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Text: Sunday Ganim Images: Sunday Ganim & Note To Self
Max Olijnyk is a man of many talents. He can skate, sew, write and photograph – an incredibly humble guy, and known to be pretty funny. Sunday Ganim sat down with Max recently and, over tea and snacks, they discussed the origins of his creative endeavours, the projects he currently has on the go and how a serious accident a few years ago helped him to achieve a balance between them all. Continue reading…
Text: Jill Greig Images: Georgia Perry
Georgia Perry is a designer with a penchant for clarity and colour. The content of her multidisciplinary work is varied, but connected by her recognisable aesthetic: a sense of simplicity, and a light and bright execution. Ahead of Georgia’s involvement in ‘A Touch of Class’ for Sydney Design Week, Jillian Greig caught up with her to talk about the creative process, girls in design and hot dogs. Continue reading…
Posted by: Joseph Allen Shea
1.85 Million: Art Peripheries
Opening reception Friday 19th August 2011 7 – 9pm
Campbelltown Arts Centre
Guest speaker: Anne Loxley, Curator C3West, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Artists
Howard Arkley (Australia)
Mohamed Bourouissa (France)
Paul B. Davis (USA)
Will French (Australia)
Jesse Hogan (Australia)
Miranda July (USA)
Corita Kent (USA)
Rhys Lee (Australia)
Amanda Maxwell (Australia)
Susumu Mukai (Japan)
Garry Trinh (Australia)
Curated by Joseph Allen Shea
Presenting work by Australian and international artists including a number of new commissions, 1.85 Million: Art Peripheries makes cross-cultural and geographical comparisons and connections between social experiences of urban and suburban environments. The exhibition furthers this idea of marginalism by exploring idiosyncratic visions and those living outside of the mainstream.
Gallery Talks
Saturday 20 August, 1-3pm
Join curator Joseph Allen Shea and artists Jesse Hogan, Rhys Lee and Amanda Maxwell for a discussion on their work and the ideas behind the exhibition.
Exhibition continues through till 23rd October 10am – 4pm daily.
Campbelltown Arts Centre
20 August – 23 October
Cnr Camden & Appin Rds, Campbelltown
Text: Digby Woods
Here’s a bit of trivia: the oxymoronic Little Dragon took their name from the frustrated in-studio tantrums of lead singer Yukimi Nagano. Thankfully for the other band members, that fire is no longer spewing forth at random but has been creatively channeled into the likes of Ritual Union, Little Dragon’s third, and arguably most eclectic, album.
Although difficult to categorise, their sound is instantly recognisable, drawing deep upon familiar concepts such as love, heartache, renewal and uncertainty. Having earned fans in Gorillaz and Erykah Badu, Little Dragon are set to burn the stage down at this year’s Parklife festival. In anticipation of this, Digby Woods talked with Yukimi about songwriting, recording on the road, Toro Y Moi and Star Wars. Continue reading…
Posted by: The Blackmail
This weeks Cheeky Freak Of The Week is the Brisbane launch of Le Cercle this weekend at Le Cercle at The Outpost. While you’re at it, check out our interview between Joe Allen and Benjamin Deberdt here…
Text: Millie Stein Images: Douglas Lance Gibson
In 1912, the Austrian artist Egon Schiele penned a letter to ‘Dr. E’ regarding Schiele’s painting ‘Revelation’.
“The revelation of a living being,” he wrote. “A poet, an artist, a sage, a spiritualist, as you will. Have you ever felt the impression a great personality makes on the world?”
On a wall-length bookshelf in the Lover studio, Nic Briand and Susien Chong keep a book of Schiele’s work. Surrounding it are monographs from key creative figures of the recent past (Ed van der Elsken, Kris Kool, Harmony Korine, Poiret) plus the occasional iconoclast (Patty Heart, by way of a 1974 copy of Newsweek).
I don’t know if Briand and Chong have ever read Schiele’s words. In fact, I prefer to think that they haven’t, and that the book exerts a silent and pervasive influence as they spend their days drawing inspiration from great personalities – which, in their case, are simply those that are real. Continue reading…
Text: Tristan Ceddia Images: © Warwick Baker
I decided I wanted to interview Warwick Baker after seeing his self portrait, ‘Mongolo River,’ in the 2009 National Youth Self Portrait Prize. I don’t know exactly what it was about this image, but I felt compelled to understand more about this character. I caught Warwick, quite a discerning individual, for a brief chat about his obsession with Belanglo State Forrest. Continue reading…
Posted by: Michael Kucyk
Getting Icey Hot with super special international guest DJ Nozaki **(interviewed in the current issue of The Blackmail)
Record dealer to the stars, label operator (10 INCHES OF PLEASURE), funky DJ, fluent in Japanese, Italian & English, friends with Baldelli…
IF BAMBOO MUSIK WAS TO MAKE AN “ULTIMATE WISHLIST” OF 3 GUEST SELECTORS, DJ NOZAKI’S NAME WOULD CERTAINLY BE CONTAINED WITHIN THIS LIST. THIS IS A NEXT LEVEL AUDIO TRANSMISSION YOU DON’T WANNA MISS.
W/ support from the Bamboo residents Deejays
Friday the 5th of August
@The Mercat Basement
$12 entry
10pm till >>>
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