I like my analogue camera because it gave me the entry into the world of Art, photography & photomontage. I like the fact that I was born in 1949-it’s always good to avoid a golden age.
I like writing- & if I had to choose my 3 favourite writers they would be Albert Camus, Nikos Kazanzakis, Gabriel Marquez & Ernest Hemingway.
I like the Orthodox monastery of Saint Giorgios at Mavrouvouni & its elder, in Cyprus.
The first stand-alone exhibition celebrating the work of Master Thief and artist Peter Lyssiotis. Explore his 40-year career through hand-crafted artists’ books and a rich personal archive to consider how we use memory – and art – to respond to the world, at the Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University Library.
Peter Lyssiotis talks about his work with particular reference to his artist’s book practice and his book Homeland. Produced in collaboration with Noga Freiberg the book explores Green lines in areas of conflict.
Outside of a dog a book is a man’s best friend.
Seeing Silence Is No Refuge come to life is like watching a version of my life-as-a-film being screened in reverse… or perhaps dancing in a tango with myself: 6 steps backwards and 6 steps forward. Witnessing one’s past unspooling, is frightening because it tells you how unstable memory is… it wasn’t until the archive at
How to write/talk about these books? Let’s look at what they’ve been called: – private press books, – livres d’artiste, – the vanity press, – illustrated books, – self-published books, – artist’s books, – livres d’art. So let’s surrender and ego a little… All these terms hold some water, but what they tell me is
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