Yoko Ono in the Sydney Biennale & Barack Obama in the World

This Wednesday I was finally able to persuade a friend of mine to accompany to the NSW Art Gallery, one of the venues where artworks assembled for the 2008 Sydney

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On Ihab Hassan's 'From Postmodernism to Postmodernity: the Local/Global Context'

Extracts from 'From Postmodernism to Postmodernity: the Local/Global Context' taken from www.ihabhassan.com. My notes are in italics. What Was Postmodernism? What was postmodernism, and what is it still? I believe

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I Love Facebook

Not long before I was about to leave for Europe, about two months ago, I received a friend request on Facebook by some guy with an Arabic-sounding name. Clicking on

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Shades of Europe: Monopoly Will Never Be The Same Again (Discovering London)

My interest in the UK first piqued when I heard it had a significant avant-garde scene, and also a vibrant gay community. After I quit uni I started making friends

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This blog is banned in Iran!

Woohoo, I must be doing something right... but what could it be? Is it all that talk about homosexuality I've been doing recently that's inspired the censorship bureau to get

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Shades of Europe: London - Sparkling in the Gloom

Note to self: When making the 24 hour or so flight from Sydney to Europe, do not go by way of a location which will be deemed unsatisfactory as a

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