Angela Pippos took the anchor leg for the Basil Sellers Art Prize great debate and smashed them like guitars.
The path to enlightment debate: Tinsel Tony Wilson’s opener
November 13, 2014 by 2 Comments
Tinsel Tony Wilson got the team off to a flyer with this speech which sets out very clearly (and amusingly) why sport is the better (more reliable, quicker?) path to enlightenment.
The path to enlightenment: sport v art
November 13, 2014 by 6 Comments
Tinsel Tony Wilson, Ange Pippos and I were definitely wearing the white shorts for this one. The debate at the Ian Potter Museum of Art attracted a terrific audience (very responsive). But we got flogged by Robert Nelson, Alicia Sometimes and Justin Heazlewood (hearty congratulations). Thanks to Dave O’Neill for sitting in the chair.
Harms v Art: for whom the bell tolls
November 13, 2014 by 2 Comments
Almanac founding editor John Harms was lucky to escape censure at Wednesday evening’s sport versus art debate at the University of Melbourne’s Ian Potter Museum of Art.
The Great Debate. The path to enlightenment: sport or art?
November 11, 2014 by 1 Comment
Come and see sport and art fight it out at The Ian Potter Museum of Art. Wednesday Nov 12. Details in this post.
Sean Gorman’s request – information on Indigenous footballers, clubs, leagues
November 5, 2014 by 4 Comments
Sean Gorman is embarking on a significant research project and seeks our assistance.
Horses for Courses – Your Form Guide to the Asian Century
November 1, 2014 by 2 Comments
The Airport Economist, Tim Harcourt, is thinking like a punting analyst. Here he presents the field of Asian trade markets and their form. [Playful – Ed]
Gough Whitlam’s foreign policy was his true economic legacy
October 23, 2014 by 9 Comments
Tim Harcourt on Gough Whitlam and his foreign policy. [Nice intersection of the personal and the academic from Tim -Ed]
How a Japanese Guy Became a St Kilda Fan
October 22, 2014 by 30 Comments
Saint Yoshihiro Imagawa debuts with his story on how he became an Australian footy fan. “In 2011, I saw an AFL match at the pub by a chance; however I thought it was extraordinary (much different to other sports – I apologise if it offends you).” No apology necessary Yoshi. Welcome aboard.
Guineas Day….. Again
October 17, 2014 by 12 Comments
Art and Words from Kate Birrell – say no more. Kate and her kids adopt a wiser approach to Guineas Day than the ‘other half’.
Trick Knee
October 13, 2014 by 8 Comments
Peter Goldsworthy’s fine poem about an end-of-career sportsman. [oustanding – Ed]
Gone Girl/Guy: What movies tell us about Essendon and ourselves
October 6, 2014 by 6 Comments
Peter Baulderstone saw a great movie on the weekend, and wonders who is the ‘Gone Girl’ in the Essendon saga? And what does each of these modern fables tell us about how we choose to understand our “truth”?
What is sportswriting, anyway?
E. Regnans with a creative conversation about the nature of sportswriting. [Comes nicely on the tail of last week’s art v sport debate – Ed]