free radical notes #91

ancestoral dire foe # 91  3/11/07

Haiku stuff

reality sits
like a ridiculous toad
on your little head

on yer case stuff

I notice that only a few free radicals have signed the online petition mentioned in the last edition regarding the government enquiry into the possible banning of all public photography. This is something that could possibly affect us all. And what next? burning books? Before you know it we’ll all be eating Soylent Green. So get off your apathetic butts and make a stand.This is the link. It's legit - www.petitiononline.com/ausphoto/petition.html
Also last edition’s call for more HeadOn votes elicited 7 responses, but muddied the waters still more. We still have 3 portraits tied on 3 votes each, but now there are 6 on two votes and a long tail of singles. All the images are on the HeadOn website http://www.headon.com.au Scroll through them and make your choice as to which image you think should have won HeadOn 2007. Be decisive - choose one image only, and send an email to free radicaloz [at] gmail.com with the authors name of your pick in the subject line.

editorial stuff

Why is it if you leave a slice of bread and a biscuit side by side on the kitchen bench overnight, in the morning the bread is hard and the biscuit soggy?

new members stuff

No new members since last the edition. Isn’t there anyone out there who wants to add to our membership numbers? Where else can you get life membership of anything for ten bucks?
Looking for a different Xmas present for someone close who has everything? How about a free radical membership for a Xmas gift?
A new consignment of badge blanks has arrived and at ten bucks it won’t break the bank. And membership is for life, so it just keeps on giving and giving. Send cash in an envelope to free radical World HQ and your very trendy Xmas gift will be in the return post.

Births and Deaths stuff

We farewell industry stalwart Max Townsend who shuffled off to the big darkroom in the sky a on October 16th. Max was a founding partner in the lab Townsends Colourtech, and was instrumental along with Peter Foedon in setting up the AIPP merit awards system. Our sympathies to Max’s family and friends.

other happening stuff

Michael Coyne [fr# 123] launches his book ‘Numurkah Lakes and Roses’ 1.00pm at the Numurkah Golf and Bowls Club Sunday 25th November 2007
Shortlisted entries in the $25,000 National Photographic Portrait Prize have just been announced. Amongst the list are Bronek Kozka [fr# 38] Heide Smith [fr#555] and North Sullivan [fr# 547] The announcement of the winner and the opening of the exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery, Old Parliament House, Canberra is Dec. 6th 2007.
[interesting to see quite a few names getting a gurnsey in both the NPP and the
Bowness Prize

workshop stuff

Laughing Waters Open Day, Workshop and Exhibition.

Dave Waters and Charlie Sublet [fr# 251] the current artists in residence at Laughing Waters in Eltham, are having an open day on Saturday Nov 10th from 12 - 4 pm to show off the property and some of their works in progress. RSVP to Jessica Neath on 9433 3126 or artsinfo@nillumbik.vic.gov.au so they can organise drinks and nibbly things.
Address is 195 Laughing Waters Road, Eltham. Melways Map 22 H9. Stick to 50 kph on Mt Pleasant road - constables love it there. Charlie will also be running a free workshop from 10.30 - 12 that morning. It will involve an exploratory walk around the boundary of the property to indentify points of interaction and tension between the natural and man-made worlds. It will also involve a photo shoot at the conclusion of the walk. The walk covers uneven ground so high heels are definitely out on this occasion! People are welcome to bring their cameras/sketchbooks if they wish.

The Baldessin Press' printmaking studio presents: PHOTOBASED PRINTMAKING These two workshops are designed to follow on from each other but can also be taken as separate units. Workshop one will set the basics for use in workshop two.

WORKSHOP ONE 'Image preparation' One Day Workshop with Silvi Glattauer [fr#391] - Sun Nov 11

This one day workshop / demonstration will delve into all the considerations for preparing and maximising the quality of your photographic images. Learn how producing a large format digital negative, which can then be used for cyanotypes, photogravures, Van Dykes, Gum Bichromates, and any other printmaking process where you want to introduce photobased elements. This workshop is designed as a precedent to workshop two: Hybrid Printmaking

WORKSHOP TWO 'Hybrid Printmaking' Two day Workshop with Lloyd Godman & Silvi Glattauer - Sat & Sun Nov 17 & 18

This two day workshop / demonstration will introduce a wide range of hybrid techniques that can be combined from photo-based images. Learn how to experiment with combinations of cyanotypes, photogravures, van dyke brown, photograms and monoprints.
Cost: Workshop 1 $180 - Workshop 2 $380 (materials included) Discount offer: enrol in both workshops - $530
More Information: www.baldessinpress.com The Baldessin Press, 90 Shaftesbury Ave, St Andrews, Victoria

call for entry stuff

The 5th Annual International Photo Contest Through A Lens: Patterns of People or Patterns in Nature will now accept entries that get to us by Jan 31st 2008. We had a great turnout last year with 550 entries and entrants from 5 countries. We look forward to more great entries this year.

This competition invites artists to share what they experiences through the eye of the camera. With your lens show us images that examine patterns in the world either natural or manmade.

This year's juror, Michael Collopy, is one of the preeminent portrait photographers of our time and has gained worldwide recognition for his commissioned portraits of hundreds of public figures. His portfolio includes portraits of world leaders such as Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher and entertainers like Ella Fitzgerald, Mick Jagger, B. B. King and Luciano Pavarotti. Collopy's photos have been published worldwide in numerous books, magazines and newspapers. A San Francisco native, Collopy is a self-taught photographer whose enthusiasm for the arts led him to meet and spend time with such luminaries as Ansel Adams and Richard Avedon.

Hosted by the Coastal Arts League. First Prize: $1,000 (Over $2,200 in total prizes) Entry deadline: January 31st, 2008 (received by) Exhibition: April / May 2008 Media: Open to all forms of photography Entries need to be received by January 31st 2008, for more entry details please review the entry form and prospectus, available at this link

Kerala Gallery is hosting its second annual toy camera/pinhole camera and black & white (nude) exhibitions. Entries are now open for consideration. Light Leaks 2008 - Exhibition dates: March 7 - 22 Opening night March 6th 6:30 8:30 Black & White (nude) 2008 Exhibition dates: June 14 - 28 Opening night June 13th 6:30-8:30 For entry details visit keralagallery.com.au

Daylesford Foto Biennale, in conjunction with ChillOut present the $2000 ChillOut 2008 Photography Prize.
ChillOut, rural and regional Australia's largest gay and lesbian festival takes place in Daylesford over the Labour Day weekend next year ' March 8th ' 12th. Call for entries for photographic works on the festival theme 'Queer as Country Folk' is now open. Initial submissions on CD are now being called for. Entries close Feb 8th 2008. Shortlisted works announced Feb 15th. Exhibition opening and winner announced March 1st. Download entry form and criteria from info (at) daylesfordfotobiennale.org or send a SAE to PO Box 569 Daylesford Vic 3460

photo / not-photo - an exploration of trans-medium photography. The School of Creative Communication at the University of Canberra will hold an exhibition of wall art with a catalogue around the theme of photo / not-photo. The exhibition will run from 11th-25th of July 2008 as part of the National Photography Festival.We invite contributions in the form of Wall Art and Articles that either invoke or address the theme of photo / not-photo. All submitted abstracts and proposals will be double blind peer reviewed. Submissions accepted for the exhibition will be published in the exhibition catalogue.

Art examples might include renders of computer generated 3D objects and spaces, collage and montage, scanner art, trace images, computer painting, painting, textiles, print-media, generative art, silver and pixel based photography, non-standard camera images... Article topics might stem from an interest in phenomenology; ontology; semiotics; virtual, real and haptic space; a defence of silver based photography, phone snaps; avatars and networked communities… Initial abstracts of papers and initial proposals for (or small file-size versions or slides of) wall art should be sent in by 2nd November 2007. Final completed papers are due 29th February 2008. Art for installation must be received by 1st July 2008. Send all submissions to: Tim Thomas, School of Creative Communication, University of Canberra, ACT 2601. Further info tim.thomas (at) canberra.edu.au [02] 6201 5868
photo / not-photo is part of the National Photography Festival being held in Canberra from 11th July to 6th October 2008 http://www.nla.gov.au/pict/photofestival.html

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 the details to <freeradical@bigpond.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.


The 5th Annual Plastic Photo Show is an open entry exhibition designed to survey current photographic practice utilizing pinhole, plastic lens and toy cameras, alternative and antiquarian photographic methods and other low tech-photographic devices.
The Plastic Photo Show attracts entries from professional and student photographers alike. The show has run successfully at a number of different venues since 2003 (Obscurity Pictures Gallery Space, red gallery, The Town Hall Gallery) and acts as a survey of the wide variety of unusual photographic practice being undertaken by current photographic artists today.
Show on 24th October - 11th November, 2007.
Incinerator Arts Complex, 180 Holmes Road, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Australia (Melway 28D7)
Open Wed to Sun from 11am - 4pm Enquiries: 8325 1750
Visit the Incinerator Arts Complex

Exgesis a group show by Michael Ammendolia, Warren Clarke, Nick Cubbin, Nick Moir, David Dare Parker [fr #540] Emmanuel Santos and Tamara Voninski.
Exegesis, or explanation, is a metaphor for our exhibiting photographers' representation of defining moments in cultural behavior - rituals that make us human. Exegesis is the finely balanced negotiation between these photographers and their subjects. The exhibiting photographers have substantial portfolios, and hold prestigious photographic awards. These photographers are committed to providing an exegesis of real lives and real stories too often overlooked by mainstream media. AT Obscura Gallery 285 Carlisle St East St Kilda. Gallery open Weds to Sun 11 - 5

Bromoil 100 years on. Celebrating a century of the Bromoil process, Chris Lim curates an exhibition of International and Australian artists that share a desire for this beautiful form of artistic expression.
Emphasizing mood and atmosphere, this alternative photographic process was a favourite among pictorial photographers. As photo-realism and instant photography become more popular Bromoil prints, and various other time consuming craft oriented photographic processes, faded to almost total obscurity. Fortunately a group known as the Bromoil Circle of Great Britain kept the Bromoil process alive through a consistent program of exhibitions, workshops and demonstrations.
Bromoil, 100 Years On is a collection of works including vintage images from members of the Bromoil Circle such as the founder Sam Weller and past presidents Frank Williams and Trevor Jones. The Melbourne Camera club has also been very generous in providing vintage Bromoils by Harold Cazneaux and John Eaton. International artists include Sam Weller, Tom Shipley, L.A. Howell, F.E. Jones, Trevor Jones, Frank Williams, and Maija McDougal. Representing Australian artists are Harold Cazneaux, John Eaton, with new works by Robert Carew, Wendy Currie, Karena Goldfinch, Bronwyn Hendy, and Christine Lim.
Please join us on Saturday 10th November 2007 (4 - 6pm), where Jane Hinwood, Photographic Conservator of the State Library of Victoria, will officially open the exhibition. The exhibition runs from Wednesday 7th November until Saturday 24th November at PhotoSpace, 34 Dight Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066
Viewing times: Wednesday to Friday 12 - 6pm, Saturday 12 - 4pm, Sunday to Tuesday by appointment only email: info (at) photospace.net.au

If there are no dogs in heaven then I want to go where they went! Dog Portraits by Sarah Louise [fr# 412] at McJacks Place Cafe 14 Boronia Rd Vermont. Opening is Sat 10th of November 3pm-6pm, and exhibition runs from 10th November until the 1st of December.
Cafe hours are Mon-Fri 7am-4pm, Sat 7am -1.00pm

Abstract Impressions of the Creation of Life by Bill Beath plus works of former Age photographer and [fr# 336] Bruce Postle will be on display to November 11th at Fine Art Living, 1054 High St Armadale. Bill Beath has expanded his art horizons beyond the stunning photography you know, into the art of fractal geometry (fractals). His explorations into the world of fractals have already seen him as one of twenty-five international artists chosen to exhibit at the 2006 International Benoit Mandelbrot Art Exhibition in the Conde Duque Gallery, Madrid. The overwhelmingly successful exhibition, viewed by thousands of art lovers, was followed by another successful exhibition at the International Congress of Mathematicians 2006 also held in Madrid.

Matthew Sleeths [fr# 569] Ten Series/106 Photographs is at the ACP 257 Oxford St Paddington current to Nov 10. Gallery hours Tues – Fri 12 – 7, Sat & Sun 10 – 6

2004 – 07 by Matthew Sleeth is at Joseph Lebovic Gallery @ The Depot II, 2 Danks St Waterloo from Nov 27 to Dec 15, Gallery Hours Tues to Sat 11 - 6

Lower your ears by Georgia Metaxas current to Dec 2nd
plus:
the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2007. Show current to Nov 11th in the MGA Special Exhibitions Gallery. Amongst the short list are images by Joyce Evans [fr# 529] and Jerry Galea [fr# 428]
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Photographs from Everest to Africa by Alfred Gregory, exhibition current to Feb 24th 2008
All at the Monash Gallery of Art Corner Jells & Ferntree Gully Roads, Wheelers Hill Victoria 3150 Tel: 03 9562 1569 Email: mga (at) 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

48 stunden [ljubljana] by YennY [fr#636]
Following her artist residency in the capital of Slovenia, YennY's work is now on show in billboard size along the riverbanks in the old part of town. The installation will be on until the end of November.

Famous: Portraits by Karin Catt. Show current to 11 November at the State Library of Victoria, Swanston St, Melbourne http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/famous

Photographs from Eastern Turkey by Nuran Zorlu [fr#650] is at the Brunswick St Gallery 322 Brunswick St Fitzroy Show opens Nov 9th at 6pm and runs to Nov 22nd. Gallery hours Weds to Sun 12 – 4

Foundation Stone by Charlie Sublet [fr# 251] which examines the interaction between the human and natural worlds at two distinct yet linked sections on the Yarra River: Docklands and Yarra Bend Park. Opens on Thursday November 8th from 6.30 - 8.30 pm at the Eltham Library Community Gallery, Panther Place, Eltham. Melways Map 21 J5 Exhibition Runs: Oct 24th to Nov 13. Hours Tue - Thurs, 10 am - 8.30 pm. Fri & Sat, 10 am - 5 pm. Sun, 1 - 5 pm.

classified stuff

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