and the Ballarat Foto Biennale
Fringe ‘13
Episode 5
G’day Possums,
being “The Age of Selfies” and not wanting to be left out I
just had to grab an opportunity on election day with Labour MLA for Ballarat
East, Geoff Howard.
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| selfie with Geoff Howard |
It was a day for old friends, being joined by an one at the
booth and later travelling up to Ballarat to meet two others to wander around
the 2013 Ballarat Foto Biennale.
We had arranged to meet at my exhibition venue, “The Bean
Barn” where we also met Barbara Smith, photographer from Canberra and happily
received compliments from a couple of other visitors looking at the show.
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| Shane and a shy BS at Bean Barn |
One of the really good things about the Foto Biennale are
these chance meetings and conversations.
Points of view, experiences and ideas are exchanged and you understand
better how the event has affected people and how they see “Photography” and its
contemporary development.
Good too, was the opportunity to re-view various exhibitions
and debate the merits of works seen before and at times re-evaluate your
impressions in the light of another’s vision and opinion.
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| young lust in Ballarat |
I’ve also been able to shoot some more ballet stuff but will
visit the biennale ‘13 again to wrap up in a few more days.....
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| Ballet Class |
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| Ballet Class |
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| Ballet Class |
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| Ballet Class |
Wombat Droppings or Politics in OZ
Well as the title says ….The Fat Lady has Sung… and
the Age
of the Aspirational Bogan has arrived
“Rabbott” has won his “Murdoch” mandate and duly paraded his
daughters as Vestal-Virgin “eye-candy” on the altar of his ambition.
Trust us!
Kev 07+6 oddly looked jolly happy and seemed in defeat to
have taken a cue from the Rob Oakeshott method of 20-minute-speech-making.
The Labor vote was
at its lowest in 100 years: the swing throughout the nation was uneven and the
rout wasn’t nearly as bad as the right-wing trolls advertised for.
The funniest result is that Liarbril, Opposition Minister
for Manufacturing, Sophie “Pit-Bull” Mirabella looks like she’ll lose her seat
to a conservative independent. With a swing of nearly 10% this time, “Pit-Bull”
has managed to take the very safe Liarbril seat of Indi to a marginal one in her
twelve years as member.
Well done, Sophie!
Consistent (?) with the “truth” of his relentless messaging
that everything was in crisis “Rabbott” is now saying “…we’ll be methodical,
thoughtful, measured and careful”…. as we plod our way back to the 1950’s.
Trust us!
The first act this “Government-for-grown-ups” enacted was a
pay-back: a petty, vindictive and malicious revocation of ex Labor premier
Steve Bracks’ appointment as Consul-General to New York..... a few days before he
and family were to leave.
Trust us!
Incoming Attorney-General, George “Loose-Lips” Brandis
opined that Labor had given Mr Bracks the job as ''a gift''. ''Mr Bracks has no
obvious credentials for that job.” He said.
Trust us!
Watch this man… when his slit of a mouth opens.. unvarnished
truth is rarely spilt.
Trust us!
Trust us!
The Stalinist Revisionist history method is well under way
by the Liarbrils but it would seem that the “social” media is not going to
allow them the luxury of constant uncontested lying any more.
The most Jurassic candidate to win a seat, Clive “Titanic2”
Palmer (leader of PUPS) has with millions spent, yapped his way into parliament with two
senate candidates as well. Disagreeing on policy already,"Titanic 2" and his pups will re-define notions of conflict of interest,
pork-barrelling and parliamentary privilege, probably all at once. We may find we've been sold a pup!
Trust us!
Leigh Sales, ABC “7:30” squawked something like “… a
triumphant return of the Liarbrils…”
I didn’t see if there was a puddle under her desk.
A cardbord cut-out of a journalist.
I hope Sabra Lane is a better journo… but perhaps she’s not…
here’s a response to a blog on the subject
“I've given up on
listening to interviews with Sabre Lane, her disrespect is only outdone by her
lack of knowledge of the subject matter. In fact most political
journalists appear to base their questions on articles in the “Australian” or
liberal "fact" sheets.
Cheers petals,
Welcome to The Age of The Aspirational Bogan.
Shane
The Australian Index
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