Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11am-6pm
Cost: FREE
More Info: www.pica.org.au

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Curator: Melissa Keys
Artists: Jemima Burrill (UK), Patty Chang (USA), Kelli Connell (USA), Futoshi Miyagi (Japan), Elise/Jürgen (AUS), Smith/Stewart (UK), Julie Traitsis (AUS)

Searching philosophical exchanges, fleeting glimpses and peep hole voyerurism Intimate Acts brings together a range of performative, video and photographic works that provide a glimpse into the nature of intimacy, desire and the suggestive power of the imagination. Drawing together National and International artists this exhibition will explore the social, physical and psychic relations between subjects.

Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11am-6pm
Cost: FREE
More Info: www.pica.org.au

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The exhibition comprises three elements:
Hold Everything Dear I
Hold Everything Dear II
Hold Everything III

Strangely beautiful and fascinatingly repulsive, Benjamin Armstrong's mysterious sculptural forms invite imaginative journeys, trigger our innate curiosity and provoke unanswerable questions. Benjamin Armstrong: Hold Everything Dear features three major new works by this leading artist including Hold Everything Dear I & II, which were recently presented in the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art's prestigious NEW09 exhibition and Hold Everything III which premieres at PICA.

Opening: Wednesday 17 June, 6pm

Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11am-6pm
Cost: FREE
More Info: www.pica.org.au

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Evoking 60s and 70s video art Adam Geczy's Concerts poetically explores creativity, collaboration, friendship and pedagogy. Described as the 'consummate videographic creation' by leading art writer John Conomos this enthralling and resonant installation by one of Australia's most thought provoking and inquiring artists is 'a clarion call to the importance of ideas, dialogue, history and politics in art'.

This exhibition is presented in partnership with the Lake Macquarie Art Gallery, NSW

More Info: www.thebutchershop.com.au

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Visit our newly published online Art Map for info on large scale murals around Perth.

The map acts as a guide for anyone who wants to get out and explore this fantastic public art around the city.

Much of this art has been created voluntarily by youth local to each area, who donate their time, effort and talent to improve their community.

You can can also add your own projects to the map, visit the page for more info.

Hours: Thurs-Fri 12-5pm, Sat-Sun 12-4pm.
Cost: 0

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Thirty five photographic artists will have their selected works exhibited at Perthâs Centre for Photography this coming Thursday for the CLIP award 2009. The CLIP award is a photography competition, which focuses on
non traditional landscape photography from photomedia artists all over the country. The exhibition will be officially opened by Helen Morgan, Director of Turner galleries.

Hours: Open from 11am
Cost: P.O.A.
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A collaboration between Danny Khoo and Hena Alexanda Lane Dupreez. 'Silence Knowing Cosmic Dreams' is a contemporary, large scale acrylic on canvas artwork. In-store now for viewing.

Hours: 5.15pm
Cost: $15
More Info: www.futureshorts.com/index.php?site=45

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Future Shorts Perth + 1UP Microcinema have joined forces and have one fab weekly gig for you, now every Sunday start Aug 7th.

Pre sale tickets are a must! Pre buy your ticket for FS and get free entry for any other film that day!

Sundance to Cannes, Berlin to New York. FS is a global monthly short film festival which screens the world's freshest content. This is fresh cinema and we want you to be a part of it!

Buy tickets: http://www.insertcoins.com.au/microcinema/
More on FS: http://www.futureshorts.com/index.php?site=45