Nine down, three to go

in september we: located ralph hotere in adland • found our marbles • assembled a rubbish collection • mocked the idea of international-ready-artists • introduced cooper the photographing cat • put the fucking lotion in the basket • discovered michael smither in new plymouth • remembered being hands-on back in the day • stayed back in the day for a drawing lesson • found robert jesson – or did he find us • gasped as john hurrell ran off with the gold • went dotty over yayoi kusama • gave the dompost a full page story and came up with a winning idea for venice