Author: Suzie Keen
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Green Room: Pink shorts, prizes and a blue chandelier
In the pink Pink shorts are having a moment in Adelaide. Former premier Don Dunstan’s “very short” pink shorts are currently turning heads – and raising eyebrows – at the Art Gallery of SA’s new Radical Textiles show, and now we’re hearing about a new local publishing venture with the colourful name Pink Shorts Press.…
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This material world is both sublime and subversive
Radical Textiles Art Gallery of South Australia Needlepoint and embroidery in Jane Austen’s time were meant for ladies of a certain class, occupying hands that never had to labour in fields or factories, adding to the list of accomplishments required to attract a suitable husband. Quilting, crochet, knitting, sewing, cross-stitch and other textile crafts have…
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In the Studio with Sam Songailo
Sam Songailo’s work is influenced by rhythm. “I like to work intuitively, basically, so try not to question my ideas too much,” the multidisciplinary artist says from his studio in Basket Range, which is engulfed by lush greenery. “I like to have some good music on and just get lost in the work and forget…
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Greed: Why this 100-year-old movie is still so important
First released in New York on December 4 1924, Erich von Stroheim’s intense, monumental Greed remains more famous for what didn’t end up on screen than what did. Based on Frank Norris’ 1899 novel McTeague, Greed is a psychologically intense story of the corrupting influence of capital. Miner John McTeague (Gibson Gowland) journeys from northwestern…
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Music review: ASO’s Titan
Each conductor brings something new or different to an orchestra. In the case of Keitaro Harada, it was several quite remarkable things. In his first appearance with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, this Japanese conductor made a singular impression, and one hopes some of what he brought might last. First, he is a most athletic young…
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Cate Blanchett on ‘Rumours’ and getting lost in the woods
Cate Blanchett exerted a political presence in Cannes this year, although Rumours – the satirical film where she plays a bureaucratic, lustful German Chancellor hosting a G7 summit – was more a lark than a strong political statement. It was at a press conference on cinema about refugees where, in her capacity as a UN…
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‘Because I love her’ – stitching together the untold stories of extraordinary women
You can feel the collective love radiating from the two large textile works that together make the NELL ANNE QUILT, says Nell of the result of the collaborative project she has spearheaded over the past four years. Three of the 441 embroidered patches on the quilts are dedicated to the most important women in her…
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Ten top TV shows you might have missed in 2024
Colin From Accounts Binge There’s always some nerves, mixed in with eager anticipation, when a brilliant TV show commissions a second series. Fortunately, the latest iteration of this comedy by real-life husband and wife Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer retains its unique charm. The sophomore season picks up where the last left off, with Gordon…