the ’sham

This is the home of Lucas Ihlein’s artist-in-residence project in Petersham, a small suburb in inner-western Sydney.

[The photograph above shows punters compiling their own copies of Bilateral Petersham to staple together and take away, during the Publicity exhibition at Artspace in Sydney during May 2007]

Latest news:

October 2007

Publicity, the exhibition curated by Reuben Keehan which recently showed at Sydney’s Artspace, is touring to Adelaide’s CACSA. The exhibition dates are 26 October - 9 December 2007. You will be able to experience a re-formatted version of the Bilateral Petersham shelf, and assemble a copy of the “blook” for yourself, at CACSA during the show.

I’ve put some photos of the bench being constructed in Adelaide (via remote control, as I am in Montreal!) on my flickr site. They are here.

If you’re not in Adelaide, but would like a mail-order copy of the book, do get in touch (email lucas[at]thesham.info) and I’ll arrange to compile one and send it to you.

(The above photo was taken by Roderick Hietbrink)

June 2007

See more of Roderick’s photos from the Publicity exhibition at Artspace… visit my flickr page.

May 2007
Podcasting: I’ve been reading aloud the stories that feature in Bilateral Petersham from one year ago. You can read more about the podcasting project here, and listen to the podcasts which are peppered throughout the latest blog entries.

If you’ve picked up a copy of Bilateral Petersham from Artspace, and are delving into it now, I’d love to hear from you about what your reading experience is like. Check here for my questions for you!

NB: Read the latest entries in the Petersham blog here.