IF you happen to find yourself in Crown Casino staring at some unusually aesthetic CCTV cameras, it’s no accident; it’s just the artsy side of techno-whiz Clayton Popa. The up-and-coming artist’s day job sees him in charge of the casino’s cameras, and he says while his artistic flair is somewhat limited by the positioning of…

THE flensing deck of the Cheynes Beach Whaling Station never leaves you. Nearly 40 years after the last sperm whales were hauled up by steam winches and roughly dissected on the timber slipway, something putrid will trigger the memory of that smell; it was an inescapable, stomach-wrenching stench from the bowels of Davy Jones’ locker.…

A TWO thousand year old tale will hit Heath Ledger Theatre with Indian epic The Ramayana, a story of love, honour, death and desire. The ancient tale has been performed through narration and chants countless times throughout South East Asia from Angkor Wat to Bali, telling the story of the divine prince Rama and his…

GENETICALLY modified babies sound like the stuff of science fiction, but China’s Sun Yat-sen University claimed last year to have created the first GM human embryo. In the United States, germinal editing is the preferred term, and scientists say designer babies are no longer a fantasy as they push for greater freedom to further their…

THERE’S some shockers when it comes to country and western song titles, including I Flushed You From the Toilets of My Heart, and I Wanna Whip Your Cow. So, All Our Exes Live in Texas isn’t so bad. Then again Elana Stone, Katie Wighton, Hannah Crofts and Georgia Mooney weren’t expecting to use the band…

THE Irresistible may seem to have a cast of eight, but in reality there are only two actors on stage. The play is part mystery, but there’s no mystery about actors Adriane Daff and Tim Watts, just a bit of smoke and mirrors to make it seem like there are more thespians involved. “The toys…

AS the mercury plummets, the Winter Arts Season serves up plenty of hot entertainment to ensure punters don’t culturally hibernate. Tucked down laneways, in shopping arcades, vacant shop fronts and city malls there’s a smorgasbord of entertainment, much of it free. Headline show Winter Shadows (June 2, 7.10pm) features seven ninjas dancing around buildings and…

LINDA FARDOE’S solo exhibition Presence and Absence deals with memory, loss and the passage of time. Despite an impressive track record of exhibitions, including several in the UK and US, it is the first time the Mt Lawley artist been able to dedicate herself solely to her art. Fardoe’s time had been split between teaching…

AMERICAN jazz singer Vivian Sessoms will bring the sounds of her native Harlem to Perth this month when she headlines the International Jazz Festival. Sessoms’ life has always been steeped in music; her mother was a session singer, her father a flautist and percussionist who performed with the legendary James Brown. Despite being a huge…