Electric Sheep
In the movie Blade Runner (from ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’), the replicants are given a test that is supposed to determine if they…
Articles by Editor
Heads You Lose
‘The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, screamed `Off with her head! Off–’ The…
Greed & Murder
In the context of an attempt to slap our beloved nation in the face with the shame it deserves for its past and present treatment…
First Sculpture
Considered to be the first sculpture ever found. The Venus of Brassempouy was carved from mammoth ivory. She is 36.5 mm high, 22 mm deep…
Mambo Italiano
It is difficult to describe the sensation of leaving a life tucked away in Perth after nine years, but a metaphor which just came to…
Akroyd & Harvey
One of my most exciting art memories is helping (in my small way) with the installation of an exhibition in Lake Street twenty years ago….
Human Shields
The Russian ambassador is dragged across the coals by our Minister of Foreign Affiars for his country’s alleged sale of weapons to a separatist movement…
Typhoid Mary
Many people have heard the term Typhoid Mary, and may have even used it to describe someone who makes other people sick. What few people…
Lest We Forget
Today sitting drinking my caffeine reading the papers full to the gunnels with stories of glorious ‘diggers’ (Australian troops) who died ingloriously attempting to take…
Robida
Albert Robida was a French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist. He edited and published La Caricature magazine for 12 years. Through the 1880s he…