Spitball Constellation: Forest Keegel

A little bit disgusting, a little bit real.

Klare Lanson  

As part of the annual Arts Open event here in Jaara Country, Castlemaine, artist Forest Keegel transforms dirty paper towels from local washroom bins into an illuminating performance driven … Read More

At the Edges of Meaning: Arthur & Corinne Cantrill

at the 2015 Castlemaine State Festival

I’ve arranged to meet with two of the most interesting alternative filmmakers in this entire swirling world. Arriving at their home, I am faced with many paths leading to the entrance and … Read More

Undue Noise: Expanded Cinema Moments

Klare Lanson

Central Victoria is known as a location for experimentation with sound, film and its blurred genre art practice. Undue Noise (UN) is a non-profit collective of multi-disciplinary artists with a focus on experimental sound and film practice, … Read More

The essence of what you see – the art of Catherine Pilgrim

Klare Lanson

“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.” – Lucian Freud

The physical act of holding a pencil highlights the multi-layered relationship we have with knowledge. We … Read More

We Are Dookie

Klare Lanson

I’m driving through Central Victoria and whilst traveling between Violet Town and Shepparton I land in a town called Dookie. The surrounds there are a saturation of yellow painted in fields of canola crops, wildflowers, gumtrees, … Read More

Little Aches & Pains: by David Frazer & Paul Kelly

Klare Lanson

‘That which does not kill us makes us stronger’

I’ve always been captivated with ideas around scratching, cutting, digging. Any kind of mark making for that matter. Luckily I’m in Castlemaine, which has a solid … Read More

Stralian Stories April 2014

Sleepers Publishing: The Heart of Storytelling

by Klare Lanson

Chewton is a place in Central Victoria that doesn’t cry out for attention. Although it heralds a time in our recent history of opportunity, gold, murder, The Monster … Read More

Eat me Love me SEE me: Hotham Street Ladies

by Klare Lanson  

“Let them eat cake.” – Marie Antoinette  

I remember receiving a text message back in 2007 from a girlfriend requesting I reply with my favourite recipe; to be used for an inner city community … Read More

Stralian Stories: just_a_girl by Kirsten Krauth

by Klare Lanson

“the moment that I step outside so many reasons for me to run and hide” (lyrics by Gwen Stefani and Tom Dumont)

We’re all kinds of mixed up creatures, trying to find that spark … Read More