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Brighten July with the arts
What to SEE

Brighten July with the arts

20 June 2023

Waiting for the days to get longer again? Our July gig guide is packed with shows and exhibitions to lighten up those dark Makuru nights.

Reading time • 10 minutesMulti-arts
Uncensored portraits of life in China
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Uncensored portraits of life in China

21 February 2023

With international tensions high, exhibition “Beijing Realism” is timely, says Belinda Hermawan, offering a glimpse into the day-to-day of those at the bottom of China’s socio-economic strata.

Reading time • 6 minutesVisual Art
Carla Adams, Yearning and Longing, 2022, polyester cord, acrylic eyes, lava stone and glass beads. 32 x 27cm each. Two faces, made of pink coiled cord What to SEE: May gig guide
What to SEE

What to SEE: May gig guide

7 April 2022

Wondering what to SEE this May? Check out Seesaw Mag’s new gig guide for the hottest tips across theatre, music, dance, visual arts and more!

Reading time • 10 minutesMulti-arts
Body Shots, 2022, 4K, nine channel, nine minute video with audio. UHD panels, Raspberry Pis, coding, speakers, cabling, meranti, steel, rubber, fixings, shot bags and acrylic polymer paint. 6285 x 2800 x 1500mm. On a frame sir five screens depicting different scenes, each with a person's limb present in the corner. One is an upside down tree, one looks like bitumen, one is transperth fabric, one is a crate, and one is not identifiable. Slip inside someone else’s reality
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Slip inside someone else’s reality

30 March 2022

Two artists take viewers on candid journeys through their respective day-to-days, as they navigate a world designed for the able-bodied and neurotypical, writes Jaimi Wright.

Reading time • 6 minutesVisual Art
Untitled (Landscape), 2021, various ceramics and found objects, dimensions vary. Photo: Holly O'Meehan A series of rock-like objects with mossy or seaweed like growths sprouting from them. Smaller scattered stones surround the larger rocks. When nature fights back
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When nature fights back

14 July 2021

The place of human beings in the ecosystem hierarchy is questioned in two clever exhibitions at Goolugatup/Heathcote Gallery, and Craig McKeough is intrigued.

Reading time • 5 minutesVisual Art
Three large men flex their muscles. The image is a negative and the figures are in darkness. They look like they're dancing. and each figure is tinted, one yellow, one blue and one red. Feast of art feeds local appetites
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Feast of art feeds local appetites

10 December 2020

It’s time to dump cultural cringe. This year’s visual arts program at Perth Festival is both bigger than before and almost 100% local. It’s exciting and a chance for everyone to put a little more art into their lives. Ara Jansen reports.

Reading time • 8 minutesVisual Art
We Built This City (on ground up oyster
shells)
oyster shells, brass, lead, steel, interactive
audio component, 270 x 290 x 4 cm
Composer: Stuart James
Structure fabrication: Neil Aldum
Studio assistants: Tanya Lee, Kate Driver,
Jennifer Jamieson, Jessica Wyld, Annabel
Dixon An aquatic adventure
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An aquatic adventure

8 December 2020

In ‘Alluvial Gold’, artist Erin Coates plunges us into the little known
depths of one of Perth’s best-known landmarks, writes Belinda Hermawan.

Reading time • 7 minutesPerth Festival
Reading time • 10 minutesMulti-arts

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio