Love it And Leave it
FROM ELSEWHERE by Geoff Batchen
Itâs the sheer number of them that gets to you. All these Australian artists, working elsewhere. One of them says that there are enough Australian musicians working in Europe to form an orchestra. An orchestra of hyphenated Australians. And then thereâs the gallery owner in Beijing, the set designer in London, the photographer in Paris, the pianist in Berlin, the composer in Los Angeles, the viola player in New York, the dancer in Geneva, the tuba player in Leipzig. Why have they all left? More to the point, why havenât they come back to Australia?âĻ
essay-Geoffrey Batchen
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