actress who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, has joined a long line of celebrities to experience the shattering blow of hacking. While her spokesperson claims the stolen photos weren’t naked selfies, their theft provides another stark warning of the cost of naivety when it comes to our images.
The story has prompted reruns of the intransigent debate surrounding past scandals. On the one hand we have the league of crusty old dads, spluttering that we should all just jolly well keep our kit on, versus the bright-eyed millennials fiercely contending that we should be able to do what we want in the privacy of our own phones.
The story has prompted reruns of the intransigent debate surrounding past scandals. On the one hand we have the league of crusty old dads, spluttering that we should all just jolly well keep our kit on, versus the bright-eyed millennials fiercely contending that we should be able to do what we want in the privacy of our own phones.
In the end the din is pointless, because two factors will continue to coexist: we will still photograph ourselves in a state of déshabillé, and bad people who do bad things will still draw breath.
In 2014 Emma Hack launched the Emma Hack Art Prize, offering a new $5000 acquisitive prize and exhibition opportunity to artists based in South Australia.[3] The inaugural exhibition theme was ‘My environment’ and the overall winner was Natasha Natale for her piece Stump, a delicate sculpture reflecting the fragility and decline of her home garden. The winner of the People’s Choice award was Tiffany Rysdale for her piece Growth Spurt.
In 2015 the theme was ‘Humanity in the environment’.
A selection of finalists is made and works are placed on display at the Adelaide Convention Centre. Works must be made available for sale and part of the proceeds is donated to the Australian Marine Mammal Welfare and Rescue Organisation (AMMWRO). The exhibition is part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Emma Hack (born 1972) is an Australian visual artist known for her photographs of painted naked human bodies that visually merges with a patterned background wall, producing a chameleon-like camouflage effect. Her technique was developed in the early 2000s and inspired from wallpaper designs by Florence Broadhurst.[1] The technique got wide exposure in the music video to Gotye’s hit Somebody That I Used to Know. Her latest work has also incorporated animals.