free radical notes #88

fed rare coastline # 88 8/8/07

Haiku stuff

Old photographers
continue their work in the
darkroom in the sky

births/deaths stuff

A very short special edition of the notes to acknowledge the passing of Wolfgang ‘Mim’ Sievers who shuffled off this mortal coil on Monday night. He was aged 94. A great photographer, a man of passion and principle, Mim Sievers was adamant that, when the time came, he wouldn’t have a funeral. Be that as is may, keep your eyes and ears peeled as I am sure there will be something organised to acknowledge his contribution to photography in Australia and to acknowledge his passing.

DFB09 fundraiser print auction

The Daylesford Foto Biennale in conjunction with David Johns Gallery present a DFB09 fundraiser silent auction of celebrity portraits from the 'Known' exhibition which was part of the DFB07 Main Program at the Clunes Town Hall at David Johns Gallery, 15A Railway Place, Fairfield [enter via Gilles Street - Melways ref 30 K 11] 20 prints were sold last Saturday, but there is still a collection of work that you can bid on, either in person at the gallery [call first on 9443 0056 to check opening hours] or you can view all the prints online at the following link, from where you can submit a bid. All prints are framed ready to hang, and have a reserve starting bid of $250.00 http://www.davidjohnsgallery.com/known/

call for entry stuff

DFB are curating a photographic exhibition as part of the Chill Out Festival in Daylesford over the Labour Day weekend in March 2008. Call for entry for photographic based works under the theme of ‘Queer as Country Folk’ For info re proposal criteria, email to info (at) daylesfordfotobiennale.org Possible venues will be the Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens and/or Andersons Mill at Smeaton

You be the judge stuff

I guess everyone is too busy to look at pictures nowadays, either that or they are intimidated by having to look at pictures and make a choice as to which is the best of the 2006 head On Portrait prize entries.They are all up on the HeadOn website http://www.headon.com.au Scroll through the images and make your choice as to which image you think should have won HeadOn 2006. Be decisive - choose one image only, and send a note to free radicaloz [at] gmail.com
with the author name of your pick in the subject line. I don’t need a critique on the whys and wherefores - just the name of the author - you don’t even have to write anything in the body of the email, although if you would like to write an editorial piece for a future edition of the notes you are more than welcome to do so.
After we have a considerable number of votes I will tally the results and we will see if free radical consensus matches that of the 2006 HeadOn judges.

In the short time since edition # 87 hit your screens we have had only 2 responses - one of which couldn’t find anything inspirational enough to vote for. We need more votes!! - so extract the proverbial digit, hit the head on link and spend a few minutes making your choice.

exhibition stuff

I can’t list it if I don’t know about it - free radicals are scattered all over the country, so am happy to list your show be it in Melbourne, Darwin, Hobart or wherever. send a note to free radicaloz [at] gmail.com Include details of opening and closing dates, gallery address, opening hours, and if you like, a brief synopsis of the show.
Send information as text only, preferably pasted into the body of an email and not as an attachment. Sometimes it’s 4 - 6 weeks between editions of the notes, so if you want to be sure of getting a listing, get your details in early. Condomonium by Jeff Moorfoot [fr#1] is at the Perfect Drop wine bar, 5 Howe St Daylesford for the month of August. Open 3 till late Weds, Thurs, Friday and Monday, and 11 to late Sats and Sun

Contact by Tony Reddrop [fr#447] Show is current to October 21st at Western Visitors Centre, The Shrine Of Remembrance, Melbourne. SCOPE - Group show at Kerala Gallery Exhibition dates: 10th August - 23rd August Opening night: Thursday 9th August 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Lee Miller's War current to 2nd Sept.,
Lee Miller's War comes to Monash Gallery of Art from the Lee Miller Archives in England and presents 110 photographs by one of the world's most influential and remarkable photographers.
Lee Miller's War presents works created during 1944-45 when Miller visited hospitals in Normandy and travelled through Germany, France, Austria, Hungary and Romania, as an official war correspondent for Vogue . Her unflinching documentation and commentary of what she witnessed shocked and educated the world to the horrors and futility of war.

plus Falling through days by Karina Grundy: show current to18 AUGUST Karina Grundy's new exhibition is a portrait of the contemporary Australian family. She has an eye for the social political barb, satirical comment and the ordinariness of the everyday.
Grundy's photographs are staged in a studio setting supported by the most basic furniture ensembles – as if nothing else matters. Family members encounter each other in various domestic scenarios, seemingly cut off from the world and struggling with their identity in spite of conflicting loyalties and passions. These works are theatrical in mode - we suspend any disbelief and are prepared to go with her - ensuing an empathy with the subjects and scenarios.

at the Monash Gallery of Art Corner Jells & Ferntree Gully Roads, Wheelers Hill Victoria 3150 Tel: 03 9562 1569 Email: mga@monash.vic.gov.au Web: www.mga.org.au
Open: Tue-Fri: 10-5pm, Sat-Sun: 12-5pm, Mon & public holidays: closed. Gallery, gift shop, licensed cafe and sculpture park Now FREE ADMISSION 'Movement After Dark' Group Photography Exhibition 21 Aug - 1 Sept 2007 Brought to you by The F2.8 Group. VIP opening night. Tuesday 21st August 2007 6pm - 8pm. The F2.8 Group is privileged to have Naomi Cass, Director, Centre for Contemporary Photography as our guest speaker for the evening. At 'Upstairs', Flinders Lane Gallery, 137 Flinders Lane (entry via Oliver Lane) RSVP events (at) twopointeight.com.au
Mixed Tape by Matthew Sleeth [fr569] opens tonight August 8th from 6-8 at Sophie Gannon Gallery, 2 Albert St Richmond. Show runs to Sept 1st

Charlie Sublet’s [fr#251] Foundation Stone’ is current to Sunday September 2 at Apte Café , 538 – 540 Heidelberg Road, Alphington. Foundation Stone’ examines the constant state of flux within and between two distinct, yet linked, areas abutting the Yarra River: Yarra Bend Park and Docklands. Images from this series were acquired for the Yarra Bend Park Trust’s collection.
Café hours: Mon-Sat 8 – 5, Sun 8 – 3.

The Committee for Melbourne and the PILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic present ‘No Forwarding Address: Homelessness Through Our Eyes’ Exhibition. This exhibition is a collection of photographic works produced by people who have experienced homelessness.Exhibition runs from Sun August 5th to Sun August 12th in the Atrium at Federation Square.

classified stuff

Neil Hudsons diary for his Cafe Bar Gallery (Daguerre's) at 322 Chapel St is open for bookings for Gallery space for persons wanting exposure. Generous exhibition space. Gr8 cosmopolitan exposure.
Ph 95103355 and leave contacts for Neil

end stuff

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