BELARUS:  Minsk Month of Photography

IN SEPTEMBER 2016, the work of four Australian artists featured as a centre piece to the Month of Photography in Minsk. The artists were Hoda Afshar, Ray Cook, Simon Harsent and Owen Leong. Entitled ‘Fables of Change’ the exhibition explored diverse understandings of change: personal, social, cultural and environmental. Each artist approached the subject through … Continue reading

An Echo in Amber: Grief and the Disappeared

> This text was written for the opening of the exhibition ‘Relicarios’ by the Colombia artist Erika Diettes, which opened at the Museo de Antioquia, Medellín, in November 2016. It is dedicated to the families of the tortured, murdered and disappeared of the multilateral armed conflict in Colombia. > > An Echo in Amber GRIEF … Continue reading

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