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Patricia Piccinini

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Elinor King

Chinese translation here

Look closely inside the wombat enclosure at the Melbourne Zoo and you might notice a funny looking animal waddling about in there. Not quite a platypus, not quite a mole, its long body and leathery skin is like nothing you’ve ever seen before. This is the siren mole, a robotic creature made by Australian artist Patricia Piccinini to join the wombats in their zoo home for a short time.

Patricia decided to make the siren mole when she learned that scientists had created a living creature from scratch in a laboratory. Her mind was immediately full of questions – where would such a creature live? What would it eat? Who would look after it? Why would anyone make a new animal anyway? So she made siren mole to ask those questions to others and make them think about the answer.

The siren mole is an example of an artist trying to make us think about the world we live in and how we live with it. As well as creating the robotic siren mole, Patricia Piccinini also made a series of photographs showing her siren mole with people. This is to make us think about how we could relate to creatures made by scientists and how to care for them.

Contents Artwrite 43

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Letters to Editor

Perpetual Volunteers Martina Baroncelli

A NSW Aboriginal Art Gallery – Catherine Birrell

Bubble Wrapping Community Arts – Edwina Hill

Let’s hope David Elliot has Composed his own Song for Survival – Emma Pike

Is Populism the Answer to Relevance in the 21st Century? – Iris Shen

On Censorship: Moral Panic in Art – Qian Zhao

Short Snippets

‘The Edge of Trees’ – Fiona Foley and Janet Laurence – Kate Finn

Refusing Fashion? – Rei Kawakubo Xi Fu

‘Pop Rocks’ – Stupid Krap – Yasmin Haas

‘Jailbreak’ – Damian Dillon – Georgina Sandercock

Benjamin Armstrong – Iris Shen

‘Dream/Life’ – Trent Parke – Krystal Seigerman

For Children

Sweet Barrier Reef – A Poem – Vi Girgis

Patricia Piccinini – Elinor King

The Marvellous Creature Ventures – Iris SiYi Shen

Shadow Play – A Special Puppet Show – Suzy Shu

Polaroid Instant Camera – Penny Xu

500

In the Balance – Genevive Barry

Primavera: A Diverse Experience of Work by Emerging Australian Artists – Catherine Birrell

What Does it Mean to be Australian? – Jun Woo Do

Last Words (Phase 1) – Kim Goodwin

Runa Islam: See I Think – Shanjun Mao

Eat Your Art – Sensations Series: Taste – Susan Peckham

A Documentary Photographer Delves into the Staged – Krystal Seigerman

Dale Chihuly – Paige Singleton

Gunshot – Lunan Xing

Features

Sonic Youth: When Music and Art Meet – Martina Baroncelli

China and Revolution – Jun Woo Do

Would You Call This “Social Sculpture” – Fairytale Art Event Documenta 2007 – Xi Fu

Global Warming CAN be Over: The Art of Ken Yonetani – Vi Girgis

A Coming Together of Disparate Forces: Career Lessons from Dr Gene Sherman – Kim Goodwin

The New Exhibition Age of China – Jia Guo

Review: A.R.P Cockatoo Island Opening and Selected Artworks – Elinor King

Lupin the Phantom Thief in the Arts: Banksy – Yong-Gu KIM

ISSN: 1441 – 5712

Special Acknowledgements

Joanna Mendelssohn

4A Gallery
Tamara Dean
David McNeill
Museum of Contemporary Art
Powerhouse Museum
Ruban Nielson (of the Mint Chicks)
Dr Gene Sherman
Sonic Youth
Gabrielle Wilson
Ken and Julia Yonetani
Banksy

Artwrite

Martina Baroncelli
Co Editor – For Children
Sub Editor – China and Revolution by Jon Woo Do

Genevieve Barry
Sub Editor – A Coming Together of Disparate Forces: career lessons from Dr Gene Sherman by Kim Goodwin
Sub Editor – A NSW Aboriginal Art Gallery by Catherine Birrell
Sub Editor – Bubble Wrapping Community Arts by Edwina Hill
Sub Editor – On Censorship: Moral Panic in Art by Qian Zhao
Co Editor – Contents Page and Acknowledgements

Catherine Birrell
Sub Editor – Gunshot by Lunan Xing
Co Editor – Contents Page and Acknowledgements

Jun Woo Do
Co Editor – For Children
Sub Editor – Glass Art: Dale Chihuly by Paige Singelton

Kate Finn
Whip

Xi Fu
Sub Editor – Review: A.R.P Cockatoo Island by Elinor King
Chinese Translation team

Vi Girgis
Cowriter – Editorial
Sub Editor – Last Words (Phase 1) by Kim Goodwin
Image Captioning Team

Kim Goodwin
Sub Editor – A Documentary Photographer Delves into the Staged by Krystal Seigerman
Co Writer – Editorial

Jia Guo
Sub Editor – Ai Weiwei’s Work by Xi Fu
Chinese Translation team

Yasmin Haas
Co-Sub Editor – Lupin the Phantom Thief in the Arts: Banksy by Kim Young-Gu

Edwina Hill
Sub Editor – Perpetual Volunteers by Martina Baroncelli
Sub Editor – Benjamin Armstrong by Iris Shen
Image Captioning team

Elinor King
Whip

Shanjun Mao
Sub Editor – On Censorship: moral panic in art by Qian Zhao
Copywright team
Chinese Translation Team

Susan Packham
Sub Editor – What does it mean to be Australian? by Jun Woo Do
Sub Editor – Global Warming CAN be Over: the art of Ken Yonetani by Vi Girgis

Emma Pike
Sub Editor – In the Balance by Genevieve Barry

Georgina Sandercock
Sub Editor – Let’s Hope David Elliot has Composed his Own Song for Survival by Emma Pike
PDF Team

Iris Shen
Sub Editor – Sonic Youth: when music and art meet by Martina Baroncelli
PDF Team

Paige Singleton
Co Editor – Short Snippets
Co-Sub Editor – Lupin the Phantom Thief in the Arts: Banksy by Young-Gu KIM

Suzy Shu
Sub Editor – The New Exhibition Age of China by Jia Guo
Chinese Translation team

Lunan Xing
Sub Editor – Instant Camera Art by Penny Xu
Chinese Translation team

Penny Xu
Sub Editor – Primavera: a Diverse experience of works by emerging Australian artists by Catherine Birrell
Copyright team
Chinese Translation team

Young-gu KIM
Sub Editor – China and Revolution by Jun Woo Do