pac king my bags, getting my hair cut, checking out the biennale guides. So little time, so much art. I am a little over the word revolution after all the angst at Documenta and Munster and Venice last year, but here goes. This is a quote from the curator:

The impulse to revolt. Revolving, rotating, mirroring, repeating, reversing, turning upside down or inside out, changing perspectives. I imagine the 16th Biennale of Sydney as a constellation of historical and contemporary works of art that celebrate and explore these dynamics, both in art and life. Through installations, performances, films, texts, an evolving online venue, conversations and other events, Revolutions - Forms That Turn articulates the agency embedded in forms that express our desire for change. Such literal and formal devices are charted for their broader aesthetic, psychological, radical and political perspectives.

In politics, ‘revolution' is a term often considered obsolete, ominous and associated with violence - abrupt and sudden change is seen as impossible or dangerous. Revolution is defined as the collapse of revolt into institutionalised new orders. We are told that change can only occur as a series of micro-changes or through evolution, not revolution. The idea of revolution has become a lifestyle choice, co-opted into the latest software upgrade.

Carolyn Christov-BakargievArtistic Director, 2008 Biennale of Sydney