I work as an artist and photographer.
In addition to my scene and performance photography, which is so much fun, I also have a photomedia art practice. Please visit my website at www.alisonbennett.com.au
I am completing a research masters of fine arts at Monash University on the theme of 'negotiating inhabitation'. In the 80s, I did a BA (visual arts) majoring in photography from the UNSW College of Fine Arts.
Recent solo exhibitions include 'Inside Hill End', reviewed by Charles Rice in Architecture Australia July 2004; 'Woolsheds and Shearers' Quarters' reviewed by Philip Drew in Indesign #24; and 'In Ruins' exhibited at Platform2 in 2005 and featured on the cover of Arena magazine #78. Robert Nelson, reviewing 'Making Hay' in The Age 15 Nov 2006, compared her work to Walker Evans. I curated the group exhibition 'Frames of Reference' for Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 2005 and have works in the collections of the National Museum of Australia, the Historic Houses Trust of NSW and the City of Geelong.
Interests
sleeping, eating, swimming, talking to strangers, caring for my children, coffee, music, photography
Favourite Things
Fave Music
Gotye, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Talking Heads, Gotan Project, Odetta, Millie Jackson, Dan Sultan
Fave Movies
Heavens Gate (directors cut!), The Good, the Bad & The Ugly, Singing in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Wattstax
Fave Books
Pattern Recognition, Burning with Desire, Architecture from the Outside
Her Favourite Artists
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became a fan last month on the 13th
Her Favourite Keywords
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Her Favourite Content
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Bookmarked on Wednesday
It’s part gangster, part pimp, and part boxing champion… but it’s definitely sexy. Of course, we are talking about Madonna’s hot new incarnation. She’s ditched the ‘Flashdance’ disco camp and lycra in favour of a harder more urban look.
Bookmarked on Tuesday
Join SameSame.com.au’s black campaign. Simply wear black clothing when heading out this weekend in solidarity for gays, lesbians and transgender people around the world who have suffered at the hands of the Church.
Bookmarked last fortnight
Same Same’s photographers are everywhere you are! Love Machine, Xchange Hotel, Blond On The Rocks, The Glasshouse... We could go on.
Bookmarked on the 4th
Thomas Beatie, the transgender man who sent the world into tranny panic when he announced that he was with child, gave birth on Sunday to a healthy baby girl.
Bookmarked last month on the 24th
Good news folks! Last week we ranked number 82 in respected business magazine BRW’s list of ‘Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications’ and all of us here at Same Same are feeling as proud as punch!
Bookmarked last month on the 24th
Boy George has been denied a visa to enter America, even though he's clean, sober and has a full tour itinerary booked.
Bookmarked last month on the 21st
Freedom2b(e) are a networking group of GLBTIQ people from pentecostal and charismatic Christian backgrounds. Tonight they're screening a documentary called Abomination: Homosexuality And The Ex-Gay Movement and you're all invited.
Bookmarked last month on the 19th
The intimate setting of The Toff in Town seems to be made for bands like The Verses. The audience is attentive and no one is trying to yell over the band; everyone is there to see what they can do.
Bookmarked last month on the 7th
Californian gays can now set a date for their weddings, which is what Queen Latifah is apparently doing, although Rosie O'Donnell doesn't want to rush in again just yet.
Bookmarked last month on the 4th
The queers are taking over! Same Same and the Australian Centre For The Moving Image (ACMI) are teaming up to present a super cool night of queer fun and abandon at Game On. It’s the awesome new exhibition that everyone is talking about.
Events She's Going To
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Events She Went To
Sat 1st Dec
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The Glasshouse
TUFF MUFF GOES BUFF
The beefiest lady’s night Melbourne to ever hit Melbourne. Bulging in all the right places, Tuff Muff 2 cranks up Sat 1st Dec at the Glasshouse. —-IMBIBE THE LADY VIBE—-
Thu 27th Dec
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Roxanne Parlour
Fabrik is German for “factory”. It symbolises harship, tolerance of growth and the urge to fabricate something new for the world to experience. That is what the night is all about.
Sat 19th Jan
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Alexandra Gardens
Midsumma is delighted to be opening the 2008 Festival with GLBTI Melbourne’s favourite community event – Carnival Day!