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Andrew Harper

Andrew Harper

lutruwita/tasmania
Nov
07
And no birds sing

And no birds sing

Recently, I was perusing Instagram, when I stopped scrolling, my attention held by a soft sculptural work made by Gabbee Stolp: a dead bird, a brown skua. It had not been made to be realistic, yet the work was delicate and haunting. It recalled to me other dead birds, their absolute stillness.
8 min read
Aug
02
Notes on Materiel World

Notes on Materiel World

I still don't like guns.
12 min read
Jul
30
NOTES ON A LOT OF THINGS

NOTES ON A LOT OF THINGS

Hey, Okay, I finally got covid. In 2025. I’m a late adopter. I guess everyone else here knows exactly
17 min read
May
24
LIFE/CYCLE

LIFE/CYCLE

reflections on a live performance event devised by Jane Longhurst
15 min read
May
11
SOME NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS ON, AND INSPIRED BY, SOME PAINTINGS BY NICOLE O’LOUGHLIN.

SOME NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS ON, AND INSPIRED BY, SOME PAINTINGS BY NICOLE O’LOUGHLIN.

13 min read
Apr
07
RELÂCHE: THE LAST DANCE ON EARTH

RELÂCHE: THE LAST DANCE ON EARTH

Second Echo Ensemble at The Odeon
12 min read
Mar
15
Notes on Seaborne

Notes on Seaborne

Gay Hawkes at Narryna
5 min read
Jan
31
Have you ever been experienced?

Have you ever been experienced?

Notes and thoughts around Namedropping
16 min read
Dec
22
Notes on Apologue Isle (and other exhibitions)

Notes on Apologue Isle (and other exhibitions)

I think art is really good at communicating things that are not going to work quite so well with words.
7 min read
Dec
07
Notes on paper towns and abandoned places

Notes on paper towns and abandoned places

Contemporary jewellery and object responses: what we take, what we cast off, and what might have been.
4 min read