Month: May 2015

Fluidata blurs artistic boundaries

Fluidata blurs artistic boundaries

Posted by | May 20, 2015 | , , , |

663 waterways crossed, 7000 km driven and over two dozen creeks slowly, quietly walked by Igneous artists James Cunningham and Suzon Fuks. The creek names, GPS co-ordinates and statistics—collected from all over Queensland—are set cascading into a narrow channel of water. Stay a while to detect the incremental movement of precise lines—creek-walk GPS tracks meandering across the walls and corners of the room. The air itself is moved by the rumbling of road-trains meeting the babbling of brooks. Linger closely near a series of nodes to catch audio cues and creek memories, or see imagery of creeks from urban,...

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Russian National Ballet – the epitome of classic dance

Russian National Ballet – the epitome of classic dance

Posted by | May 20, 2015 | , , |

The Russian National Ballet Theatre returns for a tour of full-length classical performances of Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty in 45 cities and towns across New Zealand and Australia from August. The Russian National Ballet Theatre was founded with support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The basis for the creation of the theatre was necessity of promising young theatre with high creative potential, both the classical and contemporary. For aim and objective serves motto: “The talent and dedication to service to art”. Today, the Russian National Ballet Theatre is located on a creative upswing. With...

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Cost cutting costs lives

Cost cutting costs lives

Posted by | May 20, 2015 | , , |

Ellen Brown explains how ongoing budget cuts by a Republican-controlled Congress has contributed to the recent, calamitous train derailment in the US. The dangerous underfunding of US infrastructure was underscored by a fatal train derailment on May 12th. The tragedy did not deter the House Appropriations Committee from voting to slash Amtrak funding the very next day. There are ways Congress could fund its massive infrastructure bill without raising taxes. But the conservative-controlled Congress seems to have other plans for the nation’s profitable public assets. The May 12th train derailment near Philadelphia, which killed eight people and hospitalized 200,...

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Shaping the future of West End

Shaping the future of West End

Posted by | May 19, 2015 | , , , |

An enthusiastic crush of 167 people gave a rousing reception to the Deputy Premier, the Hon Jackie Trad when she opened the Kurilpa Futures ideas Forum on Sunday morning. The throng of over a hundred community members were joined by 55 professional planners, architects, landscape architects, urban designers and community development workers and developers drawn from throughout the city to work in 13 small groups of 13 people each to address the big issues confronting any redevelopment of the key Kurilpa strip, one of the last areas to make up the jig saw of Brisbane’s future as Revert City...

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Indigenous Academy Kicks Off in West End

Indigenous Academy Kicks Off in West End

Posted by | May 19, 2015 | , , |

Pizza Capers has partnered with the ARTIE (Achieving Results Through Indigenous Education) Academy as a national sponsor for 2015, catering a launch event held at Urban Climb West End. The ARTIE Academy is an initiative of the Former Origin Greats (FOGS) that assists to ‘Close the Gap’ in school attendance and educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Primary and Secondary State Schools throughout Queensland. Pizza Capers General Manager Yvette Shearer said partnering up with the Academy provides a great opportunity for the brand to give back to the local community. “The ARTIE Academy is all...

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