Archive for November 2013
CENTRAL QLD PROJECT: REVIEW published in Queensland Review
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The latest issue of the journal Queensland Review features a review by us of the exhibition The Central Queensland Project that was shown at the Powerhouse Brisbane from 22 July to 18 August, 2013.
As the journal has publishing rights over their commissioned review we are unable to publish the text here. The review can be accessed from Cambridge Journals with the following links–a charge applies unless you are able to gain access through an academic institution or library.
Queensland Review, ,Volume20, Issue02, December 2013 pp 238-240
http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S1321816613000329
As an introduction to the piece we provide the following:
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Queensland, its society and natural resources, has been the source of investigation by photographers for over 150 years. In the 1860s surveyor and photographer Richard Daintree created a quantitative analysis of the region’s potential for development. Associated with this record was a significant visual document in the form of photographs. In the lead up to Australia’s Bicentennial of white settlement the Queensland Art Gallery commissioned 6 photographers under the title Journeys North, to travel the state and: ‘produce a portfolio of photographs on the theme of community life in Queensland’ (Williamson 1988: p5). Now, nearly 25 years after this latest project, two photographers, Kelly Hussey-Smith and Alan Hill, have travelled north with cameras to document the current life and situations of people far away from the urbanized southeast corner.
The products of this latest documentary coverage were presented as the exhibition The Central Queensland Project (CQP) at the Powerhouse in Brisbane from July 22 to August 18, 2013. In exhibition material the photographers claim that:
Given the complexity of the modern economy, and the insularity of city life, many of us are blind to what lies beyond the city limits. Through this project we seek to gain insight into the lives, values and experiences of Central Queenslanders (Hill and Hussey-Smith 2013).
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Hill, A. and K. Hussey-Smith. (2013). “About: Central Queensland Project ” Retrieved 25 July 2013, from http://centralqldproject.com/about/.
Williamson, C. (1988). Journeys North – Photographic Practice in Queensland in the 1980s: one aspect. Q. A. Gallery. Brisbane, Queensland, Queensland Art Gallery.
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A selection of installation photographs as well as images and captions commented on in the review are published here courtesy of the photographers Kelly Hussey-Smith and Alan Hill:
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Photos © 2013 The Central Queensland Project Kelly Hussey-Smith and Alan Hill and installation photos Doug Spowart.
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QCP FUNDING CUT: Statements 1&2 from the QCP Board
FOLLOWING ON FROM PREVIOUS POST: LETTER TO THE MINISTER SUPPORTING THE QCP.
NOW THE QCP HAS HAD ITS QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT FUNDING CUT
STATEMENT #1 Posted by QCP today (November 11, 2013) on their Lucida Site:
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UPDATE
THE QCP HAS BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE SUPPORT TO CONTINUE ALL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS INCLUDING THE QLD FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPY, LA ART FAIR & CONFERENCE UNTIL THE END OF APRIL 2014
STATEMENT #2 Posted by QCP December 11, 2013 on their Lucida Site:
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OTHER RELATED COMMENTARIES:
Overland Website – Article by Alison Croggon:
http://overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-212/feature-alison-croggon/
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Tamara Winikoff on current cuts to the Arts in Queensland:
http://www.artshub.com.au/news-article/news/all-arts/savage-queensland-arts-cuts-197252
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Article by David Broker, director of CCAS, reflecting on funding cuts by the Queensland Government to QCP:
http://canberracontemporaryartspace.wordpress.com/2013/11/04/qcp-hard-times/
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ImageNews comments:
http://imagenews.com.au/article/savage-implementation-reform
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