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Labtones: Independent music network

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LabtonesA group of Dutch musicians has created a website where artists can share their work and listeners can discover great new music. But you might not want to tell anyone about this not-for-profit indie project, Jasper Van Dorp – one of the founders – tells Katrina Fox.

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Iraqi artist becomes world's first human camera

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Iraqi_cameraIraqi-American artist Wafaa Bilal hasn't had a decent night's sleep in about two months. After becoming the first person to have a camera surgically implanted into the back of his head, he is learning the hard way just how much of a headache modern technology can be, writes Dalila Mahdawi.

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Extremity pays: Fiona McGregor

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FionaMcGregorFiona McGregor thrashes through fear in ‘Vertigo’, her current exhibition. McGregor is an inimitable Sydney-based performance artist known for her endurance. She has placed shunts in her wrists and sewed her lips together. Extreme? For McGregor, it’s just part of the process. An award-winning author, she has written Au Pair, Chemical Palace, Suck My Toes, Strange Museums and Indelible Ink. She spoke with Tiffany Lowana.

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Not Ziggy, not Tim but Taylor Mac

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TaylorMac_NiallWalkerPlaywright, actor, singer-songwriter and occasional director and producer Taylor Mac has been compared to a cross between Ziggy Stardust and Tiny Tim. But the ground-breaking theatre artist is really one of a kind. On the eve of his Australian performance of Comparison is Violence, he spoke with Katrina Fox.

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NZ earthquake and miners featured in Sydney art exhibition

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New Zealand artist Lisa Wisse’s emotive exhibition features special works highlighting the massive Christchurch earthquake as well as the plight of miners.

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Boylesque star: Mark Winmill

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Boylesque_Sean-YouBurlesque has traditionally been the domain of women, but guys are having just as much fun with ‘boylesque’. Mark Winmill, a performer based in Brisbane, Australia, talks to Katrina Fox about his troupe’s latest show, Briefs.

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