Sometimes there isn't time enough to even read my email but I'm working on paying off some debt early. This is the first month in 3 years that I've actually paid my rent EARLY. And there's still money in the bank account. Hopefully the trend continues. My part time job ends in October when the motorcycles go to bed for the season but they come out again in February. I'll be prepared this next year!!!! All my plans went out the window.
Sounds like you have a full time job in Daycare!! How lucky you are that you're healthy & financially able to quit your job to care for your grandchildren. I hope you have a lot of fun doing it.
there's a knitting opportunity there too - you have them handy for measurements!!
2012 is about creating more time for ME (yes, me me me).
I left my job a year ago to have more of this time. I know that I'm fortunate with so many others in need of work. Anyway, it is far from retirement... 1) I'm too young, and 2) I have grand kids 4 days/week. I have two 3 year olds and a 6 year old one day, and 11 month old twin granddaughters 3 day/week.
Keeping my mind open, I'm finding ways to "get there."
I spend Fridays doing something for me, even if it is sleeping in. And even though it is only day 5, SP has been a huge door that opened and is very much about ME (with the sharing of many--appreciate). I have a few ME minutes while kids are busy playing or napping to log in on SP. It has helped to motivate and work on my food plan. In the evenings, I find something on TV or plug in a movie to have ME workout time. Very good of putting up my own roadblocks. SP has encouraged me right into my original goal for 2012 and am so happy to have stumbled across this and all the GREAT people!!!
and Happy Thursday
Time to be mindful for me . . .
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
M. Gandhi
WooHoo everybody! How's 2012 shaping up???
I wanted to declutter so I'm doing it the easy way. Every time I go out, I take something OUT with me. This month, I'm taking bags with me. Some are garbage, some are give away & some are recycle. I figure 29 bags of something this month will help!!
I know I've been a dirty dawg & haven't been in for a week or so . . . been knitting on a new sweater for myself based on the Ribbons-o-Round sweater in the Winter Knitters magazine. I'm using grey handspun yarn with some wild handspun that ranges from hot acid pink to pinky brown as stripes on the yoke!! And I've been watching Downton Abbey which I discovered over the holidays.
Not following any Plans or Diets but definitely upping my fibre - I have a big bowl of Fibre one as meal every day as well as as much fruit & veggies as possible. Had curried Brussels Sprouts with pork for dinner with dried Persimmons as dessert. Found a small store selling dried Persimmons cheap! Never had them before but they're high in fibre & not too sweet!! I love them. I'm trying NOT to eat rice, pasta or noodles with my stir fry too.
Welcome to the Bunch, Blue!! Glad to have another Crafty person join. Are you on any specific Plan to lose or just cutting down??
Good luck with the shawl - it's nice to curl up in a shawl & they're a little easier since you don't have to worry about too much shaping.
Have fruit or cereal - makes a good snack - I like the Fibre 1 varieties & they help you get more fibre in your diet!
Hi, New to this "team". Just started my "plan" to lose some of this weight and get healthier physically. Also have to get finances in better shape. Knitting - signed up for a class to make the Reminiscence Shawl. Should be a challenge since I'm a slow knitter with too many family distractions. Ok, need to get a small snack so I can not go to bed hungry. Can't sleep when I'm hungry.
I'm always willing to take on small jobs - even a couple of days washing dishes for a catering company. It's money. I've done all kinds of things for ONE day or a weekend. I have all my finances set up on a spreadsheet now & I can SEE what everything is doing. I really want to get as far out of debt as possible this year. It's nice when you can see the changes as you go instead of waiting for the damned bill. I hate moving. I dig my feet in and won't move unless I have no other choice so my only option is taking on more work or cutting expenses.
I do think about contracting but it is not my thing - I like the structure of having someone else take care of the other things. But it is something to think about. I am not sure what I want to do moving forward.... UMMMMMMMMM
Can you move to another job?? Transfer pension?? Work part time? Become a Contractor?
I would say keep moving however slowly towards the degree - 1 or 2 classes a year. Those two years are coming any way so you might as well keep moving on it! It is after all the "almighty piece of paper" that helps you move forward........
I listed my goals on my page but the one I am really struggling with is the whole work thing. I love what I do but not necessarily where I am......
I'd like to finish that degree but it all comes down to money. I've been trying to finish through our Open University - means I can take courses at ANY university if the credits are transferable!! - but, the Open University has moved to a new permanent location - means I won't have an Open Uni degree but a degree from a physical Uni - & some of my courses don't transfer to that University. Instead of needing 6 credits to graduate, I now need 15. At approximately $600 for three credits . . . even one at a time is a struggle right now. The BT left me with big debt which I'm paying off in the shortest time possible - I still have two more years minimum. Maybe a little more or less depending on how low the interest rates remain. So, I am concentrating on working, decluttering - well, trying to any way, staying healthy, exercising more & possibly moving in the coming year.
Get that degree and knock it off your to do list then you can find another huge goal to complete
Everybody tells me that they would love to knit, but they don't have time. I look at people's lives and I can see opportunity and time for knitting all over the place. The time spent riding the bus each day? That's a pair of socks over a month. Waiting in line? Mittens. Watching TV? Buckets of wasted time that could be an exquisite lace shawl. ~Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
We can always use a little of that! I thought I wanted to get it in gear & finally finish that degree I've been working on for eons but now, well, I'm not so sure . . . gotta think a little about the 10 year Plan, I guess.
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I already listed my goals/resolutions. Some call it goals, other resolutions but the idea is to become a better person
Everybody tells me that they would love to knit, but they don't have time. I look at people's lives and I can see opportunity and time for knitting all over the place. The time spent riding the bus each day? That's a pair of socks over a month. Waiting in line? Mittens. Watching TV? Buckets of wasted time that could be an exquisite lace shawl. ~Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
I'm not talking Resolutions here folks, we ALL know what happens to those. I'm talking about PLANS. I've always had the 5 Year Plan, the 10 Year Plan & especially, the 1 Year Plan. 10 is the LONG TERM GOAL, 5 is AM I ON THE RIGHT PATH OR DO I ADJUST SOMETHING, 1 is for MISTAKES, DETOURS etc. It all fell apart for me 4 years ago & I've been drifting with a Plan since. Time to firm up the old PLAN & give my life some order again. How bout you???
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BREAKING: Lions Owner Ford Sr. Dead at 88
A piece of the Detroit Lions' franchise for over 50 years is gone.
Owner and team chairman William Clay Ford Sr. passed away Sunday morning in his sleep. He was 88.
A piece of the Detroit Lions' franchise for over 50 years is gone.
Owner and team chairman William Clay Ford Sr. passed away Sunday morning in his sleep. He was 88.
The Detroit Lions' offseason agenda is so hazy, not even a fortune teller could predict it.
Mark your calendars because March will be a big month. March 8 is when the free agency flirting begins followed by the March 11 date of when signatures and dollar signs can be inked into contracts. The Detroit Lions can start camp two weeks earlier than the normal April 21 offseason workouts because of the recent signing of new head coach, Jim Caldwell. These dates are creeping up, and the decisions are about to be made.
Since the departure of Louis Delmas at the safety position and Nate Burleson at wide receiver, you cannot help but wonder how the Lions will fill those holes during the offseason.
1. Houston Texans: Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina
The Seattle Seahawks proved that defense wins championships, and for a team that expected to go to the Super Bowl but fell way short due in part to injuries, you cannot pass on Clowney. With Clowney and J.J. Watt as bookends on the defensive line, offensive lines will have a hard time stopping this possible tandem. Clowney's work ethic has been a big question mark, but Brian Cushing and Watt should be able to set him straight. Although the quarterback situation is not pretty, somebody like A.J. McCarron (Alabama) would be a nice selection in a later round.
The latest news coming out of the Detroit Lions camp indicates that the sports agency branch of Roc Nation has agreed to represent Pro-Bowl defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh. This announcement should be troubling to Detroit fans hoping that the franchise will be able to resign Suh after his contract runs out next season.
Like every team during the offseason, the Detroit Lions should be scrambling to find free agents to sign. Last year's offseason saw productive signings like running back Reggie Bush, which worked wonders for the team despite a poor finish overall.
So far, the Lions have already brought on a new head coach and a new offensive coordinator. They have also began work on fixing the holes in the team's secondary by signing defensive back Isa Abdul-Quddus. When coupled with smart signings, new head coach Jim Caldwell's prediction for a ring could come true.
The days following the Detroit Lions' Week 17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings were tough times for both the team and the NFL. Most fans could probably guess see the dismissal of head coach Jim Schwartz coming after playoff hopes disappeared once they lost to Eli Manning's New York Giants.
Though Schwartz "salvaged" a team that already included Calvin Johnson from Rob Marinelli's pitiful 0-16 season, Schwartz had always had troubles closing out the a season. Read More…
Well, it is finally over Lions fans.
After a 1-6 collapse in the final seven games and a missed opportunity of a playoff berth, the Detroit Lions have fired head coach Jim Schwartz.
The firing was first reported by Adam Schefter of ESPN, after Schwartz met with the team owners at team headquarters in Allen Park, MI. Read More…
Eight new members were inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame this week. Jason Hanson, former kicker for the Detroit Lions, and former Captain of the Detroit Red Wings, Nicklas Lidstrom, were in the 58th class roster. Read More…
The Detroit Lions lost a heartbreaker to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, 24-21. Fans watched in bewilderment, as the Lions gave up five turnovers, including a late interception off the hands of Calvin Johnson to seal their fate.
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DETROIT, Mich. — After a tough loss to the Steelers in Pittsburgh last Sunday, the Lions dropped the ball again this week and fell to 6-5 on the season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Nate Burleson provided an offensive lift for the Lions in his first game back from his arm injury, but it just was not enough. Read More…
The Detroit Lions won 31-30 in a thriller on Sunday, as Matthew Stafford literally sneaked into the end zone with 12 seconds remaining.
Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant created a great deal of hype leading up to the game, claiming that he was better than Calvin Johnson. Bryant certainly had Twitter blowing up after a long touchdown reception, following his sideline temper-tantrum. Read More…
In what might be the game of the year in the NFL, the Lions shocked the Dallas Cowboys 31-30, with Matthew Stafford scoring on a one-yard rush with 12 seconds to play in regulation.
Calvin Johnson had a career day for the Lions, coming up with 12 receptions, 329 yards and a touchdown. Read More…
A last-second field goal by Cincinnati Bengals' Mike Nugent sealed the deal for the Bengals, as they stunned the Lions at Ford Field Sunday.
Lions Wide Receiver Calvin "Megatron" Johnson came through with the play of the game, with an incredible catch in triple coverage to tie the game at 24 in the fourth quarter. Johnson also had an impressive 27-yard touchdown in the 3rd quarter, but, in the end, his stand-out performance was not enough for the Lions to come out on top. Read More…
After a heartbreaking turn of events in Boston late Saturday night in the ALCS, Detroit fans' hopes and dreams were not "restored by the roar" at Ford Field Sunday afternoon.
The Lions squared off against the Bengals, who, like the Lions, were sitting at the top of their division with a 4-2 record. Read More…
The Lions dropped the game to the Bengals due to a last second field goal, but Aaron Jordan says you can't say this team is the Same Old Lions (SOL).
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NFL Films debuted the documentary of Matt Millen on the NFL Network Tuesday. Titled "A Football Life: Matt Millen," the film gave details on his infamous tenure as GM of the Detroit Lions. The Detroit Free Press article published days before the documentary aired, shed light on Millen's decision making process and struggles with the Lions. Read More…
As the Detroit Lions prepare for another attempt in the NFL playoffs, join Aaron Jordan for the latest updates for everything Detroit Lions football.
Jordan compares the Lions to the Abraham Lincoln Administration. Why, one might ask? The Lions Den has all of the humor, puns, and ironies a fan would need to keep up with the beloved Lions. Read More…
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Live tweeting in the Lions 40-32 victory of the Bears was surely a task, as the contest generated huge buzz from start to finish.
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Editorial: Good news for local youth programs
Spring brings signs of new life.
Optimism comes in a bunch these days for programs centered on youth.
That is the case these days with the opening of the Golisano Children's Museum in North Naples. Following right behind is word from the Bonita Springs YMCA that community leaders have rallied around a new management team and plan to reopen the facility — date to be announced — on Kent Road after being closed for nearly a year.
The Y serves children as well as adults who want to feel younger and stay fit.
Next comes word that the Big Brothers Big Sisters program in Collier County is poised to resume services for youngsters in need of a measure of leadership from volunteer role models.
Lax management rather than quality of service to clients was blamed for the closure nearly a year ago.
We look for an experienced administrative team based in Sarasota to get the important work back on track in Collier and other Southwest Florida counties.
We will be for opportunities for public help for the YMCA and Big Brothers Big Sisters while we await news of further exciting programs and educational opportunities at the museum.
Sometimes we wonder whether kids get short shrift around here. We're always glad when see indicators of the balance being righted.
Spring has sprung.
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How do you know what's a expert ghost and whats not?
I've got all the charaters apart from MII outfit B
I could probally get it
apart from I can't tell whats a normal staff ghost and whats an expert ghost!
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The only way to know if is a normal or expert ghost is by the time, other than that, there's no way to know. You can check the times here:
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once you unlock a ghost, on the results screen, it should say "Fast Staff Ghost Unlocked!"
otherwise the only way to tell is the time.
ToonLink64 I know what happens when one is unlocked but I need to know how to tell normal ghosts and expert ghosts apart
you could check by the mario kart channel or if the time is A LOT shorter than yours than it is a fast ghost
ex. you get a 1:20:650 on Mario Circut
and the ghost would be like
1:15:100 or something
I had the same problem, the answer is very simple(but not 100% accurate). The expert ones use manuel and one of the better vehicles, but the first one uses a bad vehicle and automatic ;) I wen't by this and it worked perfect.
Check your times against the times in the stickied thread in the Forums.
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Life after Ground Zeroes - what's new with MGS5: The Phantom Pain?
Have mobile graphics finally surpassed last-gen console?
I'm pretty sure the assets are from the Infiltrator demo? Or at least from both Samaritan and Infiltrator? Reply +2
Female character option cut from Assassin's Creed: Unity co-op
Are you guys sure the main character's name isn't spelt Arnaud? Would make sense as he's French. Reply +6
Watch Dogs outsold any Ubisoft game ever in 24 hours
Very impressive considering its non-Christmas release date. Then again, not surprising considering the extended pre-order period and the original Christmas season release date. Reply 0
Watch Dogs PC unplayable for many due to Uplay errors
The connection is rising. You have no chance to survive. Make your time. Reply +11
Amplitude HD's Kickstarter campaign succeeds on its last day
@Radamel From their Kickstarter's FAQ:
Amplitude and FreQuency were originally funded and published by Sony for the PlayStation 2. Since Sony owns these properties, sequels are exclusive to the PlayStation platforms (PS3, PS4 and potentially PS Vita), as is the case for all other Sony-owned properties that we know of. Reply +10
It probably helped a lot that they were featured on Penny Arcade too :) Reply 0
Performance analysis: inFamous: Second Son
@pjbliverpool I can't really see the different in those shots, they're too small. My main issue with TXAA is that it blurs the whole image, including textures, losing details and removing the sheen off specular reflections. SMAA support within ACIV looks to be of the 1X variety which does not include the temporal element, so of course it won't look as good as TXAA. Infamous Second Son uses SMAA T2X, which does use a temporal element. Check out this video for a good explanation of the different SMAA versions: http://www.iryoku.com/smaa/#movie Reply 0
@bemaniac I think you're confusing SMAA with TXAA or SSAA. SMAA is platform independent a post-process solution which incurs a minimal performance cost for a huge increase in image quality, as seen in Crysis 3 on PC for example. TXAA is an Nvidia only tech which combines MSAA and FXAA with a temporal element (it's obviously a lot more complex than that) and is quite computationally expensive and gives mixed results which look inferior to SMAA IMHO. SSAA renders the image at a higher resolution than the target resolution and then downscales it, which gives the best image quality at a monstrous processing cost. Reply +1
Obsidian partners with Paradox for Pillars of Eternity
... wasn't this announced ages ago? I'm sure I read that one of the high profile Kickstarter RPGs was being published by Paradox or another traditional publisher some time ago. Reply 0
Tomb Raider's reboot "exceeded profit expectations" after all
Learn from this, industry. Reply 0
The Last of Us live-action film is in the works
Ellie should be played by Ellen Page, obviously. Reply -2
Dean Hall to leave Bohemia and step down as leader of DayZ
Maybe there was a dispute about the millions of dollars being generated by DayZ and whose pockets they go into. May Dean Hall create his own studio and line his pockets with his rightly earned meaningful green papers :) Reply -8
Next-Gen Face-Off: Strider
@bluetoothion exactly. But what if the face off had shown Xbox One was running at 720p60? Investigation is necessary to discover things like this :) Reply -2
Strider review
"But today, at the tail end of a wave of Metroidvania-style games"Hang on, did I miss something? The last great 2D Metroidvania-style game I played was Shadow Complex! Ok, and Guacamelee. Everything else seems to be headed towards rogue-like gameplay, which I don't enjoy... Anyone care to name a few I should check out please? :) Reply +25
Grand Theft Auto 5 has shipped over 32.5 million copies
Razer Blade 14 review
@Stricker While it's bad, it's definitely not as bad as all the reviews make it seem. Dark games are the ones that are affected the most. When it's colourful and you're sat in the right position, it's actually a very decent screen. I use it to watch movies and TV shows in bed with my wife with barely any issue. Razer's CEO also publicly stated that they specifically chose a TN panel for its faster response times, which is usually a gamer's choice. That said, it's definitely a big disappointment on this luxury priced laptop in terms of image quality.
Richard, perhaps it's worth mentioning that it has an easily accessible spare mSATA slot, ready to take on a new SSD drive? Even the built in one is piss easy to replace. I got the 256GB one, and added another 256GB :) Reply +5
Impressive off-screen inFamous PS4 gameplay
A hero named Delsin with fire powers... hmm, reminds me of... Yep, they ripped off Dhalsim. Soon they'll publicly say they've never even played Street Fighter :P Reply +2
Indie devs troll King's "Candy" trademark as Banner Saga targeted
Call of Candy: Modern Saga Reply +2
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance PC doesn't work offline
Another Japanese dev that shows their inexperience with PC releases. Reply +1
Games of 2013: Papers, Please
For me, games, and all entertainment, are about invoking different types of emotions. I have to say that the spectrum of emotions that Papers, Please invoked in me was huge, and unlike any other game I've ever played! Guilt, excitement, shame, sadness, stress, confusion, sympathy, satisfaction, laughter... it goes on and on :) Not since Heavy Rain was I confronted with so many more emotions other than adrenaline rushes! A must try for everyone, even people who have never played a game before. Even if you only end up playing 10 minutes, you will have experienced something quite unlike anything else out there :) Reply 0
Rocksmith 2014 Edition review
Did Bertie ever learn to play the guitar through Rocksmith? Maybe I missed the followup... Reply +1
Techland shows Dying Light PS4 gameplay footage
Did he say released 2014 or 2015? Sounded like 2015, but that doesn't make any sense... Reply 0
Desert Bus rakes in over $500K for sick kids
You forgot to mention that the bus doesn't stay straight, that you constantly need to be nudging it back onto a straight path. Take that, idlers! Reply 0
SoulCalibur 2 HD Online release date announced
Its soul still burns Reply +1
Blizzard unleashes entertaining WOW patch 5.4 trailer
As much as I love the time I've spent with WoW, I've only enjoyed the leveling bits of it. I can't stand the ludonarrative dissonance of the end game content. This trailer makes me want to play it to experience the story, then I remember in practice it means I'll just be grinding rep quests and raid bosses. Reply +5
Final Fantasy 10|10-2 HD Remaster's new 30 min audio episode revealed
@VANGUARD-CAT Actually it sounds more aggressive and/or sarcastic in Japanese! Reply +1
John Carmack joins Oculus as chief technology officer
Nice save EG Reply +1
Pay what you want for Saints Row: The Third in the Humble Deep Silver Bundle
@dagas I think you're doing it wrong. The gifting is not done through Steam, simply share a key with a friend via an old-fashioned copy/paste, and let them redeem it on their Steam account. If you tried to redeem a key and you already had that game registered to your account, it should have informed you so, and the key is still valid. Best way to check is to give it to a friend and have them check it!
edit: ah, just bought it myself, and they don't give out keys for individual games, which makes it much harder to gift games you already have! Sneaky smart buggers :( Reply 0
@kangarootoo I think rancor1223's point is that there shouldn't be a need for charities, that the government should be the ones doing "stuff that everyone would reasonably agree needs to be done", funded by our taxes. Wishful thinking :) Reply 0
Saints Row 4 season pass detailed
So basically they're capitalising on the news exposure the Rectifier got by taking it out of the game and charging for it. I'm not stupid enough to fall for that, how many people will though? Reply +5
Steam's Summer Sale is now live
@Der_tolle_Emil I don't know how your house is set up or how portable your PC is, I'd consider hooking up the PC to the TV, so you'd get the best of both worlds! I know that's what I'd do if I had a big TV :) Reply 0
@Der_tolle_Emil Is this a serious question? Of course you want Dark Souls for PC :) The only reason not to is if you don't have a controller. Reply 0
I'm noticing that a lot of people commenting here are holding out for a game in the Steam Sale... which was already heavily discounted last week in GMG's sale. I'm guessing not as many people knew about it? EG, may I suggest you post about other sales too in the future? Just to be fair, to both gamers and the other digital shops :) Reply +6
@el_pollo_diablo The per unit price drops, while the units shifted rise dramatically. Indie devs have repeatedly shown that they make a LOT of money from sales! It's not quite like milk, as a digital game is an infinite resource which doesn't cost much once its development has finished, bar some updates :)
This great post-mortem from the Dustforce team explains how it affected their sales and revenue:
http://hitboxteam.com/dustforce-sales-figures Reply +3
Metro: Last Light Faction Pack DLC due next week
@FortysixterUK Borderlands 2 says heylo :) It is definitely the exception rather than the norm though, I do miss proper expansions. Never bothered with the FEAR ones, and perhaps not many did, leading the money men to shoot them down. Or maybe it's because of console download limits actually? They might make a comeback with the new generation! Reply +1
Putt-Putt sues Mojang over user-generated maps
Hopefully this case will set a precedent so it will be a discouraged tactic in the future. Reply 0
Steam summer sale could start tomorrow
Yay, time to spend the �20 I accumulated from selling those supposedly "worthless" trading cards :D Reply +5
New real-money Xbox dash raises game prices
@toythatkills Isn't it 80p?
Edit: oh right, I see the exchange rate is inconsistent across the range of points. Never even realised that! Reply +8
So if I understand correctly, if I have 400 MSP in my account, it will give me �4.49 credit? Reply -12
Gran Turismo 6 demo vs. Gran Turismo 5
This is the first I've read about the interesting vector "ribbon" tech for sub-pixel anti-aliasing! I'd like to know more, and there doesn't seem to be even a mention of it in any of the NFS:HP Face-off and interviews. Will you point me towards some documentation, as Google only wants to show me boring GIF-life ribbon banners... Reply +1
Here's what the new Chaos Engine looks like
Set the video quality to 144p to see what the original looked like! Reply +3
Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon's Keep review


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(A small hyperlapse video from earlier today. Leafing through a copy of our winged Twelve months, an explorer tales at George Paton Gallery: Artist's Books (reprised), University of Melbourne.)
When I am not with a 00 or 000 brush in my hand, painting the stripes and numbers on a handful of pewter footballers for a collectables store, I am...
(In a opium haze, recalling the hypnotic procession of the Shades. (Looking forward to revisiting La Bayadère later in the week with my Mum.))
(Admiring Lenni, atop the fridge, by the light of the golden tortoise, as he waits for his fifth breakfast. (Feline Fanciers, please note the endearing chest swirl.))
(Giving in to the temptation of a new pair of Moomin scissors at Odette.)
(And admiring the marvellous yellow.)
(1, 2, 3... 4 of 100 Cats, plus a ring in. In seven seconds. Blink and you'll miss them, three new artworks for Off the Kerb gallery's 100 Cats exhibition.)
When my eyes, drawn like a magnet
To this cat that I love,
Come meekly back again
And I look inside myself,
I see with amazement
The fire of its pale pupils,
Clear beacons, living opals,
Looking at me fixedly.
(from Selected Poems of Charles Baudelaire, trans. Geoffrey Wagner, New York, Grove Press, 1974)
Opening this Friday evening, 100 Cats at Off the Kerb in Collingwood, to raise awareness and funding for Ingrid's Haven, a non-profit, no-kill shelter in Broadford. For our part, we have created three postcard collages with hand-coloured scenery and feline additions. A Leopard (Panthera pardus), a Leopard Cat (Felis bengalenis), a Jaguar (Panthera onca), and a Golden Cat (Felis aurata) all feature, and all three works have been beautifully framed. In support of a good cause, they are ready for good homes.
100 Cats
Supporting Ingrid's Haven, a non-profit cat shelter
Friday 5th – Friday 19th September, 2014
Off the Kerb, 66B Johnston Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Opening Night
Friday the 5th of September, 6-9pm
We hope to see you there, cat lovers et al.
Glasses on! As of today, editions of In your dreams, blurred and distinct (2014), (for a game of spot the red herrings) A Catalogue of Bodies (2014) As if from the clouds, restless (2014), Twelve months, an explorer (2014), and the pocket-sized 38.1500° S, 144.3500° (2013) are available for you to peruse as part of George Paton Gallery: Artist's Books (reprised) until the 5th of September.
George Paton Gallery: Artist's Books (reprised), coordinated by Sandie Bridie, Craig Burgess and Alice Mathieu, presents four decades of investigation into the possibilities and limitations of the artist book form.
George Paton Gallery: Artist's Books (reprised) will transform the George Paton Gallery into a reading room with a range of contemporary artist's books displayed on shelves available for viewers to peruse at a reading table. On display in vitrines in the gallery will be archival material remaining from two earlier exhibitions held at the GPC; Artists' Books/Bookwork's from 1978 and Artist's Books and Not(e) Books from 1982, curated by Tim Guest.
In the catalogue introduction to Artist's Books and Not(e) Books, Guest provides a definition of the artist book:
'Artists' books can most simply be described as those books which have been conceived, designed and produced by visual artists. As distinguished from those books about artists, such as a monograph or catalogue raisonée, or those about art, artists' books are instead complete artworks in themselves: they are artworks that are presented in the form of books.'
On loan from University of Melbourne archives will be works such as: Ed Ruscha's Small Fires (and Milk), 1964, Marcel Broodthaers' A Voyage on the North Sea, 1973, artist's bookworks by Sol LeWitt and many more.
The exhibition is supported by the University of Melbourne Archives
Thursday the 4th of September:
3.30pm: DISCUSSION 'On the archiving of artist's publications' and LAUNCH of Re-Print #1: 1 2 3 (1992) Stephen Bram and David Morrison by 3-ply
At the launch of Re-Print #1, John Nixon, Rebecca Coates, Justin Andrews and other invited speakers will discuss the archiving of artists' publications, during an informal conversation moderated by Sandra Bridie, Director of George Paton Gallery and an artist with a sustained interest in books as conceptual vehicles.
5-7pm: CLOSING EVENT, George Paton Gallery: Artist's Books (reprised)
EXHIBITION DATES: Tuesday 26th August to Friday 5th of September
George Paton Gallery
Second floor, Union House, University of Melbourne
Hard to Be a God
The Salt of the Earth
Trespassing Bergman
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
Antoine et Colette
The Epic of Everest
Fish & Cat
Goodbye to Language
I Hired a Contract Killer
Before my head and hands settle down fully into work mode, here is my list of top films and documentaries seen at MIFF 2014.
Top 8 films seen (in order seen):
1. Locke (Director: Steven Knight)
Behind the wheel of a BMW, an ordinary evening commute sees an average life fall apart in Steven Knight's solo-protagonist, single-setting, real-time thriller. As Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) takes phone calls hands-free en route from Birmingham to London, his chances for personal and professional happiness crumble with every revelation and confession that complicates his conversations.
With a Welsh accent and a weathered brow to match his war of words, Hardy channels the greats of the stage as he monopolises the screen, restrained in physicality but brooding with intensity befitting his star-making turn in MIFF 2008's Bronson.
2. Goodbye to Language (Director: Jean-Luc Godard)
A dog explores a forest. A naked couple, in the midst of an affair, discuss the modern world. A windscreen wiper shifts water off laminated glass.
One of the most anticipated films at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye to Language shows that the 83-year-old auteur is as keen to push boundaries as ever, with his use of clips from cinema's history, 3D split screen, poetry and avant-garde sound design ensuring a perplexing and radical cinema experience. A legend of cinema's past and present, Godard may have presented us with a window into its future.
3. Manakamana (Directors: Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez)
From the Harvard Sensory Ethnography Laboratory, responsible for Leviathan (MIFF 2013) and Sweetgrass (MIFF 2010), comes this quiet, rhythmic meditation on pilgrimage in the age of mass transportation.
A procession of individuals – some in pairs, some alone – take a cable-car trip to Nepal's Manakamana temple. Over the course of each journey, these passengers talk, move around or gaze out at the landscape. The result is a unique cinema experience, not least for the spectacular views of central Nepal's mountains and jungles.
4. Joy of Man's Desiring (Que ta joie demeure) (Director: Denis Côté)
Clanking and shuddering, various machines fulfil their purposes, waited upon by human assistants. For a while, the workers silently complete their duties; later, they speak about what they do. What is their relationship to the apparatuses they attend to? Are they masters, slaves or equals?
An exploration of humankind's interaction with machinery, Joy of Man's Desiring is the latest work from uncompromising Canadian director Denis Côté (Bestiaire, MIFF 2012; Vic + Flo Saw a Bear, MIFF 2013). A deliberately observed cine-essay and paean to work, it is as formally rigorous as it is subtly — and subversively — humorous.
5. Jauja (Director: Lisandro Alonso)
In Incan mythology, Jauja was a land of impossible plenty, where all man's material wants could be satisfied. For 19th-century explorer Captain Dinesen (Viggo Mortensen, in his first Danish-speaking role), the lure is too hard to resist, yet when his daughter runs off with a young soldier, Dinesen must confront the brutal wilderness and the dangerous wild man Zuluaga in order to find her.
Argentinean director Lisandro Alonso (Fantasma, MIFF 2006) returns with another accomplished, mind-bending filmic reverie in Jauja, winner of the Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes. A meditative, hallucinogenic and thought-provoking enigma of a film, it revels in the sonic and cinematographic potential of cinema, both mystifying and enticing even as it burrows deep into the unsettling marrow of human love and cruelty.
6. Fish & Cat (Director: Shahram Mokri)
An unsettling score, an experimental approach that follows a dozen characters without cutting, and a jet-black sense of humour … These are just a few of the remarkable elements that have seen Shahram Mokri's Fish & Cat garner multiple awards overseas, including the Venice Film Festival Special Orizzonti Award for Innovative Content, paying tribute to the film's unique composition: a daring exercise in perpetual motion, it is shot in one 134-minute, nonlinear take by A Separation (MIFF 2011) cinematographer Mahmoud Kalari.
Inspired by genre films, Mokri focuses on a group of students camped by a lakeside forest for a kite-flying festival, choreographing a cryptic time warp as the camera weaves seamlessly between characters and perspectives, building an atmosphere of ominous tension. Just what is going on in this forest, and what are the men in the nearby hut cooking?
7. Mafioso (Director: Alberto Lattuada)
Italian comic great Alberto Sordi ("an irrepressible mixture of clown, blowhard and matinee idol", according to the New York Times) plays a southerner made good in Italy's modern north. When he takes his blonde bombshell wife and children back to his Sicilian village for a holiday, his joy at being surrounded by family and the scenery he so missed takes a turn for the sinister when the local don asks for a favour to be returned.
Bouncing between devastatingly funny crime comedy, fish-out-of-water satire and mob farce, Mafioso is packed with eye-popping details, exhilarating mood switches and tons of Italian hospitality, southern style.
8. Hard to Be a God (Trudno Byt Bogom) (Director: Alexei German)
A legendary and frequently overlooked enfant terrible of Russian filmmaking, Alexei German spent nearly half his life on this incomparable film: inspired by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky's 1964 sci-fi novel of the same name, he wrote the screenplay in 1968, shot between 2000 and 2006, and died before post-production was finalised in 2013 by his wife, Svetlana Karmalita, and son Alexei German Jr (whose Paper Soldier screened at MIFF in 2009). A notorious perfectionist, German's uncompromising attention to detail lent the film a semi-mythological status for years. It is finally here and does not disappoint.
Thirty scientists are sent from Earth to a present-day planet stuck in a perpetual medieval existence, to bring it through renaissance. German's camera fixates on one burly inhabitant (or is he?), treated by the locals as a kind of god. Like him, we observe this world, in as close to documentary vérité of the Middle Ages as we're ever likely to get: it's a narratively anarchic cinematic immersion in a violent, grotesque world so palpable you can almost feel it. At 170 minutes of richly detailed black-and-white historical mimesis, Hard to be a God is a living diorama not for the weak stomached; but for cinephiles seeking a big-screen spectacle of unparalleled visual and aural grandeur, there's nothing that comes close.
Top 8 documentaries (in order seen):
1. The Salt of the Earth (Director: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado)
Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado spent much of his life travelling around the world, capturing human life in environments beautiful and harrowing alike. Some of the hardship he saw, however, proved too discouraging, with the much-admired artist eventually retreating into wildlife photography.
The Salt of the Earth offers a wide-ranging profile of the ageing photographer, taking in his latest project: an attempt to record the natural beauty of the wildlife in his homeland. Co-directed by Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club, MIFF 1999; Wings of Desire, MIFF 1987) and Salgado's son Juliano — who provides some incredible archival footage of his father at work — this documentary is a deeply human reflection on disillusionment and the artistic process.
2. The Epic of Everest (Director: Captain John Noel)
In 1924, mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine set out to conquer Everest. It was their third attempt, and their last: they disappeared on the ascent, sparking an as-yet unanswered debate over whether or not they reached the summit.
With them on the expedition was Captain John Noel, whose official film of their exploits has now been restored by the British Film Institute. Already an extraordinary document (Noel was filming in chillingly harsh conditions with a customised camera, and his images are both breathtakingly beautiful and historically significant), the restoration highlights Noel's majestic compositions, whether of the climbers, the mountain or the local Tibetan people.
The original coloured tints and tones of his images have been reintroduced and, combined with a new, suitably foreboding score by Simon Fisher Turner, they ensure that Epic of Everest is not only a moving tribute to the mountain and those who live and die on her, it's also an exhilarating tale of bravery and sacrifice.
3. The Great Museum (Das Große Museum) (Director: Johannes Holzhausen)
Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum is one of Europe's most magnificent cultural institutions – a 19th-century temple of classical paintings, books and ancient artefacts. Over the course of 2012 and 2013, as the legendary Kunstkammer rooms are prepared for reopening, Johannes Holzhausen's camera is permitted to wander the museum's corridors. From a remove, Holzhausen observes diligent restorations and stressed backroom discussions, imperial uniforms and Breughel paintings.
Remarkably adept at peeking behind the scenes, The Great Museum is akin to peeling back the layers of a revered masterpiece; featuring neither voiceover nor music, it is a rhythmic, immersive experience.
4. German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
In 1944 and '45, cameramen with the Allied troops documented the horrors discovered as Europe was liberated from the Nazis. The footage was assembled for a documentary by a brilliant team that included editor Stewart McAllister, Alfred Hitchcock and Australian writer Colin Wills. But the film was difficult, progress slow and it missed its moment. By the autumn, British priorities for Germany had evolved from de-Nazification to reconstruction, and so the film was shelved, unfinished.
Nearly seven decades on, the documentary has been completed, the picture restored and the narration recorded exactly as it was written in 1945, its factual inaccuracies and political biases intact. German Concentration Camps Factual Survey is an extraordinary cultural artefact depicting the Holocaust through a 1945 lens.
5. My Name is Salt (Director: Farida Pacha)
Year after year, Sanabhai brings his family to a seasonal, saline desert, where they harvest what they proudly proclaim to be the world's whitest salt. Knee-deep in brine, in the glare of the blinding sun, they toil ritualistically for eight months, only to have their Sisyphean stone roll back down the mountain when the monsoon floods the desert and all traces of their work.
Hardship and exploitation loom large in this film, but director Farida Pacha lets this speak for itself, instead fixing her gaze on the poetry and ritual of Sanabhai and his family's existence. Exquisite camerawork and a haunting score help Pacha expose the austere beauty of the subject.
6. National Gallery (Director: Frederick Wiseman)
Prolific and celebrated documentarian Frederick Wiseman (At Berkeley, MIFF 2014; La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet, MIFF 2010) has spent much of his career analysing cultural institutions, casting a patient, often critical eye on collectives and hierarchies. Here, he turns his gaze to London's National Gallery and the many artworks contained therein, poring over the intricacies of paintings while listening in to the valuable insights offered by the museum's guides.
There is a subtle political purpose to this film, too: Wiseman — as always, sans voiceover — contrasting the assertive staff with the silent visitors. Acclaimed as one of the director's most thought-provoking films, National Gallery is both quiet rumination on elitism and paean to great art.
7. Trespassing Bergman (Director: Hynek Pallas, Jane Magnusson)
One of the greatest of all filmmakers, Ingmar Bergman was also an avid film viewer, his cottage on Fårö Island containing over 1500 videotapes spanning silent cinema to some of the major art films of the 21st century (and a few surprises, including Die Hard). In Trespassing Bergman, directors Jane Magnusson and Hynek Pallas visit the great master's home, bringing along a small posse of directors — including Michael Haneke, Claire Denis, Alejandro González Iñárritu and John Landis — to examine his personal collection.
Other filmmaking heavyweights, too, are given the opportunity to talk about their personal relationships with Bergman's films, with Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, Lars von Trier, Takeshi Kitano and many more offering their (often irreverent) thoughts on the legendary auteur's output and his influence on their own. With excerpts of the master's work scattered throughout, this is a must-see for all Bergman fans.
8. Virunga (Director: Orlando von Einsiedel)
The Congo's Virunga National Park is home to some of the world's last surviving gorillas. It's also home to armed conflict and oil reserves. On this volatile turf, Emmanuel de Merode — a Belgian prince — and his fellow rangers are the last line of defence between the companies, poachers, corrupt officials and militant groups that threaten the park's endangered inhabitants.
Director Orlando von Einsiedel spent two years in Virunga, documenting the armed rangers' often life-threatening, literal fight to protect biodiversity: indeed, just days before Virunga's debut at Tribeca, de Merode was hospitalised after being shot four times. Powerful, stirring and visually spectacular, Virunga packs an emotional wallop.
(All film descriptions from the MIFF 2014 listings)
Fifty-three films in seventeen days: Gracia's top MIFF 2014 films
Sepideh—Reaching for the Stars
The Great Museum
Aunt Hilda!
The Story of My Death
My Name is Salt
The Immigrant
National Gallery
Tomorrow We Disappear
Amour Fou
As I slowly refine my list of top films and documentaries, here is a list of Gracia's MIFF 2014 posts to peruse, and a complete list of all the films I saw over the course of seventeen days. I'm sure it goes without saying, it was marvellous.
Read Gracia's MIFF related posts:
In the theatre where films are shown for public entertainment
Picture house etiquette
MIFF's homeward dash
Fifty-three films in seventeen days (with her top 10 films, and top 5 documentaries)
Films seen:
1. Love is Strange (Director: Ira Sachs)
2. Irma Vep (Director: Olivier Assayas)
3. The Salt of the Earth (Directors: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado)*
4. Locke (Director: Steven Knight)
5. Two Days, One Night (Directors: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
6. Force Majeure (Director: Ruben Östlund)
7. Epic of Everest (Director: Captain John Noel)*
8. Blind Dates (Director: Levan Koguashvili)
9. The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet (Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
10. Antoine et Colette (Director: François Truffaut) and Father Christmas has Blue Eyes (Director: Jean Eustache)
11. Fantasia (Director: Wang Chao)
12. The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga (Director: Jessica Oreck)*
13. Masculin féminin (Director: Jean-Luc Godard)
14. Catch Me Daddy (Director: Daniel Wolfe)
15. Han Gong-Ju (Director: Lee Su Jin)
16. I Hired a Contract Killer (Director: Aki Kaurismäki)
17. Iranian (Director: Mehran Tamadon)*
18. When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (Director: Corneliu Porumboiu)
19. Goodbye to Language (in 3D) (Director: Jean-Luc Godard)
20. Clara and the Secret of the Bears (Direcor: Tobias Ineichen)
21. The Hope Factory (Director: Nataliya Meschaninova)
22. Honeymoon (Director: Jan Hřebejk)
23. Mankamana (Directors: Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez)
24. Abuse of Weakness (Abus de Faiblesse) (Director: Catherine Breillat)
25. Sepideh—Reaching for the Stars (Director: Berit Madsen)*
26. The Great Museum (Das Große Museum) (Director: Johannes Holzhausen)*
27. German Concentration Camps Factual Survey*
28. The Story of My Death (Historia de la meva mort) (Director: Albert Serra)
29. Joy of Man's Desiring (Que ta joie demeure) (Director: Denis Côté)
30. My Name is Salt (Director: Farida Pacha)*
31. National Gallery (Director: Frederick Wiseman)*
32. Rohmer in Paris (Director: Richard Misek)*
33. Amour Fou (Director: Jessica Hausner)
34. Casa Grande (Director: Fellipe Barbosa)
35. Remote Control (Alsiin Udirdlaga) (Director: Byamba Sakhya)
36. Hope (Director: Boris Lojkine) screening with the short film Stone Cars (Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green)
37. Fandry (Director: Nagraj Manjule)
38. Jauja (Director: Lisandro Alonso)
39. Trespassing Bergman (Director: Hynek Pallas, Jane Magnusson)*
40. Concrete Night (Betoniyö) (Director: Pirjo Honkasalo)
41. Our Sunhi (Uri Sunhi) (Director: Hong Sang-soo)
42. Titli (Director: Kanu Behl)
43. Tomorrow We Disappear (Directors: Jimmy Goldblum, Adam Weber)*
44. Aunt Hilda! (Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Benoît Chieux)
45. Queen & Country (Direcotr: John Boorman)
46. Ne Me Quitte Pas (Directors: Sabine Lubbe Bakker, Niels van Koevorden)*
47. Fish & Cat (Director: Shahram Mokri)
48. Mafioso (Director: Alberto Lattuada)
49. Blind (Direcotr: Eskil Vogt)*
50. Virunga (Director: Orlando von Einsiedel)
51. Black Coal, Thin Ice (Bai Ri Yan Huo) (Director: Diao Yinan)
52. Hard to Be a God (Trudno Byt Bogom) (Director: Alexei German)
53. The Immigrant (Director: James Gray)
* documentary
It is odd to think that this time last year, after MIFF, G and I installed our work at Geelong Gallery as part of All breathing in heaven with Stephen Wickham.
(The clock chimed and they resumed their song.)
An assembly of links for you to peruse.
• Recently posted here, a Q&A with Mati Rose McDonough for her guest interview series conducted as part of her Daring Adventures in Collage 5-week e-course, in May 2014, is now available for you to read at your leisure. We chat with Mati about our working patterns, inspirations, favourite colours, and how to side-step your inner critic.
• Our JOLLYJULY sale continues for the remainder of the month. Receive 30%-off your entire order when you type in the discount code JOLLYJULY. Our 30%-off sale includes our recent four-colour lithographic offset print print, Turning the Tables on Alfred Court, in which the animals have the upper hand, turning the tables on French acrobat, circus owner, and animal trainer, Alfred Court (1883-1977). In 1925, Court's menagerie boasted a collection of 25 lions, 8 tigers, 9 hyenas, 7 wolves, 3 cougars, 12 polar bears, 16 panthers and leopards, 5 jaguars, 2 cheetahs, and an extensive assemblage of exotic animals, including antelopes, llamas, and camels, alongside several monkeys, porcupines, and mongooses.
• Cutting triangles in the afternoon, and getting very wet, but enjoying the pretty patterns of hard work. Tiling, it turns out, is not unlike bookbinding.
• "I do not remember a time when I did not try to invent pictures and make for myself a fairyland amongst the wild flowers, the animals, fungi, mosses, woods and streams, all the thousand objects of the countryside; that pleasant, unchanging world of realism and romance, which in our northern clime is stiffened by hard weather, a tough ancestry, and the strength that comes from the hills." (The Tale of Beatrix Potter on The Public Domain Review)
• Golden Snub-nosed monkeys hide when it rains as water in their nostrils makes them sneeze.
• One, two, three: G looks back at some beautiful family photos with Siamese cats from the mid-seventies.
• One, two, three: A peek at some new collaborative postcard collages with handcoloured details.
(A library of artists' books, a photocopy of zines, a warmth of coats, and crowd of people await. (En route to the opening of PAGE.PRINT.POST: 50 years of Artists Books.)
(Calling in on the herons for afternoon tea.)
(The last hurrah! (Glazing 42 tiny cyclists for Antique Toy World. Next up, tiny football players.))
(Tuesday's working table is littered with tiny cyclists being glazed.)
(A morning of Camels, Cobras, Dogs, and Frogs culminates in Brushtail Possums Up a Tree Harvesting Mandarins.)
(A fine hound under the right arm, a new cheap-chips printer under the left. (Percy and Friday's errands dash.))
(Left Bank. Right Bank. Left Bank. Right Bank. In Clifton Hill.)
(Little Lenni Len-oir sings for an early supper.)
(Your Sunday office is ready. (Complete with paw prints 'in the snow'.))
(One of these things is not a tiny pewter footballer. (Sunday's workbench with Lenni.))
(A new web site for a friend is built.)
(Earlier this evening, Not Our Cat called in to the Feline Hotel for his nightly supper.)
(Lenni oversees the daily drawing, and finds he cannot resist a little pencil play.)
All in a row, thirteen winter views from recent days. A baker's dozen! From a speedy trip up to Ballarat and back for the opening of PAGE.PRINT.POST: 50 years of Artists Books to the lovely quiet of working at home as dusk settles.
To read and see more of PAGE.PRINT.POST, G's recent post, Folded, stapled, and held snug in a (winter) jacket, will fill in the gaps. The exhibition at the Post Office Gallery in Ballarat runs until Saturday the 9th August, 2014.
And, lest you missed it, G's recent written response to the Keir Choreographic Award Semi-finals at Dancehouse (which I was lucky enough to see too) is up on Fjord Review.
Asked to question what we see and redefine what we think we know, I take especial delight in watching the stage being prepared in between the performances in both the upstairs studio and downstairs theatre. It reads like a part of its own performance as plastic sheeting is unrolled and props are quietly placed in assigned positions. And it is in this moment that I am given space to absorb what I have seen and ready myself for the next journey into the unknown.
These commissioned works are in glorious flux, still assuming final shape, dust still settling. Akin to the soldier's awkward dance performed on a pair of crutches, with the legs not allowed to touch the ground, in Dead Flag Blues, these works are not for the idle. As they should, these works ask a lot of the audience. They are "new and unsettled" in both their feel and energy, notes judge Becky Hilton. And from where I sit, this is what the award is all about, and it is exciting.
(Continue reading)
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From now until the 1st of August, head to our online store to snap up zines, prints, and cards for a song.
Receive 30%-off your entire order when you type in the discount code JOLLYJULY.
The sale includes our recent prints, And Zarafa Kept Walking, and Turning the Tables on Alfred Court, and our newest zines, The Suggestion of Opulence, Nuit Noir, and In Your Dreams, Blurred and Distinct.
Yup, 30%-off everything!
And opening this Saturday at 4pm, PAGE.PRINT.POST: 50 years of Artists Books at the Post Office Gallery, featuring a couple of our artists' books and zines in very fine company.
Post Office Gallery
Federation University Australia
corner Sturt & Lydiard Street, Ballarat, Victoria 3350
Wednesday 16th July to Saturday 9th August
See you there!
The suggestion of opulence in hand
Once more Gracia has me in awe of her self-described collaged words for Fjord Review. This time, she has written about The Australian Ballet's recent double bill, Imperial Suite. To whet your appetite, here is a little bit:
Our self-confessed borrower of many things, Balanchine saw no shame in taking a bit from here and there, for this was process. He tips his hat at jazz and Lindy Hop dancers (as we saw in The Four Temperaments (1946)), and he transforms it and makes it his own. Much like a collagist, to me, he created collages with music and the human body and fused them together to make something not possible without the other; to make something unique.
With this in mind, Ballet Imperial assumes a dreamlike quality. It is like seeing the world as I imagined it looked in 1941, one aspect of it, polished and at its absolute prettiest. So keenly does it evoke the period that I feel as if I have been transported to its premiere in Rio, South America, to a performance that received "a rapturous reception and 18 curtain calls..." Ballet Imperial has since gone through several transformations. The bejewelled tutus have been replaced with long flowing white chiffon swathes, the cavalier no longer sports "lace sleeves and a collar of white ermine," and the set that conveyed a sense of the inward-looking Winter Palace has been stripped. For a production staged by New York City Ballet in 1973, the name of the work was altered to reflect this shift and the music that is its source, Piano Concerto No. 2. But in this production, presented as part of Imperial Suite, we are seeing it as it first appeared at that premiere. In its original guise, the tutus and tiaras are back in place, so too the suggestion of the Neva River beyond, blue and shimmering.
And so here we have, in Ballet Imperial, a remodelled version of a Russia that no longer exists, and it is a sumptuous meld of all the things one thinks of when one thinks of Balanchine and his choreography: pure classicism bound to modernity. Reminiscent of theatre of the silver screen, which presented as something of a dream during wartime, rationing, and the Great Depression, there is something of this pure and extravagant escapism to be seen as Adam Bull sends a gentle ripple down two threads of dancers. Orchestrated ensembles form squares, diamonds, and circles on the stage, further illustrating to me the idea that "dance is music made visible". As new formations assemble, the impression is not unlike looking through a cinematic kaleidoscope.
And to continue reading, you know the drill, please head here or here or here.
You can read other responses to dance pieces here and here, and you can pick up a copy of our collaborative zine celebrating Balanchine's Ballet Imperial, The suggestion of opulence, through our online store.
Speaking of our store, come Monday morning we are having a HUGE sale. We're making room for all the new projects we have in mind. It'll be big, so keep posted.
Following on from February's Four Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) who visited my garden one summer's day comes a new zine in glorious B&W. Nuit Noir is the fourteenth zine in an ongoing series of small folded zines, and for those who couldn't make it along to Tonerpalooza last month, it is now available through our online store for two gold coins.
For $2 you get a pocket-sized Pied Heron (Ardea picata), a familiar Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus), Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen), a White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos), and a Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina). This zine was a great chance for me to revisit watercolour.
As always, I am looking forward to extending this series. Will mammals feature next? You'll have to wait and see.
Found! One slumbering Lenni and a head full of Dreams.
The second of two new zines for Tonerpalooza, with a little feline assistance-cum-interference.
Tonerpalooza, in the Queen's Hall, enters its last hour.
Misreadings in hand. (So very delighted to meet you face-to-face at last, dear @oliviatokyo. Enjoy your copy of Misreadings and other zines.)
The late afternoon light in the library. (It was a hoot! Thank-you familiar faces and new bods for coming along to Tonerpalooza, presented by @stickyinstitute and @library_vic, and saying hello.
Blown into the State Theatre (by way of obligatory mirror portrait) for the newness of @ausballet's Bodytorque.DNA.
Forty-two 1950s pewter bike models primed in Warhammer's Skull White, of course.
Pass me my 000 brush. A box of 1950s cyclists ready to paint for Antique Toy World.
With a siamese cat upon her shoulder.
Kitten Interference. (Wrapping a big card order for the UK is proving a challenge. Lenni loves paper, but paper doesn't love Lenni.)
An impromptu portrait especially for @pasadenamansions and her pastel workshop in Rock Hampton.
From binding and folding new zines in readiness for Sticky Institute and the State Library of Victoria's Tonerpalooza in the Queen's Hall to filling card orders, it has been a big week (and a bit) that has zipped by. In between which, little pewter cyclists have been picked up and primed in Skull White. I'd forgotten just how slow and fiddly painting little models (for Antique Toy World) can be. And in between all of these things, the day-to-day, which in winter means trips to the ballet, not once, twice, but thrice. I was lucky enough to see Ballet Imperial two times, once on opening night with friends, and again on Wednesday with my Mum, and Bodytorque.DNA as well.
Throughout all five works, links are drawn that are in part a result of a theme explored, but not solely. From Cilli's "ode to the human brain" and its workings, in particular the differences between the left and right side to Harbour's abstract exploration of the dualities of extroversion and introversion within a performer specifically, we are taken on a fast and furious journey through the body. Or, to appropriate John Adams, a short 79-minute ride in a fast machine. We are shown that the body can be moulded, bent, spun, thrown, pulled, and stretched in an existing vocabulary. It can be still and controlled, even after moments of high brashness (Control). It can slither in its encasement of skin and vinyl as order is sought and possibly found. It can turn inward as it looks within, as movements are passed from one dancer to the next like a game of Chinese Whispers/Broken Telephone, and the traditional front-of-the-stage outward projection is shifted to the centre as we view an intimate circle (Corpus Callosum). It can even appear to glide unbeknownst to its self, as celestial bodies momentarily take over the navigation (I Cannot Know). An arch here, a curve there, and lo! a double helix is indirectly referenced. Particularly pleasing for new work, we are reminded that pointe shoes can extend the range of possible movements, and hair can be released from a bun, and worn as fantastically wild, almost animalistic, extension of character, in the case of Vivienne Wong (Same Vein), or to amplify one's rock star swagger credentials, in the case of Ingrid Gow (Control).
You can read Gracia's fantastic written response to Bodytorque.DNA in full here.
And her equally brilliant piece on Chroma, lest you missed it, also from June, too (and especially for Fjord Review).
At times the ten dancers appear to swim underwater like serpents released from an abstract painting, suggested by the large rectangular opening in the back wall, only to materialize into crabs with pincers to wound and protect the next, providing, as Wayne McGregor explains, "a graphic sketch or relief from this sense of white". Just when you think you have decided that the dancers are an abstract painting transferred into human form, testing their legs for the first time in the gallery when the lights are out, the tempo shifts, a trumpet sounds from the orchestra pit, and the dancers draw shapes in the air on their own imaginary canvases. The choreography, a changeable, magnetic beast, that sees Lana Jones become a broken marionette finding its centre line, Juliet Burnett, a hummingbird mid flight, and Andrew Killian and Leanne Stojmenov, a pair of cranes engaged in a courtship dance. Playing with the blank canvas of abstraction, this is choreography digested and re-moulded to form new movements each time. ''The choreography is there and the steps are all the same, but it's about encouraging the dancers to take it into their bodies and mould it," explains Chroma restager Antoine Vereecken.
To me, winter couldn't get any better than at the State Theatre for three very different ballets.
(Collages created especially for Behind Ballet's Styling Ballet Imperial)
This weekend, G and I invite you to Sticky Institute and the State Library of Victoria's Tonerpalooza: a festival of zines. We'll be there, in the Queen's Hall on Sunday, from midday until 4pm, with a host of our zines, and we hope to see you there too.
We'll be unveiling two brand new zines made especially for Tonerpalooza. One, a pocked sized dark night by me, Nuit Noir, which features a Pied Heron (Ardea picata); a Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus); an Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen); a White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos); and a Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina).
The other, The Suggestion of Opulence, which features all things blue and shiny for Balanchine's Ballet Imperial. This brand new zine includes all ten digital collages, which were created especially for The Australian Ballet's Behind Ballet blog. We had so much fun working on these collages in celebration of winter ballet and Imperial Russia, and I cannot wait to see Imperial Suite with my own eyes.
And speaking of dance (as you perhaps wait in the wings for your turn to see Bodytorque.DNA or Imperial Suite) you can read Gracia's written response to The Australian Ballet's Chroma (especially for Fjord Review).
....the programme concludes with two works by my own champion of truthfulness and humanity, Jiří Kylián's Petite Mort (1991) and Sechs Tänze (1986), which reference his first love: circus acrobats. The symbolically charged, theatrical Mozart double act takes us full circle, covering "aggression, sexuality, energy, silence, cultivated senselessness and vulnerability". Poured into the two works (18-minutes and 15-minutes long respectively) is the push-pull of emotional affections. As one is dragged or tied by a length of their own skirt, in Sechs Tänze, another has their limbs dissected, followed by rapid-fire movements that either quickly assume the position of a corpse or roll into darkness. If one must be garroted, this is how it should be done. There is the familiar slap of a hand against flesh, in Petitie Mort, and the rewarding sexually charged swoosh of a foil cutting through negative space. Six men and six (fencing) foils as willful as if of flesh and bone, six women and six black crinolines on wheels and also seemingly with a mind of their own, and one cloud of floating black fabric, we see outlines traced by foil's tip and shapes from nature drawn when one body partners with another. All is held in perfect balance, and it wears the fine corseting of Joke Visser. Though five years separate these two works, bookended they read as one exploration that swings, or in the case of the black crinolines, wheels from the poetic to the physical.
On Sunday, I took part in one of David Frazer's one-day Wood Engraving Workshops. In his purpose-built beautiful printing studio in Castlemaine, I discovered how to etch into a small block of lemonwood (Calycophyllum candidissimum), a portrait of our budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), Zelda. It is a technique I feel very much at the beginning of understanding, but one I feel quite excited about exploring further.
Just incase the week escapes me, I hope to see you at Tonerpalooza: a festival of zines, in the Queen's Hall, at the State Library of Victoria, this Sunday the 22nd of June, from 12–4pm.
In Your Dreams has now concluded, and the work all stored away safely, but I've still time to share with you a selection installation photographs by Janelle Low. And who better to introduce them than something, or rather, some new bird. Taking you through what is now a familiar installation of new work, I present you with a Pied Heron from northern Australia. Something old(ish) presented by something new.
Enjoy these related reads as you make your way along:
The Past Participle of Do is Done. Done and Dusted.
Equivalent to the sum of three and four.
In your dreams, blurred and distinct, a dreamers narrative by Gracia Haby
In Your Dreams list of works (9-page pdf)
In Your Dreams catalogue essay by exhibition curators Edwina Bartlem & Victor Griss
Tumbling lightly, tumbling fast (I) and (II), two new artists' books for 2014
Like a dream, the imagery or symbolic language in which these works communicate to the visitor is not precise or fixed. Elements and meanings can be slippery, associative, seemingly arbitrary and often surprising. Like its namesake, this exhibition invites visitors to embrace the domain of the unexpected, of intuition, uninhibited creativity and open-ended possibilities.
Thanks to everyone who came along to see the show. To Georgia, Melissa, Isobel, Catherine, Milly Sleeping, Jill, Vicki, Pasadena Mansions, Nat Cursio, Ramona and Beck, and you, dear you.
Last days! Last days to see In Your Dreams at Counihan Gallery. Even Little Lenni the Siamese kitten has been, so skates on!
In Your Dreams (with sinister clowns, Tube-nosed Fruit bats, tumbling acrobats, and more)
Counihan Gallery
233 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Until Sunday 8th June, 2014
Gallery hours
11am–5pm Wednesday to Saturday (Wednesday nights till 8pm)
1–5pm Sunday
To whet the appetite, In your dreams, blurred and distinct, a 32 page zine made to accompany our installation of new drawings, collages, artists' books. Hand-stitched with black thread, it is an edition of 100, and you can pick up a copy through either our online store or at the gallery.
You can also download our E-Catalogue_for In Your Dreams (9 page list of works pdf).
Of birds and zines, you can vote for my Superb Fruit-Doves and Southern Boobooks to win the 2014 National Works on Paper People's Choice Award (through MPRG's Facebook page, and open only to Australian residents). And coming up, also in June, we'll be taking part in Tonerpalooza at the State Library of Victoria. June is thus far looking as busy as May.
Tonerpalooza: a festival of zines
Queen's Hall, State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Sunday 22nd of June, 2014
Last week, we deinstalled Not Quite Sure, puttying and painting over all the small nail holes. What was slow to go up, came down quickly. (Thanks for having us, Port Jackson Press Print Gallery.)
And last weekend, at the opening of the 2014 National Works on Paper at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery and to my complete surprise, my artists' book, A Flight of Twelve Southern Hemisphere Birds was acquired (with funds from the Mornington Peninsula Shire). All ten editions have now flown, and I am elated.
The 2014 National Works on Paper exhibition at MPRG is on until Sunday the 20th of July, 2014.
Civic Reserve
350 Dunns Road (corner of Mornington-Tyabb Road and Dunns Road)