“Meet Barbi, your typical suburban housewife”, a hammy voiceover intones in the trailer for Anna Biller’s film Viva (2007). It’s the end of the sexual revolution. Los Angeles, 1972. “She has a loving husband named Rick… a great job… a beautiful home… and everything any woman could possibly hope for. So what is Barbi Smith […]

Audrey Schmidt: So, firstly, you had to review a sprawling art exhibition that had no curatorial agenda or intentional overarching theme that no one else was able to attend. In how many words again? Cameron Hurst: That’s a dire but accurate description. The VCA graduate show opened for two weeks in December with only..