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P.A.M. presents PAMBOOKS

Article published 18th Mar 09
P.A.M. presents PAMBOOKS Look

What:
P.A.M. presents PAMBOOKS exhibition featuring Bea Nettles, Joseph Szabo, Ed Templeton, Peter Sutherland

Where:
Metropolis
and Someday, Lvl 3, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne

When:
Until Mar 31

Image:
Coming Home by Peter Sutherland (USA)

Related links:
Nangs

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What is a PAMBOOK? I was stumped. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to bump into a wise man who, on a break from setting up the exhibition upstairs, was pondering a dumpling menu on the street and who had clearly pondered the PAMBOOKS with equal or greater intensity.

"It's like a crazy friend with a bunch of wise backyards in a really punk professor, with an amazing lecture playing." He told me.
"What?" I looked at him quizzically, "Like a zine?"
"No."
"A book then?"
"No, not that either."

He paused but I wasn't sure if he had just decided what to order or if he had something else to say. "Listen," he continued, "you came to me looking for answers and I've given you more questions. In doing this I've shown you part of the secret of the PAMBOOK. The more you hold them, the more you will learn to let go. And with any luck, you'll begin to realise that sometimes the lighter something is, the more gravity it can contain."

"Kind of like a nang?"
"Yes, kind of like a nang."

By Chris Barton

Medium: Photography

Drink: Herbal tea

Keywords: City, Art, Launch, Photography

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