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By: Isabel Dunstan
Date: 21st May 08
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: W
What:
Whoops Kibbutz
Where:
Utopian Slumps, 5/25 Easey St, Collingwood
When:
Opening Fri May 23, 6pm-9pm
Exhibition runs until June 14
How much:
Free
Description:
There’s something self-deprecatingly charming about Kate Smith and her exhibition, Whoops Kibbutz. She grew up on a farm and witnessed first-hand how humans were forced to interact with nature to sustain effective farming systems and the ideals of agro-ecology. But dear Kate, having moved away from the farm, now focuses on her poor attempts to escape the futility of in her role as an artist; compost bins, her Woofing holiday and her studies. Despite what her blog says about her “dumb show”, this is a Next Wave event worth going to - to engage in farming Australia and share your dismal attempts to support environmental sustainability.