- By Amelia Drew I headed over to Smith’s Alternative Bookshop for You Are Here and Scissor Paper Pen’s debate, We Gotta Get Out of This Place, which posed the question: as an artist in Canberra, do you stay or do you go? My personal question up for debate was: aren’t debates terribly boring? Will […]
Continue ReadingAfter Work Roasters: Tokyo Tween Knife Brawl
- By Lauren Strickland David Finnigan climbed up on to the wobbly stools, cleared his throat, and announced to the small crowd squeezed into Lonsdale Roasters: “This is not some detached, ironic commentary – this is about how we feel when we watch it.” “We” was himself, Jess Bellamy, and fellow festival producer Adam Hadley; […]
Continue ReadingLet Me Tell You About My First Time…
- By Amelia Drew Now Hear This was an evening of enlightening, hilarious, but at times slightly waffly, real life stories. Eight performers were tasked with telling a story about ‘The First Time…’ doing, seeing or achieving anything, in less than ten minutes. The arriving audiences were serenaded by Zach Raffan’s marvellous musical talents, and […]
Continue ReadingWomen of Notes
- By Amelia Bidgood Women of Notes and Rhythm drew in a crowd of happy, carefree eccentric people that filled the Transit Bar to about a quarter of the venue’s capacity. I, and my amazing boyfriend, who was absolutely thrilled he had to accompany me to this event, were among the audience. The crowd varied […]
Continue ReadingThe Paste-Up Project
- By Kaylia Payne I have a confession. This morning I woke up in a cold sweat when I remembered that I was reviewing the first day of the Paste-Up Project, a You Are Here festival event that involves turning the outside wall of the Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG) into an open-air gallery. I […]
Continue ReadingYes, Granted: Or, Lessons in Scoring Arts Funding
- By Amy Birchall Competition for arts funding is notoriously tough. If I was a successful applicant, I’d create a reality television show called Survivor: Starving Artist – Outwit, Out Art and Out Grant-Apply the Others. Paint would be spilled and words hurled in compelling prime-time viewing. Bad television aside, successful art grant applications are […]
Continue ReadingIt’s the Little Things that Count
- By Amelia Drew Canberra’s CBD has been unknowingly hijacked. The culprits are miniature art installations. You Are Here have invited a range of artists to create, and distribute, small artworks around the city centre. This comes as a reaction to the millions spent on bigger public artworks which often seem out-of-place, and are laughed […]
Continue ReadingRock Against Boredom: Revisited
- By Lauren Strickland If you say the words “punk scene” and “Canberra” in the same sentence, you’re likely to be met with raised eyebrows and incredulous comments. As a city we often find it difficult to escape our quite, leafy, suburban reputation. Canberra Punk & Beyond, a punk collective formed in the 70s, […]
Continue ReadingI Don’t Really Read
- By Kaylia Payne What is better than spending an evening spent curled up in a cosy bookstore eating cheese and drinking wine? Spending an evening curled up in a cosy bookstore eating cheese and drinking wine while people read to you. That is exactly what You Are Here had on offer Thursday night at […]
Continue ReadingArt, Not Apart
- By Ashley Orr Upon arrival at Art, Not Apart I spotted crotchet rugs scattered with cushions and striped deck-chairs which were all too inviting on such a sunny day. I stopped a while to listen to the eclectic Goji Berry Jam and peruse my brown paper program. Some walked by quizzically, unaware of Art, […]
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