Exhibition Dates:
12 October – 02 December 2007
Opening: 3.00pm Sunday 14 October, 2007
Utilizing the conventions of portraiture, and evoking the aesthetic of early documentary photography, Metaxas has turned the humble haircut into a poignant moment of reflection.
Metaxas’ images of hairdressing clearly belong to this documentary tradition of photography,with their full-frontal perspective and the absence of any embellishment or interpretation. Capturing portraits of the sitters before, during and after the event, she records each individual’s transformation in a straightforward way.
Metaxas says:”The simple act of having a haircut makes you feel better about yourself and how you appear to others. I found the transformation of the sitters as it revealed itself to me a fascinating one. By documenting this process, I aim to cast the viewers gaze back to these individuals, unflinchingly, but not without empathy.”
Working in a social documentary context over several years, Metaxas is known for her work on issues of identity and belonging. Although these themes are still integral to her work, a recent shift has found her exploring a broader notion of ritual, examining the more universal aspects of life. The haircuts are in keeping with this and allow the transformation of the simple haircut into a dramatic event.
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Gallery, gift shop, licensed cafe and sculpture park
Tue-Fri: 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun: 12pm-5pm, Mon and public holidays: closed
For a more comprehensive and detailed program please visit
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Highlights to mark down in your diary
New night Marginalized Movies
Wednesday 3rd October “Who Killed Teddy Bear?
Wednesday 17th October Worlds Greatest Sinner 1962
Friday 5th October Urgh! A Music War (1981)
Saturday 6th October Miss Death presents Little Red Ridding Hood vs. the Monsters (1961) scored live by Darth Vegas @ Chauvel Cinema
Thursday 11th October Directors Cut: RICHARD The Most Interestingest Person I’ve Ever Met
Friday 19th October Trasharama A-Go-Go Film Festival
Sunday 21st October Miss Deaths Knitting Group
Thursday 25th October Directors Cut: Trash Video’s Andrew Leavold in THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG:
Friday 26th October Weng Wengs Third Movie D’WILD WILD WENG (1981)
Saturday 27th October Sounds of Seduction: Monster Mash
Note this is a Sydney based film event run monthly. You can ring the organisers on (02) 9517-2010 or refer to the websites for times and locations.
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Scot Cotterell (Tasmania)
October 2 6-8pm
Footscray Arts
Scot Cotterell is a media artist, writer and curator based in Tasmania.
A recent installation, ‘The Life Death Oppositional comprises the residue of two separate google image searches using the terms ‘life’ and ‘death’ as provocations. Partly as a response to recent realist photography, but also to do with setting parameters within a system in order to facilitate the creation of art; a kind of improvisatory structure, I conducted the two
searches and chose only images that were photographic and only images that appeared in someway posed or constructed. The connection of photography to visual truth of an actual event is a core interest in this work. The images used now exist beyond the camera that may have created them; they are searchable database items, files on a cd, and now digital prints. I have retained no record of their origin.’
http://www.scotcotterell.com
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October 2, 6-8pm
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45 Moreland Street, Footscray
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It’s a book which people have been talking about for a while now. Alex picked it up for me yesterday, as he knows I am trying to find ways to work less, still pay the bills and corect my ever increasing computer-related health problems! ((sigh))
The Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris:
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/
Here’s a summary so far of his DEAL model:
1. Definition
– Separation of income generation from time and space
– Negative impact of company environment
2. Elimination
– Cost innovation
– Lean thinking
– Pareto’s 80/20 rule
– Selective ignorance
– Real options pricing for delayed decisions
3. Automation
– Process automation
– Business Process Outsourcing
4. Liberation
– Geographic arbitrage
– Mini-retirement
– Relative income
– Lifestyle costs
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Introduction to Permaculture – Sydney – October 07
A two-day course held in central Sydney over the weekend of October 27-28 2007. Covering the basics of Permaculture, as it applies to the Australian home, garden and workplace in all its shapes and sizes; all within a comfortable walk from Sydney Central station…
Check out the great work being done by Nick Ritar and his wife Kirsten Bradley.
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