May
2009 10
2009 10
Shigeyuki Kihara
Shigeyuki Kihara is a multimedia and performance artist of Samoan and Japanese descent. Her work is based on research of Indigenous cultures of the Pacific, and explores Samoan culture, history and spirituality. Often inhabiting both male and female roles in her work, Kihara interrogates Western systems of classification and explores notions of...
Jan
2009 11
2009 11
Interview with Nam Le
Nam Le's first anthology of short stories "The Boat" has met with critical and commercial success internationally. Peril was lucky enough to catch him on the run...
Dec
2008 30
2008 30
Art Drama: Van Rudd and the Melbourne City Council
On the day the Bill Henson story broke (May 25, 2008), another art-controversy story made the front page of Melbourne’s broadsheet, The Age. Van Rudd, nephew of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, had his work, “Special Forces (After Banksy)” banned from a Melbourne City Council exhibition for which, after invitation, it had been...
Dec
2008 30
2008 30
Interview with Simone Lazaroo
Simone Lazaroo has written three novels, The World Waiting to be Made (TWWTBM), The Australian Fiance and The Travel Writer. She was interviewed by Paul Giffard-Foret in early 2007 and 2008 for his masters thesis. We have published a brief extract of these interviews here...
Nov
2007 4
2007 4
Interview with Alice Pung
Alice Pung is the author of the highly successful “An Unpolished Gem”. We managed to catch her in between literary dates and her work as a lawyer to ask her a few questions about the meaning of life...
