New leaf
Moving to the Modern:
Art Deco in South Australian Architecture
Carol Cosgrove
Moving to the Modern: Art Deco in South Australian Architecture is the third book in a monograph series that stems from a collaboration between UniSA’s Architecture Museum and the SA Department for Environment and Heritage.
Carol Cosgrove was awarded the Department for Environment and Heritage’s SA Built Heritage Research Fellowship in the 2007-08 funding round. She investigated the emergence and elements of Art Deco in South Australia, as well as the architects in the State who worked in the style. The Museum staff worked with Cosgrove to produce the monograph which is based on her research.
The book beautifully displays Cosgrove’s findings, including analysis and colour photographs of some well-known buildings from across South Australia.
Director of the UniSA Architecture Museum, Dr Christine Garnaut said the book is released at a time of vigorous interest in Art Deco in the State.
"The monograph will appeal not only to readers seeking an introduction to the topic of Art Deco architecture but also to those who are keen to learn about the style’s architectural contributions to the South Australian built environment," she said.
Moving to the Modern: Art Deco in South Australian Architecture is $15 and is on sale at the Architecture Museum in the Kaurna Building, City West campus. Online orders are welcome
To the beat of his own drum: the Ben Yengi story
Sandra Lindemann
Gramarye Press for the KADI Foundation, 2009
A Sudanese refugee who arrived in Adelaide in the 1970s as a student, Ben Yengi has taken an amazing journey.
In her biographical work, To the beat of his own drum, author Sandra Lindemann explores Yengi’s far-reaching impact in South Australia and looks at the new challenges he is facing back in Africa in the town of his origin.
The book documents his development as a musician, teacher, community leader and philanthropist including work with the Aboriginal community to restore and develop traditional music; founding Adelaide’s first African restaurant; and performances and pioneering work in the development of cultural music festivals that were the forerunner to events such as WOMADelaide.
Lindemann (pictured with Yengi) then takes us through the 1990s, when Yengi’s focus turned to working with refugees and new arrivals. Acknowledged in 2001 with an Order of Australia Medal for his services to migrants, multiculturalism and the arts, and again in 2003 with a Centennial Medal for services to the community for his refugee work, Yengi’s next challenge has taken him back to his roots.
Together with his wife, Emma and their two young children, Yengi relocated to Lijo in Sudan in 2007 where he plans to stay for the next five years to try to make a difference to the community he left behind.
The book gives us insights into the challenges facing the community of Lijo from the ravages of AIDS to underfunded education and health and environmental concerns such as land degra-dation and threats to wildlife, including chimpanzees.
Some of the proceeds from the sale will contribute to these projects in Sudan.