Issue #7 – Love & Money
Something new is emerging. Here come the fixperts, revivalists, frugalists and custodians. Is this what they call “postcapitalism”?
The current system is at a critical point. Rising personal debt, casualisation, automation, financialisation and manageralism have made it more difficult to do the things we love and value. But now the tide is turning. In Issue #7, Garland goes to town to learn from the good people of Castlemaine about their versions of work-life balance. Fifty artists from around the world share with us their works made “not for sale”. Dialogues with Yolngu culture help us appreciate the value of culture beyond its contribution to GDP. And we hear of interesting work made in Ghana, Japan and India. We continue our journey to find objects of beauty and goodness.
Contents
Re-balancing love and money Editorial
Essay
Quarterly Essay: Remembering the string figures of Yirrkala Robyn McKenzie
Yolngu collaborations
Two-Ways Learning – The gift that keeps on giving Michelle Montgomery
Balnhdnhurr: a mark for others to follow Will Stubbs and Annie Studd
Bulay(i): Contemporary Yolŋu Jewellery: The Indigenous Jewellery Project meets Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Emily McCulloch Childs
Castlemaine
Talk of the town: How do you balance love and money? Castlemaine
Lively hood Patrick Jones
Waterfall in a box Rhyll Plant and Ann Baxter
Pink Terraces Dean Smith
Art meets life on a Sunday afternoon: Screenings at the Cantrills Tessa Laird and Camila Marambio
Love and money
The power of transformative repair Penny Craswell
Hipster capitalism explained Michael Scott
The quest for hi-fi design Lou Weis
Jewellery for free Vicki Mason
Playing tag with local identity: Art development in the inner city Peter Seaton
Devalued Currencies, Metaphorical Tapestries: “Yaw Owusu – All That Glitters” Anna Battista
Loved up? A review of Love: Art of Emotion 1400-1800 Inga Walton
An invitation to create: The Deeper Voice of Textiles Tim Johnson
Exhibition
Beautiful things in our world
Bamboo Exposed: the art of Hafu Matsumoto Mari Iizuka and Shoko Aono
The Tapestry Couch: healing and new beginnings at heart of refugee arts project Carolina Triana
Godh: in the lap of nature Mandy Ridley
A textile selfie, with love from Rajasthan Fiona Wright
The time-honored Ashavali brocades of Gujarat Vishu Arora