从太石村到东洲坑——更危险的一步 From Taishi village to Dongzhou–a step into danger

The massacre of peasants in Dongzhou, in Guangdong Province happened earlier this month, when I was having blog problems and …

angel of death meets C64 & NES

Most people who know me a bit understand I love metal. In all it’s forms, from the original heavy stuff …

nine lives – the birth of avante-garde in new china

SCALO Books have just published Beijing resident Karen Smith’s Nine Lives – The Birth of Avante-Garde in New China, and …

feel the pain, baby

There’s been a complete lack of indoor climbing in Melbourne since the place in Collingwood closed a couple of years …

You can create art & beauty on a computer

On the other side of the hemisphere in Berlin, the 22nd Chaos Communication Congress has hackers making the world a …

先锋光芒 – ray of the avante garde

Guangzhou’s 广州中华影城 Zhonghua Cinema is running a festival of recent Chinese films, 先锋光芒–中国青年导演电影展映(柏林篇)Ray of the Avante Garde – Chinese Young …

Gothic Nightmares

Getting all ready for the start of rehearsals of hell in Melbourne, and watching lots of Peking Opera, 1970s Japanese …

transsexuals in china

There was a kinda interesting article in China Daily, about a transsexual named Xiao Ying, who is about to have …

同志 tongzhi getting queer in china

It could have been the part of town I was hanging out in, or it could be that Guangzhou is …

don’t drink the brown acid

The first time it was almost world news; the second when upstart southern capital Guangzhou tried to get in on …

i like my guangzhou underground

I have such a soft spot for the city Lonely Planet used to advise everyone to don’t-stop-just-keep-on-going-on-to-the-Real-China, and now describe …

a new beginning … same old whoring

… i know i’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but i can give you my complete assurance that my …

独生一代 – single child generation

Park 19 in Guangzhou has been off the internet for a few weeks now, and when I visited the studios …

mimi marks and stupid people

About a month ago, Mimi Marks won the Miss International Queen 2005 beauty pageant for transsexuals in Thailand, which I …

fast chicks and low cars

From one of my daily reads, we-make-money-not-art, comes my favourite combination of culture, fast cars and hot bikini chicks. Tell …

chinese mediaculture

One of the works at the 第二届广州三年展 2nd Guangzhou Triennial, the Beijing Boom Tower, has come back to me in …

a quarter of a billion – an addendum

I had some doubts this morning about posting the previous entry. And more doubts since reading R.J. Rummell’s blog more …

a quarter of a billion

I’m taking a bit of a break from blogging, the return to Australia has left me with a disembodied sense …

kcr – guangzhou to dongguan

The Kowloon to Guangzhou through train is one of the weirdest train rides I’ve been on, and it’s one I’ve …

planes trains busses taxis

I’ll be gracing the Hong Kong airport tomorrow, and leaving Guangzhou. It’s been a whirl of a 10 day adventure …

categories and stuff

I’ve changed some of the names of the categories to make them a little more representative of what gets assigned …

don’t bomb us – al jazeera goes blog

Somehow, I think through one of the feeds I subscribe to, I stumbled upon what is one of the best …

translate this: 行愿

I was at the 广州美术学院 and spent the afternoon with 林若熹 a professor at the Academy who is preparing a …

last night in guangzhou

More art. Hanging around the Fine Arts Academy with painter Wan Xiaojia, checking out people’s studios, eating lots of Cantonese …

a night at loft 345

Last night I went down to Loft345, which used to be Park19 (because it was number 19 whatever lane and …

a taxi ride

Going from Huanshi Dong Lu to Jiangnan Dadao, across the river and along the inner city elevated freeways that snake …