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TRIENNIAL at NGV International, closes on Sunday 7 April 2024. Open daily 10am to 5pm. “Bringing contemporary art, design and architecture into dialogue with one another and traversing all four levels of NGV International, the NGV Triennial features more than 100 extraordinary projects that invite us to reflect on the world as it is, while also asking how we would like it to be.”–NGV
ART. Maningrida (Australia) | Fernando Laposse (Mexico) | Diana al-Hadid (Australia) | Franziska Furter (Switzerland)
VIEWPOINTS. NGV Triennial 3 (Sydney Morning Herald: John McDonald) | The highlights make NGV International’s expansive Triennial a must visit (The Saturday Paper: Sophie Cunningham) | The amazing NGV Triennial 2023 makes us question our world and forces us to see it differently (The Conversation: Sasha Grishin) | NGV Triennial 2023 review: plenty of showstoppers – and cheek – in another blockbuster show (The Guardian: Dee Jefferson)
ART | PAINTING. Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country) by Betty Muffler, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunyjatjara (Australia). “Born near Watarru, Muffler grew up at the Ernabella Mission following the displacement and deaths of family members in the aftermath of the British nuclear testing at Maralinga and Emu Field. Witnessing the devastation of Country and surviving this experience motivates Muffler’s recurring depiction of healing sites and the intensity of her connection to these places in her paintings titled Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country).”–NGV
ART | PHOTOGRAPHY. TECHNOLOGY. “Megacities is a project that identifies ten of the world’s most populous cities – Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, Lagos, Sao Paulo, Cairo, Dhaka, Mexico City, Seoul and Jakarta – and presents the work of ten photographers who live and work in these environments. The photographers were invited to consider the question, ‘If, in the twenty-first century, the city represents the dominant human ecosystem, what does this mean for life in a megacity?’”–NGV
ART. ETC. Drop Time + A Chaotic Garden + Block Flowers by Azuma Makoto (Japan). “Drop Time presents the lifecycle of flowers in hyper-speed, time-lapsed and shown in both forward motion and reverse. Set against a discordant soundscape, the video exposes us again and again to the mesmerising metamorphosis of flowers from bloom to wilt, celebrating each stage of the plants’ genesis and eventual decay.”–NGV
ART | DRAWING. INSTALLATION. Very Volcanic Over This Green Feather by Petrit Halilaj (Kosovo/Germany). “The work reveals the complex and ever-changing relationships between reality and the imagination, personal history and collective trauma, official histories and lived experiences. Symbols as varied as the Garden of Eden and its birds, trees and flowers are interspersed with images of war and trauma.”–NGV
ART | DRAWING. SCULPTURE. INSTALLATION. Rififi: Jean Jullien For Kids by Jean Jullien (France). “French artist Jean Jullien sees the world differently. His installation for Triennial is filled with his drawings, which he has produced as murals, and large cut-out shapes to create a close-up and intimate experience of colourful ocean life, inner coral reefs and treasured natural wonders.”–NGV
ART | DRAWING. TECHNOLOGY. Heterobota by Agneiszka Pilat (Poland/USA). “The relationship between humans and machines is now almost symbiotic. Machines rely on humans to build, program and operate them and we rely on machines to keep our technology-dependant society running smoothly. The more autonomous machines become, they are also potentially more useful, but the question of just how independent, or human-like we want machines remains unanswered. Beyond their utilitarian function, how would we feel if machines could show care for us? Would we care more for them?”–Agnieszka Pilat
ART | WEAVING. Mun-Dirra (Maningrida Fish Fence) by Burrara women of the community of Maningrida in Central-West Arnhem Land (Australia). “For generations, Burarra people have been creating beautiful and intricate an-guchechiya (fish trap), burlurpurr (bathi or dilly bags) and bamagora (conical mat/women’s skirt used for ceremony), as well as many other woven items. Burarra women from Maningrida use natural materials such as gun-menama (pandanus leaves), burdaga (kurrajong) and various bark fibres to produce their work.”–NGV
ART | FASHION. TECHNOLOGY. Meta Morphism by Iris van Herpen (Netherlands). “For her Meta Morphism collection, van Herpen worked with tech corporation Microsoft on a hyperreal presentation combining digital avatars and augmented reality experiences alongside physical garments. Inspired by the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphosis and its themes of transformation, the designer posed the questions, ‘Who are we beyond our physical bodies?’ and ‘Where are we going as human beings?’.”–NGV
ART | HAUTE COUTURE. Schiaparelli, Paris, France by Daniel Roseberry (designer) (USA/France). “With a creative process that encompasses drawing, digital collage, and the artistry of the atelier, Roseberry’s design vocabulary is underpinned by his belief in fantasy and affinity for concepts of Surrealist displacement.”–NGV
ART | ANIMATION. DIGITAL. SPECULUM by Dutch collective SMACK (Breda, Netherlands). “SPECULUM, and the work that inspired it, is the artists’ criticism of the actions and immorality of their times. Here, viewers are confronted with the consequences of indulgent consumerism, popularist politics and conspicuous consumption.”–NGV
ART | SCULPTURE. Really Good by David Shrigley (UK). “This monumental public sculpture was originally conceived by David Shrigley for the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square, in the immediate aftermath of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, known as Brexit. Characteristic of the self-conscious irony often found in Shrigley’s work, Really Good is intended as a satirical gesture, harnessing the capacity of art to critically reflect on the status quo. This exaggerated version of the universal ‘thumbs up’ also invites consideration of the role of humour when facing challenges in the world around us.”–NGV
ARCHITECTURE. Opening 2028. The Fox, NGV Contemporary. “The Fox: NGV Contemporary will be a thriving hub for local, national and international design and architecture, presented alongside leading contemporary art, fashion and performance. Set within the heart of the Melbourne Arts Precinct, it is fitting that the new gallery is designed and built by an Australian design and architecture team. This presents an unprecedented opportunity to create a building of architectural significance that will become part of the fabric of our state and cultural identity.”–Tony Ellwood
First images unveiled of Melbourne’s forthcoming NGV contemporary gallery | Myrto Katsikopoulou | designboom.com (March 2022)
ART | PAINTING. Watercolour Country | 100 Works from Hermannsburg. The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square. Until Sunday 14 April 2024. “This exhibition brings together one hundred watercolours made by Aranda, Western Aranda, Eastern Aranda and Kemarre/Loritja artists working at Ntaria/Hermannsburg, across generations. Among these are key new acquisitions by Albert Namatjira, one of Australia’s most well-known artists, whose landscapes are synonymous with the Central Australian outback.”–NGV
PLACE. Hermannsburg Historic Precinct. “The Hermannsburg Mission was established in 1877 following an arduous 20 month journey from South Australia. It was managed by Lutheran missionaries and the Lutheran Church from 1877-1982 and is the last surviving mission developed by missionaries from the Hermannsburg Missionary Society in Germany under the influence of the German Lutheran community in South Australia.”–hermannsburg.com.au
MUSIC. DOCUMENTARY. The Song Keepers (2018) directed by Naina Sen. Available on SBS On Demand. “For many of the choir’s 32 members, who hail from communities including Areyonga, Kaltukatjara, Titjikala, Mutitjulu, Ntaria and Alice Springs, it was also their first trip overseas. Many are senior cultural women who have, alongside their own traditional obligations, voluntarily preserved the region’s choral heritage for most of their lives, singing the songs in traditional Western Arrarnta and Pitjantjatjara languages, as well as Zulu, German and English.”–Jack Latimore
The Song Keepers: ancient German hymns find new life in Australian outback | The Guardian | Jack Latimore
MUSIC. DOCUMENTARY. Wide Open Sky (2015) by Lisa Nicol. “Wide Open Sky takes us into the lives of Kyh, Mack, Opal and Taylah, four brave and hopeful primary school children who travel far from home to music camp to prepare for the choir’s big concert. They have just three days to learn a demanding repertoire. Set against a stunning landscape and featuring music by acclaimed band Dirty Three.”–eOne ANZ. Available on SBS On Demand.
MUSIC. 2009. Dirty Three ft. Nick Cave | “Sea Above, Sky Below” – Surveillance. “Dirty Three are an Australian instrumental rock band, consisting of Warren Ellis (violin and bass guitar), Mick Turner (electric and bass guitars) and Jim White (drums), which formed in 1992. Their 1996 album Horse Stories was voted by Rolling Stone as one of the top three albums of the year. Two of their albums have peaked into the top 50 on the ARIA Albums Chart, Ocean Songs (1998) and Toward the Low Sun (2012). During their career they have spent much of their time overseas when not performing together. Turner is based in Melbourne, White lives in New York, and Ellis in Paris.”–Wikipedia
2012. Interview: The Dirty Three | All Our Noise
PERFORMANCE | VARIETY SHOW. COMEDY. Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024.
Ali McGregor | Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night, Arts Centre Fairfax Studio. “Since 2006 Ali McGregor’s Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night has been enticing audiences at Melbourne International Comedy Festival and beyond. It has become a cult late-night show that draws the biggest comedy acts, the sexiest burlesque, heart stopping cabaret and the most jaw-dropping circus acts from around the Festival. Hand-picked by Ali, this variety show is a carefully curated night of quality entertainment.”–alimcgregor.com
2015. Ali McGregor sings Creep with Tim Minchin on the piano at Mark Watson’s 27-hour Comedy Marathon.
PLACE. 1914. Palais Theatre
PERFORMANCE | COMEDY. Aaron Chen | Funny Garden, Palais Theatre, St Kilda
PLACE. 1872. South Melbourne Gas Plant. 1986. Gasworks Arts House
PERFORMANCE | COMEDY. The Scientwits | Lights, Camera… Chaos! Gasworks Arts Park, Studio Theatre
PLACE. St Kilda Cellars & Wine Bar, Fitzroy St, St Kilda
PERFORMANCE | COMEDY. Comedy on Fitzroy St: Joel Temperly | 110% Jokes at St Kilda Cellars, and The Comedy Crawl: St Kilda (UK) at Ellora
Friday nights from 8pm Comedy in the Cellar at St Kilda Cellars
PLACE. Theatre Works, Acland St, St Kilda
THEATRE. I Have No Enemies directed by Christopher Samuel Carroll (Bare Witness Theatre Co.), Wednesday 10 to Saturday 20 April at Theatre Works Explosives Factory (Rear Laneway 67 Inkerman Street). “It’s a cyberpunk detective story. It’s a maniacal Ted talk. It’s a live-action 90s hacker movie. And it’s all true. We think. We’re getting confused. And paranoid. We’re probably on a watchlist. Not that we’ve done anything wrong. We’ve nothing to hide. We have no enemies. Has anyone actually read the terms & conditions?”–TW
THEATRE. Things I Know To Be True by Andrew Bovell, Friday 19 April to Saturday 4 May at Theatre Works, 14 Acland St. “Featuring renowned screen and stage actor Belinda McClory, and directed by award-winning director Kitan Petkovski, Things I Know To Be True is about loving too much, not loving enough and trying to find the right place in between.”–TW
THEATRE. You’re Being Dramatic by Zadie Kennedy McCracken, Wednesday 24 April to Saturday 4 May at Theatre Works Explosives Factory (Rear Laneway 67 Inkerman Street). “Darkly funny and deeply moving, You’re Being Dramatic is a devastating and beautiful new play from emerging writer/director Zadie Kennedy Mccracken, exploring intimacy, queer identity, patriarchy, and the agony of unfulfilled desire.”–TW
THEATRE. He by Rodrigo Calderón, Tuesday 7 May to Saturday 18 May at Theatre Works Explosives Factory (Rear Laneway 67 Inkerman Street). “Conceived, written and performed by Salvadoran-Australian theatre practitioner Rodrigo Calderón, He is physical, vivid and delirious storytelling, with a cumbia heart-beat. The performances on Friday 10 and Friday 17 will be in Spanish without English surtitles.”–TW
PLACE. 1871. Michaelis Family Home. 1986. Linden New Art
ART | PHOTOGRAPHY. TECHNOLOGY. Aaron Christopher Rees | Mirage. “Mirage asks questions about the idealisation of seeing itself, the construction of the self as expert, and our relationship to the hyperobject that is the sun.”–Linden New Art, Acland St, St Kilda. Until 19 May 2024. Artist Talk: 1pm-2pm, Saturday 20 April 2024.
ART | PHOTOGRAPHY. Jill Orr | The Promised Land Refigured. “Framed by the impact of Australia’s policy of turning back asylum seekers who arrive by boat, The Promised Land Refigured engages with the anticipated issue of global homelessness, due to the outcomes of mass destruction of homes and environments resulting from climate change.”–Linden New Art, Acland St, St Kilda. Until 19 May 2024.
PLACE. 1857. New Bath Hotel. 1878. The Esplanade Hotel. Alfred Felton lived at The Esplanade Hotel from 1882 to 1904.
2014. Desirable Things, The Private Collection Of Alfred Felton | NGV | Alison Inglis & John Poynter
“Alfred Felton’s generous bequest in 1904 remains the most remarkable gift to the NGV and has enabled the NGV to be a world-leading collecting institution. You can follow in the footsteps of Alfred Felton through making a bequest of your own of any amount, so that you can personally be a part of the NGV’s future growth for generations to come.”–Tony Ellwood NGV
MUSIC. LIVE. Mark Seymour & The Undertow, Friday 19 April 2024, at the Gershwin, The Espy. “Mark Seymour is an Australian musician and vocalist. He was the frontman and songwriter of rock band Hunters & Collectors from 1981 until 1998. Seymour has carved a solo career, releasing his debut solo album in 1997 and winning an ARIA Award in 2001 for One Eyed Man in the category of Best Adult Contemporary Album.”–Wikipedia
PLACE. 2021. The Victorian Pride Centre
ART | PHOTOGRAPHY. COMMUNITY. Male//Chair by Garrie Maguire at the Victorian Pride Centre until Sunday 28 April 2024. “This project aims to shift the power dynamic, allowing each participant to craft their own narrative, presenting themselves to you, the viewer, in their truest form. Through these images, garrie hopes to provide the viewer with glimpses into interpretations of maleness that occupy this city.”–VPC
COMMUNITY. Disco Club by Lise & Sarah, Saturday 20 April 2024 at The Prince Bandroom. “For $80 you can join Disco Club founders Lise Carlaw and Sarah Wills for a no-holds-barred night of dancing, singing, and cutting loose. Disco Club is the ultimate night out for women. Disco Club is LGBTQIA+ friendly and welcomes people who identify as female or non-binary.”–discoclub.com.au
PLACE. 1912. Luna Park, St Kilda
MUSIC. 2019. The Ride by Amanda Palmer. “Everything is gonna be alright.”
INTERVIEW. 2024. It’s The Peaches Effect | Resident Advisor | Katie Thomas. “For International Women’s Day, Katie Thomas speaks to the singular artist about her era-spanning career, how she approaches costume and songs about self-pleasure.”–RA
MUSIC. 1977. No Woman No Cry (No, Woman, Nuh Cry) by Bob Marley & The Wailers. “No, woman, [please] don’t cry.”
FILM. BIOPIC. 2024. Bob Marley: One Love, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. Also by the same director, Joe Bell (2020), played by Mark Wahlberg. “The true story of a small-town, working-class father who embarks on a walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son [Jadin] is tormented in high school for being gay. Meanwhile, he realises he is instead missing out on his [other] son’s life back at home.”–IMDb
PLACE. 2023. Peace Pole, St Kilda. “A Peace Pole is an internationally-recognized symbol of the hopes and dreams of the entire human family, standing vigil in silent prayer for peace on earth. Each Peace Pole bears the message May Peace Prevail on Earth in different languages on each of its four or six sides. There are estimated over 250,000 Peace Poles in every country in the world dedicated as monuments to peace.”–worldpeace.org
MUSIC. 1994. Work For Peace by Gil Scott-Heron
PLACE. St Kilda Corner Store, corner Fitzroy & Acland Streets, St Kilda
COMMUNITY. Free Assange Now! IJF International Federation of Journalists. “Since a conspiracy is a type of cognitive device that acts on information acquired from its environment, distorting or restricting these inputs means acts based on them are likely to be misplaced. Programmers call this effect garbage in, garbage out. Usually the effect runs the other way; it is conspiracy that is the agent of deception and information restriction. In the US, the programmer’s aphorism is sometimes called “the Fox News effect”.”–Julian Assange (2006)
PLACE. Artful Yoga Gallery, Barkly St, St Kilda
COMMUNITY. Bridges of Hope: Stories of Immigration. 4 April–10 May, Artful Yoga Gallery. “The stories depicted in the exhibition are as diverse as the people themselves. From escaping conflict and persecution to seeking economic opportunities, each narrative offers a unique perspective on the immigrant experience. Visitors will have the opportunity to engage with personal accounts, artifacts, and interactive installations that provide insight into the hardships and obstacles faced by newcomers to our communities.”–AYG
MUSIC. LIVE. 2024. Art Department was at Artful Yoga Gallery on Thursday 28 March. Presented by Sofar Sounds Melbourne
MUSIC. LIVE. 2024. The Cambodian Space Project “Golden Phoenix” Launch Party With Jack Howard’s Epic Horns… was at Memo Music Hall, Saturday 6 April.
PLACE. The Timber Yard, Plummer St, Port Melbourne
MUSIC. 2024. All the way from France, Folamour… was at The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne on Thursday 25 January, and at the Sugar Mountain Festival at Seaworks in Williamstown on Saturday 20 January.
FILM. 2023. Jeanne du Barry directed by Maïwenn Le Besco
Alliance Française French Film Festival Melbourne. Closing night Tuesday 2 April.
Encore screenings until Sunday 7 April.
Jeanne du Barry review – Cannes kicks off with Johnny Depp’s purring and peculiar royal dandy | The Guardian | Peter Bradshaw
DOCUMENTARY FILM. 2021. France: A Journey Through Time by Michael Pitiot. “What if we looked at French history not in terms of its rulers but from the point of view of the landscape from which it was born?”–PSFF. Available on SBS On Demand until Friday 12 April 2024
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LIVE MUSIC. PERFORMANCE. ART. COMMUNITY. ETC. RISING: 1–16 June 2024 | Program Out Now
ART INSTALLATION. Pay The Rent by Richard Bell. “A running total of what’s owed to First Nations’ people of this land.”–RISING:
Why it’s time to start paying the rent | Crikey | Benjamin Abbatangelo
ART INSTALLATION. FILM. Embassy by Richard Bell. “A free First Nations-led space for forging alternate futures and dialogue in support of Aboriginal rights.”–RISING:
ART. ETC. The Blak Infinite by Tony Albert, Richard Bell, Michael Cook, Kait James, Tarryn Love, Ellen Van Neerven. “Fed Square becomes a constellation of art and stories that share First [Nations] Peoples futures, connections to the cosmos, and political discourse.”–RISING:
MUSIC. LIVE. Big Name, No Blankets by Andrea James with Anyupa Butcher and Sammy Tjapanangka Butcher. “A rock ‘n’ roll story celebrating the trailblazing music icons, Warumpi Band, inspired by tales from founding member Sammy Tjapanangka Butcher.”–RISING:
MUSIC. LIVE. Dirty Three. Two nights at Hamer Hall. Sold out
MUSIC. Dirty Three: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert. Oct 2012.
MUSIC. Dirty Three | Everything’s Fucked live. May 2019, Sydney Opera House.
“Every member of Dirty Three has a highly respectable career outside of the band: Violinist Warren Ellis works closely with Nick Cave, drummer Jim White is a sought-after collaborator with an instantly recognizable sound, and guitarist Mick Turner has released a string of gorgeous instrumental solo albums when he’s not working as a visual artist. But when the three musicians share a stage as Dirty Three — as they’ve done on and off for 20 years now — the result can be both beautiful and bonkers, as the opening moments of this Tiny Desk Concert amply demonstrate.”–NPR Music
PERFORMANCE | DANCE. THEATRE. ETC. Anito by Justin Talplacido Shoulder. “A queered Filipino ghost story.”–RISING:
PERFORMANCE | DANCE. Arkadia by Melanie Lane. “A mythic dance-work that imagines life and afterlife in a garden of paradise.”–RISING:
PHOTOGRAPHY. DOCUMENTARY. Searching For Sanctuary: A Journey Of Survival by Barat Ali Batoor. “Three continents. Two years. One life-affirming photo essay that documents an Afghan asylum-seeker’s journey of escape.”–RISING:
MUSIC. LIVE. Tinariwen. “Tuareg rock pioneers bring guitar-driven grooves of hope, struggle and exile from the mountains of Azawad to the desert plains and beyond.”–RISING:
MUSIC. COMMUNITY. Shouse: Communitas. “Unite with hundreds of music lovers in St Paul’s Cathedral for a communal outpouring of song led by SHOUSE—Melbourne’s worldwide party-starters.”–RISING:
PERFORMANCE | DRAG. Eclipse by Cerulean and Stone Motherless Cold. “A future-forward drag show that spans the ages—from the Big Bang(er) to the Paleocene, through the Beyoncé epoch and into the Blak queer future that awaits us all.”–RISING:
PHOTOGRAPHY. DOCUMENTARY. Melbourne Out Loud: Life Through The Lens Of Rennie Ellis. “Iconic encounters of the everyday, from the man who took Melbourne’s portrait.”–RISING:
Rennie Ellis Biography rennieellis.com.au
MUSIC. ART INSTALLATION. DOCUMENTARY. Shannon Michael Cane: Someone Great–A Celebration. “A night of queer rock, dance music and icons of the New York underground—all about community and coming together in honour of Shannon Michael Cane.”–RISING:
In Memoriam: Shannon Michael Cane | Visual AIDS (November 2017)
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BOOKS. THEATRE. Qui a tué mon père (Who Killed My Father) by Édouard Louis. “Four years ago, during the first months of the pandemic, German director Thomas Ostermeier premièred a one-man stage adaptation of Qui a tué mon père at the Théâtre des Abbesses in Paris. The production had its Australian première at the Adelaide Festival on 8 March this year, to a warm reception and standing ovations.”–Patrick Flannery ABR Arts, 12 March 2024
Writer Édouard Louis weaponises the autobiography | The Saturday Paper | Dee Jefferson. “When Édouard Louis says theatre saved him, it’s more than a figure of speech. For Louis, who grew up below the poverty line in the remote, rural, working-class town of Hallencourt in northern France, theatre was a lifeline as well as his ticket out of town. It also liberated him from a violent childhood. “Every day people were calling me faggot,” he says. “People at school were spitting on me … my father was telling me every day that I was a sissy, that gay people deserve to be killed.””
2021. The Batty effect: How one woman changed the conversation on domestic violence | Monash University Lens | Lisa Wheildon & Asher Flynn
LGBTIQA+ Family abuse and violence | White Book 5th Edition | RACGP Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
“LGBTIQA+ people experience family violence at higher rates than non-LGBTIQA+ Australians, in the form of intimate partner abuse/violence (IPAV) and violence within families of origin.”
“LGBTIQA+ Australians with other diverse identities – such as being multicultural or multifaith, having a disability, or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people – may be at higher risk of family violence due to cultural sensitivities and marginalisation.”
“Health professionals need to understand that the experiences of discrimination, violence and abuse of LGBTIQA+ people in Australian society are associated with significant disparities in physical and mental health.”
2022. Study finds LGBQ people report higher rates of adverse childhood experiences than straight people, worse mental health as adults | Vanderbilt University Medical Centre TN USA | Jake Lowary.
“A new study led by researchers at Vanderbilt found that 83% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer (LGBQ) individuals reported going through adverse childhood experiences such as sexual and emotional abuse, and worse mental health as adults when compared to their heterosexual peers.”
2024. The Impact of Trauma on Gay Men’s Mental Health | Psychology Today | Chris Tompkins
“Minority stress continues to cause clinically significant negative health outcomes for LGBTQ+ people. “These negative outcomes include depression, eating disorders, and substance abuse.”
“Crystal meth use is a silent epidemic among gay men throughout communities across the United States. Lack of access to culturally competent care can hinder efforts to address substance use disorders effectively.”
2019. Suicide & self-harm monitoring | LGBTIQ+ Australians: suicidal thoughts and behaviours and self-harm | AIHW Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
“LGBTIQ+ communities have been identified as priority populations under The National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement (Cth of Australia, 2022) and for data development as part of the National Suicide and Self-harm Monitoring System. Under the agreement, governments have a responsibility to support priority populations, who may be at higher risk of mental ill health and suicide due to vulnerability caused by social, economic, and environmental circumstances.”–AIHW”LGBTIQ+ communities have been identified as priority populations under The National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement (Cth of Australia, 2022) and for data development as part of the National Suicide and Self-harm Monitoring System. Under the agreement, governments have a responsibility to support priority populations, who may be at higher risk of mental ill health and suicide due to vulnerability caused by social, economic, and environmental circumstances.”–AIHW
aihw.gov.au/t/Public/views/PL3Latrobe/PL3
Gay Hate Decades: 30 Unsolved Deaths | SBS | Rick Feneley
“The NSW Police Force has admitted its officers may have made serious mistakes while re-examining potential gay-hate murders among a list of 30 unsolved deaths.
“An SBS investigation has uncovered a failure by police to check even basic details for some of the men, resulting in an erroneous assessment being provided to NSW State Coroner Michael Barnes.”
POST-POST-SCRIPTUM:
Vale Phil Carswell | Thorne-Harbour Health (March 2024). “On 12 July 1983, Phil was the convenor of the Victorian AIDS Action Committee, and the organisation’s first President as it became the Victorian AIDS Council a year later. Phil went on to serve in a number of leadership roles at both the state and federal level through the height of the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Australia.”–THH (In 2018 the Victorian AIDS Council was renamed Thorne-Harbour Health.)
Honouring the Memory of Phil Carswell OAM | Monday 22 April 2024 from 3pm at The Edge, Fed Square.
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The Present Moment by Jayasāra. Text by Thich Nhat Hanh
“Everyday we are engaged in a miracle, which we don’t even recognise. A blue sky. White clouds. Green leaves. The black curious eyes of a child. Our own two eyes. All is a miracle. So smile. Breathe. And go slowly.
“Walk as if you’re kissing the earth with your feet. Drink your tea slowly and reverently as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves. Slowly,, evenly, without rushing toward the future.
“Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace. The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path I walk in peace. With each step the wind blows. With each step a flower blooms. Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive you will see it. Life is available only in the present moment. How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural. You need to smile to your sorrow. Because you are more than your sorrow. The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy. Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile. But sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”–Thich Nhat Hanh
MUSIC. Born This Way (1977) by Carl Bean | Pontchartrain’s Pride Edit (2015) | SoundCloud.
Carl Bean, singer of LGBT pride anthem I Was Born This Way, dies aged 77 | BBC | Mark Savage (9 September 2021)
MUSIC. Born This Way (2011) by Lady Gaga (Live from A Very Gaga Thanksgiving)
MUSIC. Born This Way (2021) by Lady Gaga (Iconic performance at Westfield)
MUSIC. Time Warp 30 Years Anniversary 2024 – ARTE Concert, Mannheim, streamed live Sunday 7 April 2024 (11:54:55)
MUSIC. Beirut – Live at Tempodrom, Berlin – ARTE Concert, Berlin, filmed live Saturday 17 February 2024 (1:21:32)
Peace now.
Be free.
Don’t worry be happy.
Encore: Folamour at Sugar Mountain, track at 54:41
Gerome Villarete, Secretary
Art saves lives.
