September 1st, 2011
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NPPP Issue Two: The Page as a Performance Site
Thursday 1 September, 7-9pm
Serial Space, 33 Wellington St, Chippendale
Featuring
Animated Collages by Angela Bermuda
Video poetry conference by Marcus Rechsteiner
Birthing the Spirit by David Capra
Your Lips Of Tragedy by Eleanor Weber
Ultra-terrestrial by Stephanie Overs + Lisa Lerkenfeldt
Wilfred Brandt Sings Greatest Cracked Songwriters
R i t e o f S p r i n g by Jules Ferrari
Issue Two features contributions from
Hellen Rose
Bababa International
Garry Trihn
Eleanor Ivory Weber
Charles Dennington
Tully Arnot
Kenzee Patterson
Mary MacDougall
Tristan Ceddia
Leah Fraser
Megan Garrett
Jesse Hogan
Nick Briggs
Andrew Long
Nic Warnock (RIP Society)
Angela Bermuda (Circle Pit)
Kate Moss (School of Radiant Living)
Marcus Rechsteiner (UV Race)
Jules Ferrari (Songs)
Chris Sammut (Repressed Records)
Zephyr A. Pavey
Amanda Maxwell
Wilfred Brandt
Max Olijnyk
Trinie Dalton
Lewis Gentle
David Capra
Jack Jeweller
Siberia Records
Kevina-Jo Smith
New Planes Public Press is a broadsheet for experiments with text and images. The project overlaps interests and blurs boundaries creating a nodal point between ideas – of generations, sub-cultures and creative practices – and popular consciousness. Issue Two examines ‘The Page as a Performance Site’, and is focussed on critical theory and adventurous media.
Donation entry with a copy of NPPP2
August 25th, 2011
Text: Fleur Mitchell Images: Gang Atelier
Gang Atelier is the creation of Mitch Brown and Sarah Grieve. And it’s dangerous. A few minutes of browsing their beautiful online store and you will want to own Every. Single. Thing. After recognising the lack of international specialist titles with a visual slant in the Australian retail space, they have stepped in to fill the gap. Now we have Gang Atelier, crisis averted.
The store is thoughtfully and tightly curated, with items sourced from around the globe. Bringing together a selection of books, magazines and prints from amazing independent publishers like Picturebox and Libraryman. It’s all killer and no filler.
Fleur Mitchell spoke to Mitch Brown about creative partnerships, the demise of the local bookstore and partaking in a little crystal ball gazing. Continue reading…
August 1st, 2011
Posted by: The Blackmail
Did that TV show 24 ever end? Was it supposed to end or was it supposed to go on forever? Like days, consecutive 24-hour lots, over and over till the end of time. But when is the end of time? Where do we as humans fit into time? Right now, I guess. Moments come and then they are gone. Times change, people grow. What I am trying to say is that, after 24 issues of The Blackmail, we are moving on. Our plans are big and they include our friends and contributors, but most of all they include you, our loyal, discerning readers. We have felt every one of your clicks and scrolls in our analytics, and in our hearts, and look forward to the day when you can hold us in your hands.
This issue, we have the inimitable DJ Nozaki, the enigmatic Donny Benet, Note to Self’s Max Olijnyk, Sydney-based designer Georgia Perry and the man in the woods, Warwick Baker. As well as the solo flyers, we have those who prefer double-file: Pageant’s Kate Reynolds and Amanda Cumming, big men on art campus Vasili Kaliman and Jarrod Rawlins, Mitch Brown and Sarah Grieve of Gang Atelier and the modern romantics at Lover. Flying the flag for group love is Sweden’s Little Dragon.
Welcome to Issue 24 of The Blackmail, our final issue in this format. The future is bright, so put on a sun visor and stay current right here on our blog.
July 12th, 2011
Text: Neha Kale Images: Warwick Baker
There are some parts of Melbourne that remain untouched by the tyranny of cool. High Street, Thornbury, with its mix of kebab outlets, tyre shops and non-ironic bikie bars, is one of these places. Sure, the odd café and vintage store nods at what might come, but the area still feels like it sits on an edge. It would be safe to assume that Perimeter Books, a new venture by independent publishers Dan Rule and Justine Ellis, is inspired by the idea of periphery. This is, after all, a city that welcomes entrepreneurial endevours with the kind of enthusiasm reserved for late night whiskies or long summer days. Continue reading…
July 4th, 2011
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Have you ever considered that the idiosyncrasies we all have are, in fact, entirely subjective? The traits and characteristics that differentiate one from another are only in the eye of the beholder, quirks to one can be run-of-the-mill qualities to another. Whilst the cliched ‘quirky’ certainly isn’t something we’ve aspired to this month, we think there’s something a little different to be had for everyone.
Like Le Cercle or The Hong Song. Hunting and gathering cars in the outback or the debut album that doesn’t actually exist. There are people on the perimeter, those against the world, some in the void and one in Berlin. All the while staying in Total Control and the fa-ra-esh-ness.
This July, look inside The Blackmail. Click.
June 20th, 2011
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Our good friend Joseph Allen Shea (images) has release an amazing new publication with French photographer Benjamin Deberdt and cult skateboard/ art legend Mark Gonzales.
In 2009, Mark Gonzales revisited his project the ‘Circle Board’ – a sequence of nine skateboards joined end to end to form a complete loop. Benjamin Deberdt photographed Mark riding his creation before dawn in front of the Eiffel Tower producing enigmatic grainy black and white prints. These photographs were then shipped to New York City and drawn directly upon by Mark in his idiosyncratic style. His poetry, familiar characters and some new themes can be seen, much of these inspired by the photos themselves and the city of Paris.
The publication is a limited run artist book conceived by the artists and Izrock Pressings. Including a mix of 4-colour cover and 2 colour Risograph printing throughout the printing is by bespoke press Blood and Thunder in Sydney, Australia.
This publication is limited to 500 copies. Get yours here…
June 1st, 2011
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So little has happened since we spoke last time… or has it? It’s been a month. A good month, but a month like any other. It’s rained a lot, I guess it’s that time of the year. Rain washes away everything. It’s kind of amazing if you think about it for a really long time.
This month we are thinking about lots of things, including but not limited to: The Renaissance with David Capra, Brett Redman’s Icy Poles and Sausage Rolls and how the Sunshine Folds with Dark Bells. Brianna Lee Martin spins us a yarn while Serial Space and Provensen provide spaces for our souls. Tokyo Bike and Yimmy Yayo trace entirely different routes in amongst music lessons with Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys and placid images from James Nelson.
This June, take a journey inside The Blackmail. Click.
May 2nd, 2011
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Do you find yourself wondering how it’s May already? How almost half the year has gone in the blink of an eye? It’s wild right? Time goes so fast, yet so much has already happened. Disasters (natural and unnatural), weddings (royal and other), parties (good and bad) and it still feels like we were on the cusp of 2011, returning to our jobs only moments ago. Will time ever slow down? Or is time slow and we just can’t find the time to relax and enjoy it?
This issue we zip down to 121BC for something to sip on, crossing genders with Billy Maynard en route. Boomgates teach us the art of the super (modest) group, we roll through George Egerton-Warburton’s Bongolia Haze, hanging with Tobias Rowles’ motley crew along the way.
We take a look at Inner City Living, shape up with Olivia Mai of POE and head out on a WIM. Jordan Askill shows us his white horse and we take a trip to Baldelli’s infamous Cosmic Disco.
This May, The Blackmail says Relax. Scroll on.
April 5th, 2011
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April Fool’s Day has passed, but things are still not what they seem this month.
Melissa Loughnan hears from Mark Rodda on Sleeping Giants, while Mikey Gilles unravels the mystery of The Killing Words. Gabriel Knowles sorts fact from farce with Arthaus and Mary MacDougall shows us some sorting of her own design.
Eddie Sharp encounters a transformed Brown Council, while Oliver Georgiou speaks with Martin Bell about the influx of orbs in his recent work. Millie Stein talks contradiction and curating with Tom Polo and Fleur Mitchell learns that Tristan Blair loves to fish. Digby Woods introduces us to Mitzi, but Mr Blanc wants to ask questions later.
Finally, we’d like to dedicate these tales of the unexpected, and this issue, to our Creative Director Tristan Ceddia and his beautiful bride, our Fashion Editor, Adriana Guiffrida.
Welcome to the April issue.
