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Published on June 14, 2019 1:02 pm.
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I loved this Shilpa Gupta work: For, In Your Tongue I Cannot Hide, at A Forest #DarkMofo. A soundscape and installation giving voice to 100 poets imprisoned or executed for their work. I wish I’d captured the audio… definitely seek this one out if you’re able.

Published on June 13, 2019 12:25 am.
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Having a very literal time in lovely Tassie rn featuring @poisontofu

Published on June 12, 2019 9:32 am.
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Yesterday’s highlight was discovering the #TassieNannas in Hobart’s Elizabeth Street Mall. They meet to knit & call for Australia to #closethecamps at 11am every Friday. Nanna power!

Published on June 8, 2019 4:17 am.
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The Museo Aero Solar by Tomas Saraceno – @poisontofu & I adding to it in Singapore, and I remember Freda & Elliot @em a_scottchild adding their patches to the ever-expanding patchwork balloon a few years back in London. Can’t wait for it to finally set sail & transport us all in the Aerocene age to come. #floatingworlds

Published on May 27, 2019 12:10 pm.
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De Relaxerette by Arjan Kruidhof & Explore the North, a dreamy, meditative participatory experience as part of #SIFA2019 #publicart

Published on May 26, 2019 2:39 am.
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#ClosedWorlds at UTS Gallery is an exhibition exploring the history of buildings & projects that aimed to create closed loop, self-sustaining systems. One of the most interesting projects is Climatron from 1960: a data centre in St Louis, Missouri, which inhabited a dome filled with 15,000 tropical plants, not your usual Missouri flora, warmed by its heat output. Think about how many data centres we have in our city alone & how many more are coming: anyone is working on a contemporary update or creating ecosystems around the energy-hungry physical infrastructure of our digital world?

Published on May 23, 2019 4:45 am.
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It’s been a very long time coming, but the light rail *finally* took its first test run through the streets of Surry Hills late last night! This gorgeous video was made by local legends @jjsplicefilms who stayed up late to capture the first tram journey – can you tell that they’re excited?! #NUMTOT #sydneylocal #bringonthetram #Sydney

Published on May 22, 2019 7:23 am.
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This beautiful image is by @beciorpin, reposted by my friend @mel_adjusted While I’m all about structural-change-rather-than-individual-action, and I don’t think we can recycle our way outta the environmental and social reckoning ahead, there’s some good ideas in here. I’ve been broken since Saturday night. We didn’t reveal ourselves to be a generous, daring Australia. But we have to understand people are hurting and are afraid of change, of a future that doesn’t seem to include them. Can those of us who tell stories, make art, advocate for change or do research, do a better job at telling a story that is inclusive, that shows that there can be a #justtransition to a more sustainable and fair world? We have to improve our message and extend our reach beyond our lovely, comfortable bubbles. And, like Beci says, we have to be kind and not lose heart.

Published on May 20, 2019 1:10 am.
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Imagine an Australia that is principled, compassionate and generous, recognising our responsibilities to the world, to each other and to the planet. That was us once, and could be again. #RIPHawkie

Published on May 16, 2019 11:09 pm.
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Watch this space. It doesn’t look like much right now, but thanks to the #LateNightPremises DCP changes passed by @cityofsydney Council last night, the stage is set for this slice of Alexandria to become a performance, creative & nightlife district like we’ve never seen before in this city. Biggest props to our amazing staff who worked on this for over a year, my partner in the nightlife crusade @jessmillersydney, our brilliant Nightlife & Creative Sector Advisory Panel, & every one of you who filled in a survey, shared a link, or made a submission. #itwonthappenovernightbutitwillhappen #Sydney

Published on May 14, 2019 5:05 am.
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Such a beautiful @tompolo show at @roslynoxley9 – give yourself an Easter treat n go see it

Published on April 18, 2019 12:11 pm.
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Thanks for having me -#MusicCitiesChengdu! It’s was wonderful to meet music advocates & city champions from all over the world, especially this wonderful crew from Denver, Cardiff, Vancouver & Melbourne, to talk about the challenges we all face & the great things everyone is going to support creative, inclusive cities.

Published on April 13, 2019 9:04 am.
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What’s not to love about #pottersinprotest?! Head down to @jointhedotsworkshop tomorrow, eat ice cream, get beautiful ceramics, support inclusion & justice.

Published on April 13, 2019 3:16 am.
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The second-best thing I’ve seen in the public realm on this visit #DeRucci

Published on April 12, 2019 5:46 am.
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This morning I saw two women in aprons playing badminton on a busy street corner, and then drove past this magic. Having a big #publicspacelove moment in #Chengdu rnnnn

Published on April 12, 2019 2:33 am.
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An epic day in an epic city: Chongqing highlights included visiting #Testbed2, a 30,000m2 creative precinct built through adaptive reuse of CQ’s industrial past, thanks to artistic director Yizhong Chen for the tour! Then a walk up the ancient, restored Mountain City Alley with CQ chief planner Mr Yu (aka my new CQ PT @hillthalisaup) including glimpses of the Ming era city walls aaaaand a metro line running through apartment buildings (!?!). Next, to Huangjueping for a visit to the Dimensions Art Center, a social-practice focused ARI & studios… followed by official diplomatic meetings with the CQ govt & Aus consul general. Now, back to Chengdu on the high speed train! Whatta day! CQ, I’ll be back!

Published on April 10, 2019 12:23 pm.
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I’m going to Chengdu & Chongqing tomorrow (!!!) for the #MusicCitiesChengdu conference! Anyone have any city, creative hotspot, architecture or nightlife tips for either city?

Published on April 8, 2019 5:42 am.
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What a rudderly great time! Happy birthday @sowonja and thanks @cassscullyflorist & the most ship-shape band of rogues to ever take to the high seas of Katoomba. I’m still singing! #smoothsailing #yachtrockrevue

Published on April 7, 2019 1:43 am.
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Yesterday I married my ultimate sweetheart Pat Armstrong aka @poisontofu in a slightly sneaky secret wedding, and it was just magic. Promise we’ll have a party soon. Meanwhile, thank you to @bloommountainsdesigns @cassscullyflorist for the most magnificent flowers, @garybigeni for the spectacular spots, @daniel.boud for these stunning photos, @weddingsbytania for the hair & make up, and all our fam for the help (look at how many new sisters I have! This just keeps getting better). Turns out, love is real, and it *is* everything it’s cracked up to be.

Published on March 31, 2019 10:34 am.
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“Advertisers: your path to profit is built on a platform of hate,” Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi said today. We were protesting at News Corp’s advertisers pitch convention, ironically called “Come Together”, because their hateful messaging is having real world repercussions. Last year The Australian. Daily Tele & Courier Mail published ~3000 articles denigrating Muslims, but they’re not alone: the ABC gives a platform to hate, not to mention SkyNews. Thanks to Alex McKinnon for bringing us together: a small action for now, the momentum will build #stopfundinghate

Published on March 20, 2019 10:47 am.
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Still thinking about this lovely, fragrant, disturbing work by @anna_may_kirk, which I got to experience @pact_sydney Salon on Saturday… Sleeper (Asystasia gangetica) gives us a sense of what the Australian bush will smell like in the future, as climate change accelerates the flourishing of introduced species, at the expense of native wildlife.

Published on March 17, 2019 10:23 pm.
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The KIDS! They really brought it today. I’ve been to a *lot* of rallies and #climatestrike was honestly the largest I’ve seen, articulating some of the clearest demands I’ve heard at a protest. Honoured to be there with some top notch oldies including @alexgreenwich & @annarose3317, & to hear from honorary youth leader @clovermoore

Published on March 15, 2019 3:52 am.
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#AllAboutWomen highlight so far is getting to sit next to @gemmalhartley at the speakers’ dinner, the woman who literally

Published on March 9, 2019 11:07 am.
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That’s a helluva tag! Thanks @the_indigo_project for including me in your #BadassWomenMakingShitHappen celebration of #IWD2019!

Published on March 8, 2019 4:31 am.
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