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SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Name: David Simon
Age: 52-53
Occupation: Writer/producer/showrunner; former journalist
Status: Dangerous
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Q: What makes an idea ‘dangerous’?
An idea is dangerous when it claims a simple, painless solution to complex, fundamental problems.
Q: Which technological or scientific advancement excites you most?
The notion that the internet’s shared and rapid-fire marketplace of ideas might vanquish fundamentalist religion of all kinds within a [...]

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CHRIS LILLEY AND JA’MIE ARE BACK!

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Ja’mie Private School Girl.
World Premiere Wednesday 23 October, 2013!
Watch an exclusive clip here.

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PADDOCK TO PLATE

Saturday, September 28, 2013

It’s spring in the southern hemisphere and today I went on the inaugural ‘Paddock to Plate Tour‘ in conjunction with the 2013 Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. If you find yourself in the garden city of Toowoomba next spring I can highly recommend this tour (and you will even come across pineapples)!

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CONVERSATIONS WITH GHOSTS

Sunday, September 15, 2013

‘Late in 2010 the folks at Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) asked me if I was interested in collaborating with a modern classical composer on a song cycle. The idea sounded so scary I said yes straight away before I could talk myself out of it.’ (Paul Kelly)

Conversations With Ghosts, is a hauntingly beautiful [...]

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FESTIVAL OF DANGEROUS IDEAS

Monday, September 2, 2013

Festival of Dangerous Ideas
2 – 4 November, 2013
Sydney Opera House
Australia

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FREE DUMBO FEATHER IPAD APP

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Maybe you’ve heard of Dumbo Feather and/or would like to know more? In keeping with their ‘pass it on’ tradition they’ve recently launched an iPad app and with this app they’ve made a pretty big decision to give all of their content away for free!

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Acid Drop

Monday, August 19, 2013

Here’s some Acid you should drop.

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: COMPOSITE JOURNAL

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Published in conjunction with Perimeter Editions, Composite Journal delves into the work and life of a single creative practitioner per issue, teasing out the artist’s practice and its underpinnings from a diverse series of vantages, positions and perspectives. The inaugural issue traces the oeuvre of Jan Kempenaers, famed for his Spomenik series capturing former Yugoslavian war [...]

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THE FIRST CRIME

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Sarah Ryan
The first crime
26 June – 20 July, 2013
opening, Friday 28 June, 6-8pm
Ryan Renshaw Gallery
137 Warry Street
Fortitude Valley 4006
Queensland
Australia

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: DUMBO FEATHER

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

At what point did we separate good value from good values?  At what point did we allow, ‘hey, this is good value’ to simply mean, ‘hey, this is super cheap’? Money, Money, Money. The current issue of Dumbo Feather looks at our relationship with money and asks such questions. From conversations with Monocle’s Editor-in-chief, Tyler [...]

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