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Kylie's Costumes
... Blue cotton double-breasted jacket and shorts with Australian Flag motif designed by Nicole Bonython [Australia]. Gift of Kylie Minogue, 1991 ...From Neighbours character, Charlene, to international pop sensation, Kylie Minogue’s costumes chart her rise, her style, and her creative energy.
The Kylie Costume Collection at the Arts Centre, Melbourne, shows the range and development of Kylie's persona through costume, and her collaborations with international and national designers.
As Kylie donates her costumes to the Arts Centre directly, curators are able to keep an extensive, chronological and very complete material record of Kylie's career, across her tours, album cover shoots, music videos, and red carpet and special events.
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Murray Darling Palimpsest #6
... Vic Waclawik 'Palaeochannel' Bamboo, fabric Artist’s Statement: "A line of blue flags represents the channel connecting Lake Mungo and Lake Leaghur. A stream may have existed here thousands of years ago, indicating the natural variation ...In 2006, Mildura Palimpsest became the Murray Darling Palimpsest, emphatically underscoring the identity of the region and its environmental interdependence.
The Murray Darling Palimpsest, staged in locations throughout the Murray Darling Basin, continues Palimpsest’s direct engagement with issues of environmental and social sustainability. With land and water use no longer in the background, Palimpsest is remarkable in its recognition that art affects attitudes, and reflects the engagement and connection many contemporary artists have to the environment; perhaps the most pressing issue we now face.
In 2006, Palimpsest brought together artists, scientists, environmentalists and other academics and commentators with the future of the Murray Darling Basin firmly in sight.
