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Come along as I do an artist talk on Wednesday at midday as part of my exhibition about the Essendon Supplements Saga. Incinerator Gallery, 180 Holmes Road, Aberfeldie. The show runs until July 21, 11am-4pm, closed Mondays.
County Court Room 4.2 - AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal ——— My show That Was The Season That Was is open from tomorrow through to 21st of July in Boadle Hall at Moonee Valley Council’s Incinerator Gallery. The official opening is 6-8pm on Friday, come along. ———— In February 2013 an investigation began in to the use of banned supplements at the Essendon Football Club. Following two years of headlines and vitriol thirty-four players were charged, leading to a six week hearing that cleared the players. The World Anti-Doping Authority appealed, claiming the burden of proof applied to the circumstantial case was too high. A year after the original verdict a one week trial ended with the players being suspended for the entire 2016 season. Throughout the course of the scandal there were secret deals, false assurances, cover-ups and attempts by both government and sporting bodies to influence the process. A deal to sacrifice support staff at Essendon in exchange for the non-suspension of players fell apart as people fought to prove their innocence. In the end, if the players were injected with a banned substance it was with the assurance that it was permitted. Yet those most responsible escaped prosecution, other clubs who admitted to questionable supplements programs were not investigated and the AFL continues to put their own commercial interest ahead of that of both athletes and the game. To support a football club is to be co-custodian of the collective memories that define what a football club is. That Was The Season That Was is an attempt to record some of the unseen or unknown of the Essendon supplements scandal in order to add to that collective memory.
I have a show opening next week in Boadle Hall at Moonee Valley Council’s Incinerator Gallery. It’s about football, doping, politics and power. It opens next Friday, 7th of June 6-8pm. Come have a wine. Council galleries always put on the best spreads.
Back home after a formative and transformative month of #doingvisualpolitics in Nepal. Thanks to all who made it what it was.
Oh good morning, Himalayas.
Urban sprawl in Kathmandu. #doingvisualpolitics
Brick Kilns on the outskirts of Kathmandu. #doingvisualpolitics @photocircle_np
Everest Premier League T20 final. #doingvisualpolitics #cricket #t20 @icc
#doingvisualpolitics Nepal
Kathman#doingvisualpolitics
Panel discussion as part of #doingvisualpolitics program in Kathmandu. @alan_a_hill @donaldweber @turistatranscendental @olivervodeb @pdicampo @laia_abril @generalworks_project @vida_te_vidi
A walk around Kathmandu followed by an amazing talk by Nuning(Nuraini Juliastuti) #doingvisualpolitics
Quick explore around yesterday on our first full day in Kathmandu for #doingvisualpolitics
Scout.
We’ve had this smug bastard preventing us from sleeping in for a year now. 🎉💖🎉💖
Back at uni after a number of years with some unfinished business. I started work on a series about the corrupt process of the Essendon supplements scandal because of course I did.
“I’m too fat” “But I’m not” There’s a bunch of old footy drawings by local primary school kids at the old entrance to Windy Hill. This detail was one of my favourites. #bombersarehot