Fishwick Papers: The "But, Doctor" Edition

Good Evening! Happy New Year! Guònián hǎo!Well, I almost managed to miss the entirety of January. Luckily I can just sneak in on the tail end! Phew.A work update: The exhibition is well underway. Loans are being delivered. Things are being installed in the gallery. Label text is being edited. Websites are being made. It's all happening! I can't wait to tell you and show you! It's quite strange to have spent two years on the one thing with very little public evidence of it?A non-work update: I'm doing a show! If you're in Melbourne, I would love it if you came to The Saboteur (Fridays, 31 Jan - 21 Feb). It's a hidden role game mixed with reality tv and improv comedy. I'm so excited to be doing it with this stellar cast and it will be a good fun time. Tickets are real cheap, too!Also in non-work update: it's three months to the day until my contract at acmi ends and I take a long trip to Aotearoa. Wild. Please point me in the direction of the people I should meet / work with / find.Thank you for reading these here Fishwick Papers and sharing them with your friends and telling your friends to sign up. Feedback always welcome, submissions always welcome, being kind to yourself always appreciated.Until next time,I love you,BYEEEEEEjim

On Film

• Tom Waits: The Acting Years

• BFI's list of the best video essays of 2019

• Searingly brilliant criticism of The Rise of Skywalker

• The Oscars Continually Fuck Over Women And It's Exhausting

On Belonging

• Heard but not seen: hip-hop as the soundtrack to white spaces

• How Does a Black Man Fit Into an Edward Hopper Painting?

• The Boys Who Wear Shorts All Winter

On Fictions

• How tall is Jake Gyllenhall, excatly?

• Little Nicolas, the former con king of Spain

• Ben Jenkins' fantastic riff on the old Pagliacci joke

• Immersive: An industry build on suspension of disbelief

On Artistry

• We finally figured out who makes WikiHow's bizarre instructional drawings

• The Dark Crystal series was saved from a fire by its own director

• Baby Yoda proves we still need puppetry in the age of CGI

On Kazoos

• 1988 Provizorka Jazz Band