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Go Big In Japan

gabe — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:22:14 +0000

Text: Gabriel Knowles

Kirin Big In Japan is back for another year and this time it’s open to the public for the very first time. With performances and exhibitions from some of Japan’s finest underground acts including avant garde khoomei singer Fuyuki Yamakawa, acclaimed dancer Yuko Kaseki, Osaka based electronic musician OVe?NaXx, Onnacodomo’s make believe world and possibly the world’s only band with a guitarist on stilts, Kyozin Yueni Dekai.

Kirin Big In Japan
Sydney: Wednesday November 16 2011, from 6pm
Melbourne: Saturday November 19 2011, from 6pm

rsvp@ksubi.com

Outposted

gabe — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:15:25 +0000

Text: Gabriel Knowles
Image: Heesco for Art Series Hotel

If you’ve got time to make an epic ferry ride over to Outpost on Cockatoo Island you won’t be disappointed. Runs until December 11 with work from the likes of Lister, Beastman, Everfresh, Heesco, Numskull and heaps more.

Dreamtime Dance Party

gabe — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:10:15 +0000

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High & Lofty: the Ecclesiastical Banner Project

tristan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:01:53 +0000

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CFOTW: The Carter IV

tristan — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:57:05 +0000

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The Cheeky Freak this week is Lil Weezy who released The Carter IV this week… my pick is the track She Will with Drake, but it doesn’t seem to have a clip so we have to settle for JOHN with Ross… Heat!

Tomorrow in Sydney visit the Surry Hill Markets… word has it there are gonna be some pretty good stalls…

NEW PLANES PUBLIC PRESS

tristan — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:43:34 +0000

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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

Exhaust / Dreams

tristan — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:11:09 +0000

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Tonight! Kenzie Larsen and Leo Coyte at db projects Sydney.

Current Issue: First Show

gabe — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:57:58 +0000

Text: Melissa Loughnan Images: KALIMANRAWLINS

“Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.” – Dwight Eisenhower

KALIMANRAWLINS is the latest commercial gallery to open in Melbourne. Unlike any other pre-existing gallery in Australia, the space has been converted from a 1950s industrial garage, with a slick steel and glass door opening onto pristine white walls and a ply-lined ceiling designed by ROOM11. The space is also equipped with a library, large stock room and office. The gallery is positioned in South Yarra, just opposite the recently opened Tristian Koenig Gallery on Ellis Street. Continue reading…

MOTION / PICTURES

gabe — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:53:42 +0000

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As part of its ongoing commitment to contemporary art, Gallery A.S. will present MOTION / PICTURES in an iconic monument in the heart of Surry Hills, the once headquarters for Paramount Pictures in Australia. Allegedly hosting Hollywood luminaries such as Bob Hope and Charlton Heston, this graceful building was realised in an inter-war Art Deco design and erected in the late 1930’s. To honour its rich history (still lie the old projectors in the basement screening room), the exhibition will excite audiences by marrying ambitious aesthetic pursuits within a culturally significant and dramatic setting.

MOTION / PICTURES will consider the influence of cinema and the moving image upon the visual arts with works spanning painting, video, film, photography, site-specific painting and neon, sculpture, drawing, performance and embroidery. Exploring moments theatrical and technical, while covering genres from Comedy to Sci-Fi, the Classics to Home-Video via Action, Documentary and Romance, the exhibition considers the retired glamour of the silver screen and the crumble of old Hollywood with the ascent/descent of video and the internet.

By bringing together international and local talent, this exhibition will open up cross-cultural comparisons and connections, providing a fresh and dynamic exhibition for Sydney audiences. The exhibition will also provide stimulus to re-evaluate the way we view the moving image and where.

Featuring: Daniel Askill / Jacob Ciocci / Daniel Johnston / Anthony Lister / Andrew Long / Stefan Marx / James McCready / Tim Moore / Dan Moynihan / Mel O’Callaghan / Riley Payne / Sam Smith / Soda_Jerk

Cnr Commonwealth St & Hunt St, Surry Hills
Sydney, Australia

Opening event: Thursday August 25th, 6pm-9pm
Exhibition continues till Saturday, September 10
Opening hours: 12pm – 6pm

Current Issue: Gang Colours

gabe — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:05:10 +0000

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…