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CALENDER GIRL 2007 The Courier Mail's VIEWS OF
QUEENSLAND
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“Some years ago
people strolling along Brisbane’s Queens Street Mall were startled to see
Wonder Woman vacuuming the street. The
Sisyphean task was impossible even for WW – and that was the point performance
artist Evelyn Hartogh was making: society’s expectations of Women are absurdly
unrealistic. Her career as a
performance artist began 15 years ago and since then, the 35 year-old has presented
shows at festivals, cabarets – and malls.
Comedy, satires and irony have been used for centuries to deliver
serious messages about prejudice and injustice, and Hartogh draws on well-known
figures from popular culture to undermine sexism, racism and homophobia. “My
work is about trying to understand how we allow human rights to be violated on
a day-to-day basis,” she explains.”
Melissa Giles LINK disability magazine 2007
“As Courier
Mail photographer Rob Maccoll drove towards "Wonder Woman's West End
headquarters" he knew exactly the picture he would take. A weathered apartment block, cutting a clear
hot sky and fronted by umbrella trees and airconditioning units, it would make
the perfect backdrop for "just a true Queensland character". The character was Brisbane entertainer Evelyn
Hartogh decked out in her loud Wonder
Woman costume. Her photograph is the
September illustration of the Courier Mail's Views
of Queensland 2007 calendar.”
Calender
honours a true local hero COURIER
MAIL 2006
“Evelyn Hartogh gets severely lost in the translation and
descends into a preachy soapbox piece that accuses the audience of being
racist, sexist, homophobic bigots. In a
nutshell: A great idea that needs to return to the drawing board”
Dan
Evans SCENE
2006
“She famously appeared in the
Queen St Mall with a vacuum cleaner pledging to ‘clean up the city’ … Hartogh
plays them all for laughs, as well as doing wicked impressions of the
peripheral characters such as John Howard.
And she makes her own costumes.
She truly is a Wonder Woman”
Nick Bray THE
COURIER MAIL 2006
“CRITICS
PICKS: Dan Evans picks ‘Kick Kiss Kill’.
Wonder Woman, Barbie and Lillith all in one performance? All facing a postmodern existential crisis?
Hell yeah! Why Not? In an age of comic-book movie remakes, it’s
about time some of these characters migrated to the boards. Writer/ Performer Evelyn Hartogh gives us an
altered perspective on some famous pop culutre [sic] icons that promises to be
both comical and off the wall”
Dan
Evans SCENE
2006
“Evelyn Hartogh will take to the
stage as Wonder Woman as part of her one-woman show at this month’s Brisbane Festival
but her enthusiasm for the comic-strip character goes well beyond the
professional. … ‘I am a total comic nerd.
I spend more money on comics than I do on clothes’”
Andrew Fraser THE
WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN 2006
“Wonder Woman will use comedy as a
weapon against evil … the superhero, also known as performance artist Evelyn
Hartogh will showcase her unique brand of political satire at Ladyfest”
Sue Gardiner CITY
NEWS 2005
“Evelyn you’re all fucked up and full of shit. Maybe I’m just coming down with a bug, but I
felt physically sick reading your pseudo-intellectual, half-assed, femanazi
bullshit. Femanism [sic] should be
about equal opportunity for women … that’s it.
Stop your insecent [sic] whining about humanity realising the
differences between males and females.
While the rest of society get on with life, you’re left screaming at
yourself about extremist doctrines of a radical, and permanently obsolete
ideology. God help you, coz you’ll
explode with anger and hatred before any intelligent lifeform takes you
seriously”
Nathan
Brooks SEMPER
2001
“I’ve got nothing against the avante-garde [sic], nothing
against groups of people united by their sexualities expressing themselves in
unique ways, nothing against challenging notions of fixed genders through
artistic mediums. What I do dislike
though is self-serving egotistical ‘artisties’ who are too busy shoving their
noses up their own asses to notice the reeking stink of talentless crap”
Anonymous SEMPER
1999
“Considered a mentor by teenagers in her community and …
the youngest person in the Creative Writing MA at the University of Queensland”
Miriam Lo WESTERLY 1998
“Not one you’d invite to drinks
without first putting on your glitteriest thinking cap and undies – there’s a
health mix of brains and left field dress sense in this girl, who has been in the
Brisbane fringe media spotlight since her first performances in 1992. … Her
scripts where the impromptu is secondary but used as vinegar on the tongue
lashes, are written with the sort of intent that needs footnotes.”
Margaret Smithhurst SEMPER
1998
“A
well-known figure on the Brisbane arts scene … she slices through the dominant
paradigm with a rapier-like wit and an array of intriguing personae … [and]
gleefully satirises contemporary constructs of femininity”
Meta
Finnamore UTOPIA
1997
“If
you dig the patriarchy and need a big fucken wake-up call. [SOLDOUT] is for
you”
Ellen SEMPER
1997
“Cutting
edge Brisbane performance artist Evelyn Hartogh … [has] a way of making feminism, that dirty word, consumable. SOLDOUT is a collection of scripts and
photographs and performances since 1992. ‘People don’t realise all the photos
in the book are of me and are saying: ‘Oh, you’re Barbie, I mixed you up with
the person who did Wonder Woman’”
Nicola
Robinson THE
SUNDAY MAIL 1996
“Evelyn
Harthogh [sic] stole the show”
Anonymous SEMPER
1995
“Evelyn
Hartogh doesn’t believe art should be confined to gallery walls. The 22-year-old New Farm performance artist
dresses up as Wonder Woman and uses a vacuum cleaner prop to make a statement
about women in the 90s”
Des Partridge THE
COURIER MAIL 1994
Evelyn Hartogh Media Profile 1992-2007
2008
2008 July 10 Vibe Socials: Trash Video Cabaret Benefit CITY SOUTH NEWS p.21.
2008 July 1 ANNA
HILTON Schlock, horror – video trash
is community’s treasure MX p.5.
2008 July Carry On Cabaret QUEENSLAND PRIDE
p.12.
2008 July Trash Video Chick Picks LOTL p.14.
2008 July Trailer Trash STYLE p.5.
2008 July Carry On Trash Video SCENE p.?.
2007
2007 October 20 THE MERMAIDS NECKLACE Brisbane
Short Film Festival MEGAHERZ
4ZZZ
RADIO
2007 October 17 Mermaid film makes a splash
SOUTH-EAST ADVERTISER p.69
2007 October 8 One Man’s Trash – F****d up
Superheroes PEOPLE
MAGAZINE p.87.
2007 June MELISSA
GILES A goirl's [sic] gotta do what
a goirl's [sic] gotta do LINK
DISABILITY MAGAZINE Vol 16/2 p.2-3.
2007
January-December ROB MACCOL Photo: Miss September Brisbane Entertainer
Evelyn Hartogh COURIER
MAIL’S VIEWS OF QUEENSLAND
CALENDER the Courier Mail’s Children’s Fund.
2006
2006 December 20 Calender honours a true local
hero THE COURIER MAIL p. 21.
2006 Aug 5 Graduates in the News Chapter GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY ALUMNI
2006 Aug 2 DAN EVANS Theatre Fringe Round-Up SCENE #652 p.38
2006 July 27 Eccentric Theatrics
CITY SOUTH NEWS p.24.
2006 July 27 Three in One,
The Vibe CITY NEWS p.35.
2006 July 26 Comedy Pair of Heroic
Proportions SOUTH EAST
ADVERTISER p.75
2006 July 24 NICK BRAY Comic Justice Today
COURIER MAIL p.33.
2006 July 15-16 Festival on the Fringe
ETC Section COURIER
MAIL p.10-11.
2006 July Ev’s Wonderous Women will Kick
Kiss Kill QUEENSLAND PRIDE p.31.
2006 July 3 FRONT COVER Evelyn
Hartogh SCENE #648
p.27.
2006 July 3 DAN EVANS Box Office Critics Pick
SCENE
#648 p.27.
2006 July 1-2 ANDREW
FRASER The Face: Evelyn Hartogh
performer Review WEEKEND
AUSTRALIAN p.3.
2006 June EVENTS: Kick Kiss Kill THE PROGRAM
2006 June Arty Site Kick Kick Kill
BIZOO #25 p.34.
2006 May KICK KISS KILL QUEENSLAND PRIDE, p.7.
2006 April Wonder Woman vs Hollywood
SEMPER, p.6.
2005
2005
Nov 4 Ladyfest Art Gallery LADYFEST BRISBANE
2005 Oct 5 Brisbane’s own Wonder Woman
Beats and Pieces SCENE p. 7.
2005
Oct Amnesty Freedom Festival Live
Wonder Woman Photos IN THE MIX
2005 Sept 29 Evelyn primed for festival
SOUTHERN NEWS p. 8.
2005 Sept 8 SUE
GARDINER Event set to be wonderful CITY NEWS p.14.
2005 Sept Evelyn Hartogh performs as
Wonder Woman QUEENSLAND PRIDE, p. 25.
2003
2003 Nov Arts Show Interview Community Radio 4ZZZ FM 102.1
2003 Feb 4 Lampshade Performers
SCENE p. 42.
2003 Jan 28 Lampshade Performers & New
Babylon Nights SCENE p.32.
2003 24 Jan Lampshade Moments QUEENSLAND PRIDE, p.13.
2002
2002 Sept 22 (Not so) Straight Out Of
Brisbane Festival QUEENSLAND PRIDE, p.19.
2001
2001 July 6 Art Love Jam 4 brispop.com
2001 July 4 BRIDGET
HAYES Love is the Answer
SCENE MAGAZINE p.42.
2001 July 4 TRENT DALTON Love In BRISBANE NEWS p.12.
2001 June 29 Art Love Jam, Q NEWS p.8.
2001 June Community Radio
4ZZZ FM 102.1 Arts Show Interview
2000
2000 July 26 LAWRENCE
ENGLISH Art Love Jam: Sweet Flavours
TIME OFF p.38
2000 July Arts Show Interview
Community
Radio 4ZZZ FM 102.1
1999
1999 Nov 11 Wickham Drag King
BROTHER SISTER p.25.
1999 Sept 17 Glam Slam Pulse
COURIER MAIL p.4.
1999 Sept 16 Evelyn BROTHER SISTER p.8.
1999 Sept 16 Glam Slam BROTHER SISTER p.38.
1999 Sept Arts Show Interview
Community
Radio 4ZZZ FM 102.1
1999 Sept 8 MATT
CONNORS Downright Dazzling TIME OFF p.26.
2 Sept Are You Gorgeous Enough?
BROTHER SISTER p.24.
1999 July ANONYMOUS Art Love Jam: A Review
SEMPER p36.
1999 July NATHAN BROOKS All F***ked Up and Full of
S**t
by SEMPER p.3.
1999 22 July Art Love Jam, BROTHER SISTER p.16-19.
1999 July 7 MATT
CONNORS Love is TIME OFF p.25.
1999 July Arts Show Interview
Radio Station
JJJ FM
1999 July Arts Show Interview
Community
Radio 4ZZZ FM 102.1
1999 June 24 MICK WATSON Film Festival Short on Value
BROTHER SISTER p.3.
1999 June Pride Festival Turns
Ten: Art Love Jam QUEENSLAND PRIDE frontpage story.
1998
1998 Summer MIRIAM LO Young Writers: Living the
Cliché WESTERLY #4 p.7-13.
1998 July 23 Poetry Festival Launched at
Library SOUTHERN NEWS p.30.
1998 July ELLEN Buy Book Review SEMPER p.47.
1998 June Arts Show Interview
Community
Radio 4ZZZ FM 102.1
1998 June Art Love Jam QUEENSLAND PRIDE
1998 March MARGARET
SMITHHURST Intellectual Drag SEMPER.
1998 Feb Arts Show Interview
Community
Radio 4ZZZ FM 102.1
1998 Feb 28 Evelyn Launches Book
SOUTHERN NEWS, p.19.
1998 Jan 22 Drag Jazz Satire
BROTHER SISTER p.15.
1997
1997 Nov 3 META
FINNAMORE Eve Hel Performance Artist
UTOPIA
p.13.
1997 June ALEX HUNEEUS Digital Arts Come Out Down
Under
wired.com
1997 March EDWINA BARTLEME Bad Girls Come Out To Play QUEENSLAND PRIDE.
1997 March Arts Show
Interview
Community Radio 4ZZZ FM 102.1
1997 March Women’s Show
Interview Community
Radio 4ZZZ FM 102.1
1996
1996 Oct 20 Festival Frolics
THE SUNDAY MAIL p.65.
1996 Oct 17 OLIVIA STEWART Expect the Unexpected What's On COURIER MAIL p.5.
1996 Sept 22 NICOLA
ROBINSON Plastic Women and Concrete
Responses SUNDAY MAIL p.92.
1996 Jan EDWINA BARTLEME Activist Art versus Tradition Wanda:
Women in Art BACK
UP
1995
1995 Sept 20 Evelyn Hartogh’s book Soldout
GREEN LEFT
1995 June FRONT COVER Evelyn
Hartogh
FRUIT: A QUEER
ANTHOLOGY.
1995 May 31 ABBIE MORRISSEY Review of Big Time Small Fi
TIME OFF
1995 Feb ANONYMOUS Review of Typecast
SEMPER.
1995 Jan Arts Show Interview
Community
Radio 4ZZZ FM 102.1
1995 Jan 13 Typecast BROTHER SISTER
1995 Jan 11 MOCK-E Typecast TIME-OFF.
1994
1994 Sept 14 NICOLA ROBINSON Review of Lollie & Evelyn
Hartogh SCENE p.11.
1994 July DALLAS ANGGUISH Queer Collaborations iv.
1994 June 15 DES
PARTRIDGE Women's Role a Real Wonder
COURIER MAIL p.4.
1994 June 15 GAVIN
WALLER Spotlight on Evelyn Hartogh
SCENE
p.39.
May 15 ANNA ZSOLDOS New Brisbane Street Directory TIME-OFF.
1994 April 3 NICOLA ROBINSON Acting Up in the Streets
SUNDAY MAIL p.140.
1994 Feb MELINDA MCDOUGAL Women’s Show Interview Community Radio 4ZZZ FM 102.1
1992
1992 March Model for Hairy Dog
Fashion Parade 7.30 Report ABC TV
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