by phoenix | Apr 3, 2004 | Uncategorized
[cross-posted in ] It’s not often a film makes you angry at yourself for not having done enough. Osama is the first feature film made in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Despite the title, it is not about Bin-Laden. Rather, it uses the figure of a young girl...
by phoenix | Apr 3, 2004 | Uncategorized
Went to the keynote of Empires & Ruins last night at ACMI, with Okwui Enwezor talking about the role of the artist as producer in a time of crisis. It was good but not amazing. He was most engaged when talking about African artists and the...
by phoenix | Apr 2, 2004 | Uncategorized
Was thinking today about studying history in high school and wondering how they’ll teach this war, which primary sources they’ll use, what ’causes of the war’ will be accepted in Year 9 essays… and what they’ll call it. I started thinking “the first...
by phoenix | Mar 31, 2004 | Uncategorized
Just got back from a dance class with folk-hero Kristina Olsen. Fun but I can’t feel my feet now. And there wasn’t any tango. I wanted tango. I’d be just as bad at that as all the other dances I’m bad at (apart from bellydancing) but it’d be fun....
by phoenix | Mar 31, 2004 | Uncategorized
Just updated my home page as any of you actually reading this on the home page will notice. So, as you do, I then did a vanity search on Google to see what came up on my name these days and whether my new home page is still at the top (it’s not, the...
by phoenix | Mar 30, 2004 | Uncategorized
I always forget how little I actually like the writing process. I like research. I like interviewing. I love feeling important and saying “Hi, I’m a journalist calling on behalf of (publication).” I even like transcribing...
