creative work
Here at the frontier
Oil on canvas
137 x 107cm
2011
Here at the frontier there are falling leaves.
Although my neighbours are all barbarians,
And you, you are a thousand miles away,
There are always two cups on my table.
by Unknown, from the Tang Dynasty.
i like to be a secret
2010
oil and pencil on canvas
80x100cm
POA
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Readings from Kami, Hop Dac, Shane Jesse Christmass, Kristy Love and maybe more…
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
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3:00pm – 6:00pm
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Collected Works Bookshop level 1 Nicholas Building
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37 Swanston Street
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Melbourne, Australia
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Re-launching THE Australian punk-rock novel:
Paroxysm Press is proud to relaunch the out of print and much requested first novella from Kami, S.F.&T* – Shotgun fiction for those who don’t have time for long drawn-out epics about lives we’ll never lead. And to spice it up even more it’ll be re-released as two novellas in one – also containing Kami’s second book, Bunk Beds & Chilli Vodka.
Launching in Melbourne Saturday afternoon 21st March Collected Works Bookshop level 1 Nicholas Building Swanston Street Melbourne with readings from Kami, Hop Dac, Shane Jesse Christmass, Kristy Love and maybe more… beer, words, books… what more could you need?
and for those who can’t make it but want a copy of the book:
ozmusicbooks is the place to go. he’s our man in cyberspace.
also paroxysm press for stockists around this fine country of ours!
A short film of the short play by the same name that we shot in Beaufort in 2007. The play was originally produced as part of the Short+Sweet Festival.
Director: Alice Bishop
Writer: Hop Dac
DOP: David Hawkins
Editor: Simon Imberger
Sound Recordist: Jonathon Lee
Sound Design: Robert Harewood
Producer: Matthew Molony
Production Design: Alice Bishop
Location Coordinator: Mary Brennan
Cast:
Gary: Matthew Molony
Lenny (pawnshop owner): Michael F Cahill
I have a piece in this. Published by Black Inc and edited by Alice Pung, who wrote the acclaimed “Unpolished Gems”, also published by Black Inc.
Growing Up Asian in Australia
Edited by Alice Pung
“Asian-Australians have often been written about by outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, compiled by award-winning author Alice Pung, they tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour. These are not predictable tales of food, festivals and traditional dress. The food is here in all its steaming glory – but listen more closely to the dinner-table chatter and you might be surprised by what you hear.
Here are tales of leaving home, falling in love, coming out and finding one’s feet. A young Cindy Pan vows to win every single category of Nobel Prize. Tony Ayres blows a kiss to a skinhead and lives to tell the tale. Benjamin Law has a close encounter with some angry Australian fauna, and Kylie Kwong makes a moving pilgrimage to her great-grandfather’s Chinese village.
Here are well-known authors and exciting new voices, spanning several generations and drawn from all over Australia. In sharing their stories, they show us what it is really like to grow up Asian, and Australian.
Contributors include: Shaun Tan, Jason Yat-Sen Li, John So, Annette Shun Wah, Quan Yeomans, Jenny Kee, Anh Do, Khoa Do, Caroline Tran and many more.”
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