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Here's hoping this new year is an improvement over the last.
As good as some parts were, other parts were supremely bad, not just for me, but for some near and dear and some folks I don't even know.
Unfortunate things, some things a crying shame. However, this a new time.
Miring in what has gone brings no joy or relief. Nor does these greeting card-like sentiments.
Getting on with it and trying to make things that are good, that is what keeps one going.
There is something important to be said.

My new years resolutions are my own, you don't need to hear them. And besides I seemingly make and break them daily! The list would be too long.
Upcoming this year;

Jan 9 - Feb 1
Not my work, but my mate and musical collaborator Scot Cotterell is creating an installation piece called 'The Fall' at Kelly's Garden at Salamanca Arts Centre for the MONA FOMA festival. I mention this because the video component is a live performance, shot for the work of my duo (with fellow former Bodies Drawn Backwards guitarist Aaron Metcalf) called M.O.I.O performing a song called 'The Hunt'. This will mark the public debut of this project that has been bubbling along behind closed doors for about a year now. Live debuts planned for later in the year. Should be an interesting work!

February 5-22
I'm in a group exhibition called "Limbic" (artists responses to the painting 'The Origin of the World' by Gustave Courbet -1866) at MOP Projects in Sydney. The show is curated by Victor Medrano and is part of an exchange program by Inflight ARI.

February 6.
My other half has a solo show at Burnie Regional Gallery in the state's North West that opens on February 6. The show is called "In Stereo"

Feb 20 - 22.
I'm soon to wrap up (if I can stop procrastinating with blogging) my PhD degree project titled:
Suspension of Disbelief – the representation of poetic faith through time-based media.
I'm currently in the process of rewriting the accompanying paper into the second draft, then the third etc. The artworks (5 installation works and an audio collection listening station) I plan to show will be open to the public from the evening (not sure of time yet) on Friday February 20 until 5:00pm Sunday 22nd of February. Yep just 3 days to show 3 years work and research...
Opening night I hope to show a collection of support works as well, which is to include the participatory performance/ritual work "Ritual 5: Watch The Skies". Stay tuned for more details.

Late February;
I'm working on a live gig, but nothing is set in stone yet so I won't say anything other than it's potentially the return of a performer who quite a few folks enjoyed in February 2008. Again stay tuned.

April 23 - May 10:
My electronic/improvisational trio TRIAD will be touring throughout the country.

Full itinerary posted soon.

More soon. That's it for now, may this new year be a good one for you and me.


Listening: JESU 'Heartache' EP (2004)
Watching: 'Lord of the Flies' Directed by Peter Brook (1963)
Reading: 'Tearing Down the Wall of Sound - The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector' by Mick Brown (2007)