Issue 67

When we look at spaces designated for creative expression in our culture they are generally neatly delineated, tightly packaged, copyright protected and demographically assigned. (more…)

The ways in which we interpret public space and its contents vary considerably across the globe, as it is occupied by a myriad of inherent and overt visual content. (more…)

A flicker of movement is caught by a static camera. A hooded figure enters, clinging to walls. The CCTV camera pans out, catches a second figure vaulting an obstacle, zooms in again. Running, jumping, a blur of fluid motion. (more…)

While the practices of street art and new media seem poles apart, they’ve in fact been running parallel tracks for well over a decade. (more…)

Spelt out in illuminated red diodes, the words “I imagine the conditions in Iraq are totally unimaginable” flashed across the LED sign. (more…)

Graffiti is a medium that affords visibility; it is supposed to be seen.  (more…)

STEP 1: Stop asking permission from law-enforcement officers, city officials, (but feel free to take their $$$$$). (more…)

Graffiti is a very serious crime. More serious than armed robbery. More grievous than murder. More grim than biting the heads off baby chickens! Well, perhaps not in real life, but in my world it is. (more…)

As part of the art research science program encouraging collaboration between artists, scientists and researchers, ANAT will be moderating a discussion list throughout 2008. (more…)

There is no doubt about the breadth of effect the mobile phone (a small disrupter with a widespread impact) is having on creative fields and social practices. (more…)

For many reasons it was with trepidation that I recently accepted the position of Program Manager for the Embracing Sound [ES] Program with ANAT. Although a potentially negative opening for my initial article in the role, my trepidation is under the most positive of circumstances; primarily being the immense respect I hold for Australian sound art and its practitioners. (more…)

The journey continues south west to…It’s Simply Beautiful, LABoral, Gijón, Spain (more…)

Stunning and evoking public art interventions…. (more…)