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Jon Campbell's 'Setlist' book launch

What:
Jon Campbell's Setlist book launch

Where:
Readings, 309 Lygon St, Carlton

When:
Fri Feb 12, 6.30pm

How much:
Free!

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Setlists, we've all done ‘em. Well, many of us haven't, as we aren't in bands or we are only know how to play one song - ‘Here come the bastards' by Primus. Jon Campbell likes setlists, seemingly because they are handwritten documents, created moments before a performer goes onstage, whether they're Neil Young or Architecture In Helsinki.

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Jon Campbell, 'Folk Songs'

Article published 27th Jan 10
Gallery Type: Contemporary Art Space
Location: Southside
Medium: Installation
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<p>Artist and musician <a href="http://www.jcampbellart.com" target="_blank">Jon Campbell</a> has a delicate constitution and a nose for the important things in life. First felony: prima facie and to wit, commenting on his new painting <em>Cheap Perfume and Fried Dim Sims</em> Mr Campbell says, &quot;At Flinders Street Station you can buy take-away food from a little kiosk on the platform.</p>

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Jon Campbell, Setlist

Article published 20th Aug 09
Gallery Type: Contemporary Art Space
Location: CBD
Medium: Installation
Jon Campbell, Setlist Look
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While, as an audience, we may deify or struggle to relate to what is going on at a gig, we understand that at some point before the music started there was a human being with a texta or biro, or groupie's lipstick, sitting somewhere wondering: What the sh*t am I going to play tonight?

Lists (and setlists) are a very active form of thinking and a no-nonsense approach to documentation that, for the most part, continue to defy the march of technology in favour of the handwritten.

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