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Naomi Cass

Claire Bridge, Honour and the seducer, 2004, oil on canvas on board. In Being the samurai at Linden – St Kilda Centre for the Conemporary Arts until 10 October. Call 03 9209 6794.

Don’t lose yourself in tomorrow

Don’t miss Darren Sylvester’s exhibition, Don’t lose yourself in tomorrow. Sylvester takes an event in Japan in 1979 where more than 700 people, mainly children, were rushed to hospital suffering extreme physical reactions after watching an episode of Pokemon as the basis of this new video work. Epileptic-type reactions were caused when the main character battled a virus with a computer by using magical powers, manifested as psychedelic colours and flashes on TV screens. An amusing and melancholy work, Sylvester considers the way in which children embrace technology and popular culture. At William Mora Galleries, 60 Tanner Street, Richmond, until 9 October. Call 03 9429 1199 or visit www.moragalleries.com.au.

Meeting place

Regional Arts Australia's biennial conference is to be held in Horsham from 21 to 25 October, with splendid contribution from the Horsham Regional Art Gallery. This not-to-be-missed event is the largest arts conference in Australia and is presented in Victoria only once every fourteen years. Six hundred delegates from across the country will enjoy the best in performing and visual arts, hear the latest expert opinion, network till they're hoarse, partake in hands-on workshops and return home inspired, refreshed and full of new ideas. Call 03 5382 0349 or visit www.meetingplace.org.au.

Living together is easy

The twenty-first century heralded a new global (dis)order. In an unstable world, people are struggling to find their own identity and stance. This exhibition presents a wide variety of works: videos, sculptures, paintings, installations and photographs by twelve artists from Japan and Australia who are striving to create new forms of expression amid the problems of contemporary society. Fiona Hall, Rosemary Laing, Kaoru Motomiya, Tetsuya Nakamura, Samuel Namunjdja, Susan Norrie, David Rosetzky, Taro Shinoda, Ricky Swallow, Tabaimo, Tadasu Takamine and Akira Yamaguchi. Living together is easy is at the Ian Potter Centre: Level 3, NGV Australia, Federation Square until 7 November.