Vanessa Francesca
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Book review: Forty Nights, Pirooz Jafari
A multilayered, multi-voice tale of dispossession and dislocation.
Exhibition review: Leave Only Footprints, Tamara Dean
A survey of the photographic artist that spans over two decades of her practice.
Exhibition review: Lovers and Misfits
Photographic portraits of the seminal punk movement in Australia.
Theatre review: An Indigenous Trilogy, La Mama
Three plays that explore issues of contemporary Indigenous life.
Book review: Freedom Only Freedom, Behrouz Boochani
The author's own writings are combined with essays from experts on migration, refugee rights, politics and literature.
Performance review: A Score for Fed Square and Sun Songs
The 20th anniversary of Melbourne's Federation Square was heralded by site-specific sonic and lighting works.
Theatre review: The Meeting
An imagining of a meeting between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, exploring the opposing views of these two…
Exhibition review: 1000 Year Plan for Gertrude Glasshouse
A complex mixed media showing of works on paper, glass sculptures, combined with original operatic music score.
Exhibition review: Bolder
Drawings and paintings are taken to new realms with Augmented Reality (AR) to make the viewer see in different ways.
Exhibition review: Transpires, Brett Colquhoun
Expansive paintings that provoke wonder and contemplation of time.