Tag: Arts and creativity
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Move over Melbourne … Sydney's got more substance than sparkle
Is Sydney slowly awakening to the fact that it is becoming Australia's ''City of Ideas''? And is it an altogether helpful development? When I...
The ethical responsibility of the writer
Moira Gatens examines the intent and responsibility of the artist-writer and asks whether reading fiction can make us better people. It is commonly...
Hybrid life
Patricia Piccinini is a contemporary artist whose troubling depictions of transgenic life portray many of the complex ethical issues around...
Artists, ethics and aesthetics
This will be a fairly schematic presentation because of the time constraints, so I will begin by talking about maps and subversion. I want to...
The goldfish is dead, but is it art?
Recent controversy has surrounded the creation of an installation inviting people to pulverise a live goldfish in a blender; all of this done in the...
Truth and art
Americans are apparently attending poetry readings in ever increasing numbers. When asked to explain why this should be, the overwhelming response is...
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