Thanks for last night Bob…
This is a favourite photo from my childhood - my mum leaning over me as I cut my cake and my grandma in the background… As I listened to Dylan’s final song at Rod Laver Arena last night I rediscovered the meaning of the lyrics. And thought they were well worth sharing as my wish for the little girl in this photo and the inner child within us all.
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May God bless and keep you always May you grow up to be righteous May your hands always be busy Copyright © 1973 by Ram’s Horn Music; renewed 2001 by Ram’s Horn Music
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
(Source: bobdylan.com)
“Ukulele, pass it on…”
To all those who have failed dismally in any attempt to learn the piano, the guitar, the violin, the triangle,
I’ve discovered that all you need is a change in perspective…
Phase One: Purchase ukulele
Phase Two: Give him or her a name
Phase Three: Learn a song
Phase Four: Smile
Layla the Ukulele
Not convinced? Then take a look at the documentary The Mighty Uke. If you’re in Australia, you can watch it on ABC’s iview for the next 2 weeks.
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PS. Big thanks to Pete for letting me know about the doco.
Celebrating the Centenary of International Women’s Day
Women hold up half the sky — Chinese proverb
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day, ‘Half the Sky’ features Australia’s finest artists in a night of acoustic rhythms, sublime folk, outlandish brass and high voltage cabaret.
The women’s movement represents one of the most fundamental changes in gender roles in human history. Yet the face of poverty is predominantly female, a global epidemic of violence against women persists and one woman dies in childbirth every minute.
IWDA works to create positive change for women and their communities in Asia and the Pacific. From a Safe House in Cambodia to radio programs in Fiji, our partners implement projects that directly address poverty, discrimination and oppression. www.iwda.org.au
Ticket Costs
$80 A Reserve Cabaret Seating (with light supper) Table of 10 for $750
$50 B Reserve Concert Style Seating
$30 C Reserve Standing Room
All proceeds go to IWDA.
When: Tuesday 8th March, 2011
Doors open at 7pm
Concert 7.30pm – 10.30pm
Where: Thornbury Theatre
859 High Street, Thornbury
Tickets on sale at www.thethornburytheatre.com, www.oztix.com.au and OzTix Outlets (Polyester Records, Greville Records, The Espy Bottleshop, and Fist 2 Face).
I’m honoured to be taking photos at this event tonight, along with the beautiful Carly Michael. There are still tickets available so come on down and celebrate the centenary of International Women’s Day.
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View West Exhibition
SudMedia’s View West exhibition is currently on at Highpoint Shopping Centre. SudMedia were invited by Footscray Community Arts Centre to create an exhibition of photographic works for FCAC & Highpoint’s Street.Culture.West. To see a small selection of images go to:
http://www.highpoint.com.au/content.aspx?urlkey=streetculturewest
View West Artists’ Statement:
We saw what happened back in Africa and we see what happens here in Australia. We have 2 perspectives, we analyse them and bring them together to create change. This is our view of the West.
- Members of SudMedia, January 2011
Curator’s Statement:
The View West exhibition brings together work created by several members of SudMedia in and around Melbourne’s West throughout 2010. The photographs featured vary in subject matter from landscapes and cityscapes to portraits and give an insight into the way the individual artists view their environment and the people who inhabit it.
Each artist explored their own interests ranging from Mangesto Chol’s contemplative landscapes to Teklay’s busy cityscapes and Ez Eldin Deng’s extended night exposures capturing the city lights and full moon. Finally, there is a collection of portraits that were often completed in a collaboration between several members of the group.
- Kate Golding, January 2011
One of our artists, Teklay with his cityscapes that feature in the exhibition.
Shoppers at Highpoint and the View West Exhibition.
The exhibition closes soon, so if you find yourself out in the West stop by Highpoint Level 1 and let us know what you think…
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Photographer of the Day
Everyday ACMP (Australian Commercial and Media Photographers) has a photographer of the day. Yesterday that photographer was my dear friend and fellow RMIT graduate Pete Walker. It made me so happy to see Pete’s photos on the website! If you stopped by ACMP’s website yesterday you would have seen a slideshow of Pete’s work as captured in the screenshots below:
To see more of Pete’s work go to:
http://petewalkr.tumblr.com/
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(Source: acmp.com.au)
Street.Culture.West
This summer between January 19th and February 16th Footscray Community Arts Centre and Highpoint Shopping Centre are collaborating to present a series of events that includes hip hop workshops, live art installations, a photographic exhibition & competition and design markets.
I’m excited to say that FCAC invited SudMedia and I to present the photographic exhibition component of Street.Culture.West. My role included the curation of the View West exhibition which incorporates photographic works created by several members of SudMedia throughout 2010.
“View West is an online photographic competition celebrating Melbourne’s mighty West. Open to everyone, professional and amateur photographers are invited to enter their best digital image of the West for the chance to win the People’s Choice Award. So get snapping and enter as many images as you like! Go to highpoint.com.au to view the evolving online image gallery and vote for your favourite.The winning entry will be announced at the Street.Culture.West Street Party event on 3 February 2010.To get you inspired, Footscray Community Arts Centre is presenting a photographic exhibition by SudMedia, featuring images of Melbourne’s West by young African artists Deng Abul, Bangs, Moses Bahati, Mangesto Chol, Ez Eldin Deng and Teklay Gebreslassie. Curated by Kate Golding. For more information about Street.Culture.West and to see a small selection of images from View West go to: If you’re able to venture out to the West please do! The photos are really beautiful and we’d love to hear any feedback you may have! x
SudMedia Photographic Exhibition
19 January – 16 February
Level 1, Highpoint.
SudMedia are supported by Community Prophets and Adult Community and Further Education.”
Source: FCAC http://footscrayarts.com/events/view-west/
http://www.highpoint.com.au/content.aspx?urlkey=streetculturewest
Season’s Greetings!
However you celebrate this time of year, may your belly be full of food, your heart filled with love & your home full of joy.
All the best for 2011!
2 Most Wanted
The 2 Most Wanted gig will feature Bangs & EZU. The two artists have performed at the Big Day Out & interstate and now they are doing their own show with Dark Spaid, DJ Coco, West Ridaz.
The main image of EZU, Bangs and DJ Coco on the above flyer was created during a recent SudMedia photo shoot.
SudMedia
Earlier this year I was introduced to a group of artists by David Vadiveloo from Community Prophets. I was brought on board to support the group in developing their technical skills in photography. Many of the members of the group had previously developed strong ties with Footscray Community Arts Centre, who have generously provided us with a space to meet on a weekly basis. The group have now formed a collective called SudMedia. The following statement outlines the objectives of the group:
“SudMediaEnterprises is an independent organisation that was established in 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. SME aim to raise awareness within the African Communities in general, in Melbourne and around Australia. SME’s objective is to contribute to united resettlement through community cultural development and community enterprise. SME is an initiative of 10 young people from Southern Sudan who believe media is a strong tool to educate young people and give them a stronger voice within the wider community. Our goal is to provide programmes that strengthen the artistic skills of our participants and create professional development in filmmaking and media production for young African performers, musicians, filmmakers, directors and actors.”
The outcome of our programme is to hold an exhibition as part of FCAC’s African Affair in March 2011. For more information, photos, videos and updates visit the SudMedia blog.
http://sudmediaproductions.tumblr.com/
