Published November 2009
Around an imaginary (perhaps cyber) glistening dinner table sits our readership, the interested, the artists, the writers, the curators, the ARIs and the hungry. Illusionary wine glasses are filled and refilled while clinking and splattering the editor presents her toast to the warm unfurling crowd…
‘What handsome faces surround me at this table of art and art lovers. I’ll begin by proclaiming a mighty Happy 1st Birthday Das Superpaper! We have made it to our first birthday and our 10th issue. Hoorah and do enjoy this meaty issue we present for your summer reading. On behalf of the Das team I make a very sincere thank you to all the artists, writers and givers of energy who have contributed to our first year of presenting contemporary and emerging art. Thank you to all those people who have supported us and found pleasure in our work. It has been an honour to become a part of the Australian arts scene in a meaningful way and to make a contribution back to that wonderful, meandering and meaningful beast we call The Arts. Please raise your glasses and shout Alles Gute Zum Geburtstag Das Superpaper!’
As the tipsy speech comes to an end more sparkling wine pours vivaciously into empty glasses, summer has begun and we are now one year old. Bottoms up.