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Jorgen Jorgenson returns yet again

By admin | June 23, 2009

Jorgen Jorgenson was a Danish adventurer who travelled to Tasmania twice, first in the founding party of Hobart and then as a convict. Between visits, he had been bestowed with the title of the first King of Iceland. He wrote many books, including a study of Tasmanian aborigines. His life sustains a ongoing link between [...]

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Idea of South broadcast

By admin | June 13, 2009

Idea of South – Unique Radio Program
Sunday 14th June 22.00-23.00 (13.30 -14.00 GMT)
Idea of South – A unique radiophonic work by Roger Mills broadcast by 2SER and FBi radio in a dual station simulcast and accompanying internet stream.
Composer and sound artist Roger Mills has produced an immersive new radio work, exploring the sound [...]

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The German idea of South – high noon in the Black Forest

By admin | June 7, 2009

Spernere mundum, spernere te ipsum, spernere te sperni.
Scorn the world, scorn yourself, scorn being scorned.
St Filippo Neri quoted by Goethe
The Faustian quest
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is today the proud hero of enlightened Germany. Institutes in his name disseminate German culture around the world. And the core of this culture, Das Drama der Deutschen, is [...]

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When children grow up in the Kingdom of Bellavista

By admin | April 23, 2009

In the Kingdom of Bellavista there lived two peoples. For centuries they had lived in perfect harmony, but lately there had been troubles.
High on the hill, there lived the refined nobles, who cultivated highly sophisticated sciences and arts. With great care and kindness they managed the affairs of the realm, particularly those they fondly called [...]

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Do we need another north?

By admin | March 13, 2009

The South African design expo Design Indaba makes the claim that global ascendency has passed to the other half of the world:
Stand back Milan, London and New York, here comes SOUTH! SOUTH is an inversion of hand-me-down Eurocentric creativity, a world map turned upside down conceptually, so that South Africa is on top. Over [...]

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