new anthems
interactive telephonic cut-ups
by inkahoots
Interactive typographic installations inviting long overdue invention and critique of expressions of national identity.
SMS 0425 100 141
to insert your contribution
enter a word or short phrase
for each LED screen separated
by a comma
eg. ‘firstword,secondword’ or
‘short phrase,another short phrase’
(filtered by dictionary)
/ rewrite our anthems
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New Anthems 4 / now closed (May 19 – June 22, 2011)
Ideas Festival, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
22.06.11 / 04:44PM
how do we pollinate while our honey bees are burning
22.06.11 / 04:32PM
how do we take photos while our cameras are burning
22.06.11 / 04:03PM
how do we watch tv while our dinners are burning
22.06.11 / 03:16PM
how do we plebiscite while our politician's stunts are burning
22.06.11 / 11:06AM
how do we enjoy our curry while our mouths are burning
21.06.11 / 06:56PM
how do we wonder why while our earth are burning
21.06.11 / 06:31PM
how do we plebiscite while our elections are burning
21.06.11 / 01:02PM
how do we enjoy our curry while our mouths are burning
21.06.11 / 12:50PM
how do we sing while our tests are burning
19.06.11 / 05:02PM
how do we become one while our minds are burning
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New Anthems 3 / now closed (Feb 5 – March 5, 2010)
Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, Australia
04.03.10 / 09:21PM
And he needed to conform as he sat and advanced australia fair by the billabong.
04.03.10 / 07:51AM
And he gloated as he sat and developed by the billabong.
02.03.10 / 07:00PM
And he horripulated as he sat and truncated by the billabong.
27.02.10 / 09:17PM
And he stood as he sat and lay by the billabong.
26.02.10 / 08:25PM
And he monkeys as he sat and the by the billabong.
26.02.10 / 08:09AM
And he lamented the valley as he sat and wondered where next by the billabong.
24.02.10 / 07:23AM
And he was always a he as he sat and was never a she by the billabong.
23.02.10 / 10:23AM
And he choked on the fumes as he sat and idled underground by the billabong.
22.02.10 / 08:04AM
And he believed the media as he sat and swallowed their lies by the billabong.
21.02.10 / 11:16AM
And he sent an email as he sat and surfed the internet by the billabong.
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New Anthems 2 / now closed (Sept 14 – Sept 28, 2009)
Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, Australia
28.09.09 / 01:38PM
I love a impecunious country, a land of supercilious plains.
27.09.09 / 12:06PM
I love a nuclear country, a land of radioactive plains.
26.09.09 / 11:00AM
I love a suburban country, a land of eight mile plains.
25.09.09 / 10:00AM
I love a classless country, a land of pull the other one plains.
24.09.09 / 12:08PM
I love a conterminous country, a land of pulchritude plains.
24.09.09 / 10:35AM
I love a great south east country, a land of laurel plains.
23.09.09 / 10:35PM
I love a well-cleared country, a land of dust plains.
23.09.09 / 12:46PM
I love a lucky country, a land of in denial plains.
22.09.09 / 09:12PM
I love a beer-soaked country, a land of pickled livers and plains.
22.09.09 / 08:34PM
I love a this is a lovely waste country, a land of enjoy it as is plains.
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New Anthems 1 / now closed (July 22 – Aug 20, 2009)
Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, Australia
20.08.09 / 05:35PM
australians all let us indulge the stock market, for we are young and it's days are numbered
20.08.09 / 03:41PM
australians all let us blame the system, for we are young and blaming each other
20.08.09 / 11:23AM
australians all let us prune our hedges, for we are young and tidy gardeners
20.08.09 / 11:03AM
australians all let us be ourselves, for we are young and too busy being cool
19.08.09 / 10:46AM
australians all let us look after each other, for we are young and in it together
18.08.09 / 10:46AM
australians all let us loose our religion, for we are young and need a new faith
17.08.09 / 07:22PM
australians all let us pay our bills, for we are young and we don't want to be old and broke
16.08.09 / 04:25PM
australians all let us go outside, for we are young and the sun is shining
16.08.09 / 07:27AM
australians all let us over indulge, for we are young and want it all
15.08.09 / 09:28AM
australians all let us pay the rent, for we are young and trespassing
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