mike retter
May 31st, 2008, 11:45 PM
This is big front page news and in every news program in Australia...
29 of May 2008 News - Sydney Morning Herald newspaper
"THE police investigation into Bill Henson's photography has stalled because the artist has refused to reveal the identity of the 13-year-old girl he photographed naked for his exhibition at Paddington.
The girl is the subject of more than 20 photographs seized from the Oxley9 Gallery last week by Rose Bay police. Officers said yesterday they were still trying to find out who she was and where she and her parents lived.
"We really don't know [who she is]," an officer told the Herald. "We do not know where or when the photographs were taken." Police said Mr Henson had declined to be interviewed on legal advice.
Since Friday, Rose Bay police and NSW detectives have liaised with Victorian police in the belief she lives there...."
With all the Henson talk at the moment I want to quickly turn away from the contoversy and mention my weekend. I was at the end of a Jetty at midnight or later alone with a friend. She is a friend who has been involved with my other friend, a former housmate and in effect brother like figure. They now live together but are not attached or involved but there is a history. Anyway, She told me to sit at the very end of the Jetty with our legs over the edge. The jetty is long and we are far from land. The black horizon where the ocean meets the sky is thick and ambiguous. Soft and so dark. surounded by the ocean. I knew this was something precious before she even said anything further. When she did talk I could not answer. She said thing about how the ocean, this place and this time made her feel. I could not answer with words. Seduced by her and the location I indeed then seduced her making at least officially the first move and I kissed her. For a long time. No-one in sight for a mile. Cold but I felt warm. What happens next is more of this and other embraces but whats most important to tell is the beuty of that moment. It proberbly wont happen again but it was amazing. Extremely passionate and emotional. She is an artist and is very tallented. The opposite of my style which is very realistic, detailed drawings. This was like a henson photo in retrospect. Not underage, Shes like 25 i think but the outdoor location and the light. It felt like from a movie and if I could not make it into a movie because it would be too cliched. Noone would beieve it. The atmosphere that Henson creates is something I can apreciate because it exists. the awkwardness and thick black blanckets of sky and ocean. Ambiance of air and waves. Wonderful experience.
Mike Retter http://mikeretter.tripod.com
to illustrate this place i quickly did a painting this morning
The Jetty
381377
381378
381379
http://www.australianartforum.com/index.php
29 of May 2008 News - Sydney Morning Herald newspaper
"THE police investigation into Bill Henson's photography has stalled because the artist has refused to reveal the identity of the 13-year-old girl he photographed naked for his exhibition at Paddington.
The girl is the subject of more than 20 photographs seized from the Oxley9 Gallery last week by Rose Bay police. Officers said yesterday they were still trying to find out who she was and where she and her parents lived.
"We really don't know [who she is]," an officer told the Herald. "We do not know where or when the photographs were taken." Police said Mr Henson had declined to be interviewed on legal advice.
Since Friday, Rose Bay police and NSW detectives have liaised with Victorian police in the belief she lives there...."
With all the Henson talk at the moment I want to quickly turn away from the contoversy and mention my weekend. I was at the end of a Jetty at midnight or later alone with a friend. She is a friend who has been involved with my other friend, a former housmate and in effect brother like figure. They now live together but are not attached or involved but there is a history. Anyway, She told me to sit at the very end of the Jetty with our legs over the edge. The jetty is long and we are far from land. The black horizon where the ocean meets the sky is thick and ambiguous. Soft and so dark. surounded by the ocean. I knew this was something precious before she even said anything further. When she did talk I could not answer. She said thing about how the ocean, this place and this time made her feel. I could not answer with words. Seduced by her and the location I indeed then seduced her making at least officially the first move and I kissed her. For a long time. No-one in sight for a mile. Cold but I felt warm. What happens next is more of this and other embraces but whats most important to tell is the beuty of that moment. It proberbly wont happen again but it was amazing. Extremely passionate and emotional. She is an artist and is very tallented. The opposite of my style which is very realistic, detailed drawings. This was like a henson photo in retrospect. Not underage, Shes like 25 i think but the outdoor location and the light. It felt like from a movie and if I could not make it into a movie because it would be too cliched. Noone would beieve it. The atmosphere that Henson creates is something I can apreciate because it exists. the awkwardness and thick black blanckets of sky and ocean. Ambiance of air and waves. Wonderful experience.
Mike Retter http://mikeretter.tripod.com
to illustrate this place i quickly did a painting this morning
The Jetty
381377
381378
381379
http://www.australianartforum.com/index.php