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Born: Established: 1975 Fortitude Valley, Fortitude Valley - New Farm area, Brisbane - North East, Brisbane, Queensland, ;
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1 y separately published work icon Sweat : The Subtropical Imaginary Andrew McNamara (editor), Fortitude Valley : Institute of Modern Art , 2011 Z1877338 2011 anthology criticism 'Does heat have a cooling effect on culture? Sweat argues the reverse: culture thrives in the subtropical zones. While acknowledging that the subtropical generates ambivalence being cast as alternately idyllic or hellish Sweat nonetheless seeks to develop the specific voices of subtropical cultures. The uneasy place of this sweaty discourse is explored across art, literature, architecture, and the built environment. In particular, Sweat focuses on the most commonly experienced situations, the everyday house. While it addresses subjects from Japan, Brazil, and France, Sweat centres on Brisbane, Queensland long in the shadow of Sydney and Melbourne in the Australian cultural psyche due to its enduring and self-conscious attention to subtropical living.' (Back cover)
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