December 31, 2005

从太石村到东洲坑——更危险的一步 From Taishi village to Dongzhou–a step into danger

The massacre of peasants in Dongzhou, in Guangdong Province happened earlier this month, when I was having blog problems and...

angel of death meets C64 & NES

Most people who know me a bit understand I love metal. In all it's forms, from the original heavy stuff...

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December 30, 2005

nine lives - the birth of avante-garde in new china

SCALO Books have just published Beijing resident Karen Smith's Nine Lives - The Birth of Avante-Garde in New China, and...

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feel the pain, baby

There's been a complete lack of indoor climbing in Melbourne since the place in Collingwood closed a couple of years...

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December 29, 2005

You can create art & beauty on a computer

On the other side of the hemisphere in Berlin, the 22nd Chaos Communication Congress has hackers making the world a...

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先锋光芒 - ray of the avante garde

Guangzhou's 广州中华影城 Zhonghua Cinema is running a festival of recent Chinese films, 先锋光芒--中国青年导演电影展映(柏林篇)Ray of the Avante Garde - Chinese Young...

December 28, 2005

Gothic Nightmares

Getting all ready for the start of rehearsals of hell in Melbourne, and watching lots of Peking Opera, 1970s Japanese...

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art europe

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December 27, 2005

transsexuals in china

There was a kinda interesting article in China Daily, about a transsexual named Xiao Ying, who is about to have...

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同志 tongzhi getting queer in china

It could have been the part of town I was hanging out in, or it could be that Guangzhou is...

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December 26, 2005

don't drink the brown acid

The first time it was almost world news; the second when upstart southern capital Guangzhou tried to get in on...

i like my guangzhou underground

I have such a soft spot for the city Lonely Planet used to advise everyone to don't-stop-just-keep-on-going-on-to-the-Real-China, and now describe...

December 24, 2005

a new beginning ... same old whoring

... i know i've made some very poor decisions recently, but i can give you my complete assurance that my...

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December 16, 2005

独生一代 - single child generation

Park 19 in Guangzhou has been off the internet for a few weeks now, and when I visited the studios...

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December 15, 2005

mimi marks and stupid people

About a month ago, Mimi Marks won the Miss International Queen 2005 beauty pageant for transsexuals in Thailand, which I...

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December 14, 2005

fast chicks and low cars

From one of my daily reads, we-make-money-not-art, comes my favourite combination of culture, fast cars and hot bikini chicks. Tell...

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December 12, 2005

chinese mediaculture

One of the works at the 第二届广州三年展 2nd Guangzhou Triennial, the Beijing Boom Tower, has come back to me in...

December 11, 2005

a quarter of a billion - an addendum

I had some doubts this morning about posting the previous entry. And more doubts since reading R.J. Rummell's blog more...

December 10, 2005

a quarter of a billion

I'm taking a bit of a break from blogging, the return to Australia has left me with a disembodied sense...

December 7, 2005

kcr - guangzhou to dongguan

The Kowloon to Guangzhou through train is one of the weirdest train rides I've been on, and it's one I've...

December 5, 2005

planes trains busses taxis

I'll be gracing the Hong Kong airport tomorrow, and leaving Guangzhou. It's been a whirl of a 10 day adventure...

categories and stuff

I've changed some of the names of the categories to make them a little more representative of what gets assigned...

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don't bomb us - al jazeera goes blog

Somehow, I think through one of the feeds I subscribe to, I stumbled upon what is one of the best...

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December 4, 2005

translate this: 行愿

I was at the 广州美术学院 and spent the afternoon with 林若熹 a professor at the Academy who is preparing a...

last night in guangzhou

More art. Hanging around the Fine Arts Academy with painter Wan Xiaojia, checking out people's studios, eating lots of Cantonese...

December 3, 2005

a night at loft 345

Last night I went down to Loft345, which used to be Park19 (because it was number 19 whatever lane and...

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December 1, 2005

a taxi ride

Going from Huanshi Dong Lu to Jiangnan Dadao, across the river and along the inner city elevated freeways that snake...