The Western Front

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The January/February 2009 issue of FRONT is now on the streets, with a cover by Matthew Forsythe and artists projects by Helmut Smits, MIchael Marlowsky and the Xenographic Society. The issue also contains the next installment of our series of studio profiles, by Rebecca Lamarre, and the first of Lars Cuzner’s film and artists reviews.

PROPERTIES:

Now you see it, now you don’t: as recent adjustments in the financial sector remind us, a drop in the value of imaginary property may in turn cause a considerable drop in the imaginary value of property. The church of Rome recently discovered that it believes excessive amounts of the latter amount to a mortal sin—extending the vicious cycle well into infinity. Commodity traders must still choose among animal, vegetable and mineral, but for the rest us, the old rule holds: neither a lender nor a borrower be.

Contents

COVER

Snake Fight, by Matthew Forsythe,

Table of Contents

Spread by Azin Seraj

ARTISTS PROJECTS

6 George At The End Of The World , By Michael Markowsky

13 Being And Time, Abridged, By The Xenographic Society

18 The Real Thing, By Helmut Smits

FEATURES

5 Painting Maps, By Brittany Mitchell

8 Photograph Eggery, By Jocelyn Beyak

16 Photography Ryan, By Lisa Walker

17 Fiction By Amber Dawn Tralala

20 Fiction Us Vs. Them, By Nikki Reimer

22 Transcript 108754618, By Amy Modahl

24 Installation Untitled, By Laura Calvi

27 Fiction Between Wars, By Christine Leclerc

28 Poetry Thresh Ii, By Kim Minkus

29 Digital Collage Ing, By Amy Modahl

42 Drawing Coney Island, By Leora Morinis

44 Collage View From Above, By Jessica Gabriel

DEPARTMENTS

10 Studio Profile: The Old Artillery Shed, By Rebecca Lamarre

40 UQ Events Calendar