free radical notes #92

red liar café notes # 92 4/12/07

Haiku stuff

Tuesday we quarrelled
Wednesday I sent you a poem
Thursday you were gone

on yer case stuff - update

Thanks to all those who logged on and signed the petition regarding the government enquiry into the possible banning of all public photography. This is something that could possibly affect us all. Had a few queries as to wether or not the petition was legit. Check out the following: Submissions to the Commonwealth Law Reform Commissions Discussion Paper 72, Review of Australian Privacy Law, close on Friday 7 December 2007.
http://www.visualarts.net.au/newsdesk/2007/11/streetphotographyunderthreat
(and thanks to Peter Eastway [fr#101] for the plug in the Working Pro) And if you haven't already added your name to the petition yet you can do so here: www.petitiononline.com/ausphoto/petition.html

Head on portrait prize alternative to the alternative judging now has four portraits tied on 3 votes each, and a further 4 portraits on 2 votes each. Please help to put us out of our misery by going to http://www.headon.com.au/archive_2007.aspx Scroll through the 2007 entries 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

New criteria for membership – Have been overhearing mutterings of discontent how some unworthy individuals have taken advantage of the somewhat lax admission rules, and have gained membership of free radical when they should obviously be excluded from the organization [or dis – organization] So have come up with a new membership questionnaire which will need to be answered by all potential members from this day on.

Question 1: What do we call the stuff we breathe?
Question 2: What do we call the stuff that grows on [or once grew] on our head?
Question 3. What do we call the home of the fox? [L. vulpus vulpus]
Now put the three answers together in order and read aloud.

new members stuff

Welcome to our newest free radical Roger Skinner.
If you are looking for a different Xmas present for someone close who has everything? How about a free radical membership as 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. [if you are purchasing a badge for a third party it is your responsibility to see that they can complete the questionnaire above]

other happening stuff

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]
Check out the handy work of our very own propellor head, Cameron Stephen [fr#688] who is www.freeradicaloz.com webmeister. If you have any suggestions for content, or would like a link from our links page, send your missive thru cyberspace to Cameron via artpunk [at] gmail.com and of course, if you ever delete free radical notes by mistake you can still get your fix at the website [back copies from around #85 are also archived there]

Book launch stuff

Andrew Chapman’s [fr#449] ‘Campaign’ A Photographic Odyssey Through Australian Political Campaigns 1971-2007 by TANDEM publishing is available from good bookshops now rrp $59.95

workshop stuff

Brett Odgers Portrait Masterclasses at Sun Studios. Dates Sydney, Dec 6th, Jan 23rd and March 19th, tel. 02 9461 5544, and Melbourne Dec 11th, Jan 30th and March 26th, tel. 03 9427 7440. Workshops are $95 per day, lunch included.

call for entry stuff

Would you like your work to be published in a calendar?
The Australian Women's Pilot's Association (AWPA) QLD Branch are putting together a 2008 financial year calendar on the theme of aviation, open to all forms of photography
Entry deadline is January 10th, 2008
contact Robyn Hills [fr#83 aka chopper girl] robin [at] rosesarered.com.au

Moran prizes [2008] moran contemporary photographic prize [mcpp] Australia’s richest photographic prize call for entries – open section$80,000 prize money. Closing date for entries 31 january 2008 The Moran Arts Foundation invites photographers to submit photographic portraits in competition for the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize [MCPP] 2008 – Australia’s richest photographic prize. Prizes in the Open Section will be awarded as follows:
$50,000 FOR THE BEST PHOTO-MEDIA BASED WORK $30,000 (DIVIDED INTO 6 INDIVIDUAL PRIZES OF $5,000) FOR HIGHLY COMMENDED PHOTO-MEDIA BASED WORKS
A maximum of 40 works will be selected as finalists. These works will feature in a national catalogue and be exhibited at The State Library of NSW from 10 March to 4 May 2008 before touring Australia for a period of up to 12 months. Entrants in the Open Section are asked to interpret the theme “Contemporary Life in Australia” with an emphasis on portraits of Australians going about their day-to-day lives within their environment. Artistic images that reveal a genuine connection between the photographer and their subject/s will be well received by the judge. Selection of finalists’ works and the awarding of prizes will be determined by the judge – North Sullivan [fr# 547] practising commercial and art photographer, and Past President of The Association of Australian Commercial & Media Photographers. Closing time and date for entries is 4pm on 31 January 2008. All entries (regardless of whether they have been created by an analogue or digital camera) must be received as a digital file/s (maximum file size 5mb, jpeg format only) uploaded to the Moran Prizes website by this time and date. For more information and to enter online go to www.moranprizes.com.au

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

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 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.

'Once upon a time'. by Nikolaos Karantonakis [fr# 637] traditional black & white unmanipulated film photography. Show current to December 16th 2007, Hours 11am - 5pm Tuesday - Sunday. then December 18th - December 23rd (by appointment only) at Dante's Upstairs Gallery 150 - 156 Gertrude Street Fitzroy

Built Perceptions - Group show including works by John Bodin [fr# 13] at Dickerson Gallery, 2a Waltham St Richmond. Show current to Dec 16th. Gallery hours Tues – Sat 11 to 6, Sunday 12 – 5

Rassemblement - ICPP Fraternity Gallery with Greg Lee Conway, Robert Hock, Harry Nankin, Samantha Everton, Philip Ayres [fr# 172], Randal Armstrong, Ian Lawrence, Sandrine Taltuvull, Rodney Stewart [fr# 511], Brian Skelley [fr#148] Gerard Boursin, Brett Joseph, Mudita Jawor, Benjamin Sztypel [fr# 39] Show current to Dec 15th at The Alliance Francaise de Melbourne Eildon gallery 51 Grey St St Kilda Open Mon - Thurs 9.30 - 8.30, Friday 9.30 – 6 and Sat 9 - 4.30 Spectrum – 9 explorations in photomedia by NMIT Visual Arts Graduates 2007 at Kerala Gallery, 283 High St Northcote. Show current to Dec 8th.

Obscura Gallery is pleased to invite you to the opening of its third exhibition on Sunday 9th December, between 4-7pm. The Summer Show, featuring renowned photographers, Robert Blackburn and Elaine Batton [fr#517].
In Cafe Amore', Blackburn, takes us on a photographic journey through some of Europe’s most famous cafes, celebrating both the iconic and the extraordinary of European cafe-culture.
In Serenity, Batton reveals the subtle interplay between colour, nature and the human form and how they interact to produce a particular kind of beauty. Obscura Gallery,Suite 11, 285 Carlisle St, East St Kilda

Transit – NMIT Photography Graduate Show, runs Dec 5th to Dec 15th at Eckerslys Open Space Gallery, 97 Franklin St Melbourne

Art in Place – group show including works by Nikolaos Karantonakis [fr# 637] at David Johns gallery 15A Railway Place Fairfield. Show runs Dec 6th to Dec 23rd 2007

The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful by Rennie Ellis, Show current to 8 December 2007 at Christine Abrahams Gallery, 27 Gipps Street, Richmond www.christineabrahamsgallery.com.au

I am Afraid – Group show at Uber Gallery, 52 Fitzroy St St Kilda. Show current to Jan 31st 2008. www.ubergallery.com

Synaesthesia. RMIT Photography Graduates Show at the Carpark, 44 Harmsworth St Collingwood. Show current to Dec 8th. Open Weds to Sun.

Interval by Bryan Dawe. Show current to Feb 24th 2008. Official opening Sun Dec 9th at 3pm.

plus

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

classified stuff

Nikon Kodak Pro 14n Digital camera -38 meg files excellent condition 2 batteries -fully serviced brand new shutter($cost $800 to put in) comes in box with book $500 ONO (Cost $14,000) contact Lucy Morton [fr# 56] Studio X, 40 Pakington St, ST Kilda 3182 lucy [at] lucymortonphotography.com.au

end stuff

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