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| ACP Photofile Issue 81 |
The construction of identity and the sense of place are themes that duck and weave
their way through this issue of Photofile. The gender gap is addressed variously by
Julie Rrap, Samantha Everton, Pat Brassington, Shaun Gladwell and Ray Cook. Meanwhile
top of the arts league table this year are the Venice Biennale and Kassel’s Documenta;
Reuben Keehan reports back on both. Further east, Juha Tolonen finds beauty in the
dereliction of wastelands in central Europe and, nearer home, Adelaide’s Shoot Collective
take to the streets.Magda Keaney and Gerald Keaney weigh up the benefits of MySpace, YouTube, Facebook and similar sites when they consider do-it-yourself culture. And Pedro Meyer finds democracy on line – at least when viewed from outside the western metropolises. Pursuing new media further Miao Xiaochun has remade Michelangelo’s Last Judgement as a 3D virtual space and Daniel Crooks creates elegant imaginary objects as he renders time as a spatial form.                                |
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About Australian Centre for Photography (ACP)
Established in 1973, the ACP opened the doors of its first gallery in Paddington
Street, in 1974. In 1981 the Centre moved to Oxford Street where it remains today.
It is now Australia's longest running contemporary art space.
It is the ACP's mission to promote and enrich the understanding of photo-based art
in Australia and this is achieved through a dynamic mix of exhibition, education and
publication. In its blend of activities and range of photographic media, the Centre
is unique in Australia.
ACP opened a Workshop in 1976. Originally in a separate building, this is now housed
within the Centre in Oxford Street and includes black and white and colour darkroom
facilities, a digital suite, lighting studio and library. In 1983 ACP launched the
journal Photofile. It is now the leading photo-based art magazine in Australia,
available through newsagents and specialist bookshops nationally.
Currently located in the heart of Paddington, Sydney's gallery district, ACP houses
two exhibition spaces; a foyer display area and a Project Wall for emerging artists;
an extensive workshop with comprehensive curriculum and public access facilities; a
specialist bookshop and library.
The ACP is a not-for-profit organisation supported by the NSW Government through the
NSW Ministry for the Arts, the Australia Council, the Australian Government's arts
funding and advisory body, and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of
the Australian, State and Territory Governments. The ACP raises over half of its
revenue from non-government sources.
