Author: Marcus Trimble

The rotunda of the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum played host to a performance of “Orbits” for 80 trombones, soprano and organ by the Montreal-born American composer Henry Brant.   The composer regarded space as the fourth dimension of music, along with pitch, time and timbre.  His vision,  to have players surround the audience, was realized…

Wired reports that Tron Guy is selling a customised Tron plane on eBay with a current bid of US$23,233.70.

Rory Hyde examines why a government advisor from the UAE might look to Adelaide as a precedent for Abu Dhabi. “Culturally, contextually, climatically and politically these cities could not be more distinct. Even within Australia, Adelaide is a joke, better known for its bizarre murders than as a model of exemplary urbanism. It is not…

Now Showing: John Baldessari Sings Sol LeWitt. “I feel that this is a tribute to him, in that I think that these sentences have been hidden too long in the pages of exhibition catalogues and that perhaps by my singing them for you, it will bring these sentences to a much larger public.”

Sydney’s new town square may be realised sooner than planned with the construction of the CBD Metro. SMH

Colors Magazine #75 explores the thin border between protection and paranoia.