nfotxn | Australian Symptoms

Spent the evening at Gary and Kieran's new gallery talking to my friend John. He's a researcher on respiratory illness at McMaster University here in Hamilton. His wife is an arts administrator type. They've come here from Sydney to save this Canadian city from itself and are two of the most dynamic shit disturbing people you'd ever imagine. They're smacking slackers in the face and getting shit done. Take that complacency.

There is a nearly hilarious situation here in Hamilton's almost-trendy James St. North arts district. With Australians, ex-news paper employees, arts burn outs and members of historic farming families changing the way the city approaches art.

I'm optimistic. Best of all I get to be part of it all.

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