I was asked by the good folks at Griffith REVIEW to write a major essay for their current edition Cities On The Edge. It’s my first crack at the “writing a major essay” caper so i’d be very interested to get people’s thoughts. The essay Fluid Cities Create picks up on several of the themes […]
Griffith REVIEW essay: Fluid Cities Create
May 10th, 2008 3 Comments
Tags: city planning · cultural policy · Griffith REVIEW · Newcastle · Not Quite Art · wrting
Does anyone in Newcastle have vacant real estate?
April 8th, 2008 3 Comments
Apparently not.
I’ve long been advocating a more enlightened approach to liquor licensing in NSW and particularly in my home town of Newcastle. I’m convinced (and convinced i can convince most people) that a more diverse culture (and i mean everything from punk venues to jazz clubs) of drinking, dining, music, art and entertainment is a […]
Tags: CBD · empty spaces · Liquor licensing · Newcastle · Not Quite Art · Small bars
Culture Shock - New TV Series
March 25th, 2008 18 Comments
A new series, Culture Shock, is in the early stages for ABC TV (Australia). All going to plan (which these things rarely do in my limited experience) we should begin filming around around July and the series should air in about October 2008. Yes, I already know that the title is a bad cliché […]
Tags: ABC TV · ABC1 · Arts · Australia · Culture · Culture Shock · Not Quite Art · TV Series