Veenstra, Anton

 

Anton Veenstra (1951-)

Anton came to Sydney from Queensland to finish his uni in the late 60s. He describes camp life in Sydney and anti-Vietnam rallies. He was conscripted but avoided going into the army. He remembers Gay Liberation, and CAMP, zaps and shared houses with gay activists. Later he works at Telstra and talks about the impact of AIDS in that workplace. The interview includes observations of art in the gay movement and gay themed art in “straight” galleries. He also describes his art practice.

Photo: Supplied/Anton Veenstra Tapestry

 

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VPride History GroupCowra Refugee Internment Camp, Pitt Town, Blake Prize, Mackay, Marian, Slovenia, Roman Catholic, Douglas Park Seminary, Toowoomba, Lutheran, General Franco, James Cook University, Townsville, Vietnam War, Lavarack Barracks, YMCA Sydney, Chez Ivy, Enzos, Carousel, Adonis Pancake Parlour, Rex hotel, Bottoms Up Bar, Menzies, John Lonie, Sumner Lock Elliot, The Marble Bar, Mareeba, Lance Gowland, Macquarie University, Lane Cove, Demonstrations, Vietnam Draft, Gay Liberation, David Bowie, Elizabeth Bay, CAMP, Lex Watson, Rod Byatt, Dennis Altman, Marijuana, 33a Glebe Point Road, Sydney University, Jeremy Fisher, John Gould, Ron Austin, Richard Wilson, Pam Stein, Dennis Freeney, ASIO, the Zap, Mark Matheson, Second Minto Conference, Valerie Solanas, First Mardi Gras, Phone a Friend, Mardi Gras, Bernie Woodruff, HIV/AIDS, David McDiarmid, Paul Foss, Telstra, Age of Consent, Material Boys Unzipped, AGNSW, Juan Davila, Poster art, Tin Sheds, Watters Gallery, Burlesque, Sylvia and the Synthetics, Les Rashleigh, Sydney Textile Museum, Arts & Crafts International, Jimmy Somerville, COFA, Phoenix Prize, Peter Tatchell, Paedophilia, Pierre et Gilles, Hazelhurst Gallery, Gymea, ANU, Tapestry