» THIS year's Anne Landa Award for video and new media arts has been won by Aussie-born TV Moore who lives and works in Sydney and Los Angeles.
For the Anne Landa Award exhibition, Moore created an ambitious new multi-part installation which was adjudged winner of the 2009 Anne Landa Award by judges Edmund Capon, director of the Art Gallery of NSW, and Wayne Tunnicliffe, senior curator of contemporary art.
Moore's video installation is described as exploring altered states such as hypnosis, group therapy, brainwashing, LSD experiences, trance and sleepwalking.
Phil Collins
dunia tak akan mendengar, 2007
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» DOUBLE Take, the 2009 Anne Landa Award exhibition is at the Art Gallery of New South Wales until July 19.
The Anne Landa Award is a biennial exhibition for moving image and new media work with an acquisitive award of $25,000.
This year Australian and overseas artists are represented in the exhibition although the acquisitive award will only be for Australian resident artists.
Represented in this year's exhibition are Phil Collins (UK), Cao Fei (People's Republic of China), Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano (Australia), TV Moore (Australia), Lisa Reihana (New Zealand), and Mari Velonaki (Australia).
Admission to the exhibition is free.
 » THIS sculpture of pears guards the approach to the National Gallery of Australia which lies at the base of the
triangle formed by Commonwealth Ave, Kings Ave and Lake Burley Griffin with the Australian Parliament at its
apex. The pears are the work of George Baldesin (1929-1978) who was born in Italy and lived in Australia from
1949 after having lived and worked in England, Italy, Brazil and France. The National Gallery of Australia building
was opened in 1982 and houses permanent and visiting exhibitions covering a wide spectrum of Australian and
other countries' art.
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» THE art galleries and museums in Canberra are close enough to Sydney for a day's visit.
Be sure to visit the National Gallery of Australia (check out the current exhibitions) and the National Museum of Australia which is a repository of much Aboriginal art and artefacts.
If visiting the Australian Parliament, you can almost saunter down to the Old Parliament House which houses the Australian Portrait Gallery.
If military art and artefacts interest you, a visit to the Australian War Memorial may be worthwhile.
Students and families with children can also have an enjoyable couple of hours at Questacon, the national science and technology centre.
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