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MASTERCLASS IN GLASS

Glass Design Ltd — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:35:08 +1200

LIMITED PLACES REMAINING

Intensive 5 day Masterclass by renowned Glass Master Dr Gerry King from Australia celebrating his 40th year in glass. Fully catered lunches, glass and tuition all included.

Being ( with ) John Malkovich …

gussimonovic — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:51:25 +1200

Edinburgh August 2011.

IT'S raining and the temperature is falling with the wind whipping in from the Firth of Forth. As John Malkovich, one of Hollywood's most famous stars, found out on the city's Royal Mile, these have become the traditional conditions that mark the beginning of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Read More »

Transport and Transportation

gussimonovic — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:25:17 +1200

If I wanted only to list all the places that I visited in the past week or so, it would exceed the format of a postcard: Newcastle, Whistable, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool …. If I was to list all the names of people that I had the privilege to meet, it would exceed the format of a short story. Read More »

Latitude and Longitude

gussimonovic — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:08:46 +1200

Latitude Festival, I want my money back!Not that I ever had to pay to get in, but seriously: what is the purpose of Read More »

Poetry Around the Clock

gussimonovic — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:33:48 +1200

Being sick is not fun, not even in London; trust me. But luckily my employer “The God of Poetry” ( if there was one ), lets me stay in bed and … of course work on poetry: 24 hours. Actually only 12 hours for southern hemisphere, and 12 for northern.

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Launch event for the NZ Studies Network at Birkbeck

gussimonovic — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:24:51 +1200

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Launch event for the NZ Studies Network at Birkbeck

gussimonovic — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:24:45 +1200

A weekend away from the Apples and Snakes office gave me a chance to further explore literary and poetry scene in London, including Kiwi contribution.
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The Word's a Stage – Forging Fantastic New Poetry

gussimonovic — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 02:32:42 +1200

I arrived for my internship at Apples and Snakes at a time of severe cuts to government funding of the arts across the UK. Read More »

A Poetry evening, with a Bouncer

gussimonovic — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:43:56 +1200

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Poetry Place

gussimonovic — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:13:07 +1200

Although today was my second day in London, it was a day of “firsts”: my very first day in the poetry office! I mean a poetry office that is not my bedroom or a local library or cafe with a wireless internet connection. Read More »

First Postcard from London

gussimonovic — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:05:22 +1200

It was a good day, for a Serb, to Arrive in London on the day when Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon tittle. But it was more my New Zealand pacifica style flax top-hat that made me feel victorious, as almost every tourist and passerby noticed it and wanted to have a photos with me. Read More »

What a Wild Week in a Wintery Wonderland

ConnieLene — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:05:12 +1300

I have had a really wild week.

It is has been freezing, snowing and my hands have really struggled with the activities we have carried out out in that cold wintery environment. Read More »

article from Kiwi artist on the first International Conference on Culture and Climate Change in Copenhagen, Dec 09

cath_narnia — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:56:27 +1300

I wrote an article on the first International Culture|Futures Conference on Culture and Climate Change which I attended in Copenhagen in Dec 09.

I'm a Kiwi who has been living in Ireland these past 15 years, and as I was one of the few there from Ireland I have written it for the Irish arts audience and will distribute it in Ireland. Read More »

Taking the LOMO LC-A for a walk in New York City

Ila Couch — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:25:26 +1300

Biting the Big Apple: Ila Couch takes the Lomo LC-A for a test drive around the streets of New York City and rediscovers her love of analog photography.

melbourne mime

darcygladwin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:31:07 +1300

This is a beautiful woman I met and asked her to be in my music video. My friend advised me not to take my handycam into the art gallery where I just wanted some footage in the stairwell - you know galleries : austere, I wanted a labyrinth. . . Read More »