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Beat Poet Menswear Fall/Winter 2010
(30 July 2009) - Beat Poet Menswear delivers another thoughtfully minimalist line with their upcoming Fog collection. The line works in tandem with their spring/summer line, Desert, a conceptual approach taken by the Sydney-based designers to produce a full year-round collection. Desert and Fog take their inspiration from the immense power of the sun and the threat of its demise. Their wide range of influences—ranging from Luc Besson...
(30 July 2009) - Beat Poet Menswear delivers another thoughtfully minimalist line with their upcoming Fog collection. The line works in tandem with their spring/summer line, Desert, a conceptual approach taken by the Sydney-based designers to produce a full year-round collection. Desert and Fog take their inspiration from the immense power of the sun and the threat of its demise. Their wide range of influences—ranging from Luc Besson...
The Matchbox Project
(19 March 2009) - What began as a joke—twenty tiny presents enclosed in matchboxes mailed anonymously out to friends—is now a full-on project with matchboxes left randomly around the world for strangers to discover. The initiator, a 24-year-old journalist and freelance photographer originally sent gifts so personal that they could safely be tracked back to their sender, motivated by a desire to random act of semi-artistic kindness aimed...
(19 March 2009) - What began as a joke—twenty tiny presents enclosed in matchboxes mailed anonymously out to friends—is now a full-on project with matchboxes left randomly around the world for strangers to discover. The initiator, a 24-year-old journalist and freelance photographer originally sent gifts so personal that they could safely be tracked back to their sender, motivated by a desire to random act of semi-artistic kindness aimed...
Sculptor Emily Valentine Bullock
(13 March 2009) - Sydney-based Emily Valentine Bullock sculpts, primarily using feathers, which she collects from birds killed by cars and cats, and from people's dead pets. More recently, she bought a trapping and killing machine to collect feathers from Australia’s registered pest, the Indian Mynah. From these oddly sourced materials, she creates very odd, but rather beautiful sculptures. Most of these are strange hybrid creatures—dogs with wings...
(13 March 2009) - Sydney-based Emily Valentine Bullock sculpts, primarily using feathers, which she collects from birds killed by cars and cats, and from people's dead pets. More recently, she bought a trapping and killing machine to collect feathers from Australia’s registered pest, the Indian Mynah. From these oddly sourced materials, she creates very odd, but rather beautiful sculptures. Most of these are strange hybrid creatures—dogs with wings...
Sydney Garden Gnome House
(20 February 2009) - This isn't an outdoor art installation, but it is still somewhat curated. Or maybe hoarded is a better description. Somewhere in the inner western suburb of Sydney's Summer Hill, a brightly-colored collection of garden gnomes sits on display. The owner of the home is yet to be seen, but there are hundreds of gnomes, side by side, all with equally dopey expressions on their faces...
(20 February 2009) - This isn't an outdoor art installation, but it is still somewhat curated. Or maybe hoarded is a better description. Somewhere in the inner western suburb of Sydney's Summer Hill, a brightly-colored collection of garden gnomes sits on display. The owner of the home is yet to be seen, but there are hundreds of gnomes, side by side, all with equally dopey expressions on their faces...
Saint Augustine's Academy
(07 November 2008) - We breathed a sigh of relief when we first discovered menswear label, Saint Augustine Academy. Since its inception in 2002, the Sydney-based team has risen to cult-status among individuals with a keen eye for sophistication and intelligent design. Playing on the lifestyle of a modern rock-and-roll star, the designers at Saint Augustine Academy are heavily inspired by the rock nouveau ethos that surrounded bands...
(07 November 2008) - We breathed a sigh of relief when we first discovered menswear label, Saint Augustine Academy. Since its inception in 2002, the Sydney-based team has risen to cult-status among individuals with a keen eye for sophistication and intelligent design. Playing on the lifestyle of a modern rock-and-roll star, the designers at Saint Augustine Academy are heavily inspired by the rock nouveau ethos that surrounded bands...
Fergus Brown
(03 November 2008) - Recently announced as the support for American singer-songwriter, Martha Wainwright on all eleven shows of her Australian tour, we checked in with Sydney-based songwriter Fergus Brown to get the inside story on his wonderfully quirky and catchy pop song, "Nerds In Love." It was was a fun song to write. Some songs can be tortuous but this was an imagined, tongue-in-cheek vignette of my...
(03 November 2008) - Recently announced as the support for American singer-songwriter, Martha Wainwright on all eleven shows of her Australian tour, we checked in with Sydney-based songwriter Fergus Brown to get the inside story on his wonderfully quirky and catchy pop song, "Nerds In Love." It was was a fun song to write. Some songs can be tortuous but this was an imagined, tongue-in-cheek vignette of my...
Pivot
(31 October 2008) - Lost At E Minor featured Pivot's Secret Playlist recently and now they have an awesome new album out. With members scattered across the globe (though with roots firmly planted in Sydney), Pivot create lushly ominous electronic music that seeps through your soul, steals your heart and renders you immobile. For a good ten minutes at least, as their latest album O Soundtrack My Heart...
(31 October 2008) - Lost At E Minor featured Pivot's Secret Playlist recently and now they have an awesome new album out. With members scattered across the globe (though with roots firmly planted in Sydney), Pivot create lushly ominous electronic music that seeps through your soul, steals your heart and renders you immobile. For a good ten minutes at least, as their latest album O Soundtrack My Heart...
Circle
(06 June 2008) - Sydney band Circle have just released their debut album Just Keep Swimming and boy does it make me smile. It's an album that works hard to take your mind elsewhere—and succeeds. Driven by piano, the album is a layered sing-a-long pop fiesta with a good dose of guitar stroking, hand clapping shout-out-loud anthems. It will remind you of Ben Folds, Ben Lee and the...
(06 June 2008) - Sydney band Circle have just released their debut album Just Keep Swimming and boy does it make me smile. It's an album that works hard to take your mind elsewhere—and succeeds. Driven by piano, the album is a layered sing-a-long pop fiesta with a good dose of guitar stroking, hand clapping shout-out-loud anthems. It will remind you of Ben Folds, Ben Lee and the...
Four Creatives, One Studio: Kate Hurst, Elle Kramer, Fiona McGee and Matt Weston
(28 March 2008) - Studios can often act as hubs for creativity, but what happens when you share a small space with four equally creative and artistic people? CH spent a day at the shared Sydney studio space of fashion designer Kate Hurst, jewelery designer Elke Kramer, filmmaker Fiona McGee and Matt Weston, also a jewelry designer, spying on the daily activities of some of Australia's most successful...
(28 March 2008) - Studios can often act as hubs for creativity, but what happens when you share a small space with four equally creative and artistic people? CH spent a day at the shared Sydney studio space of fashion designer Kate Hurst, jewelery designer Elke Kramer, filmmaker Fiona McGee and Matt Weston, also a jewelry designer, spying on the daily activities of some of Australia's most successful...
David Capra: Always Driving into the Sun
(12 March 2008) - Australian artist David Capra's new exhibition features works that "reference sculptures from gateways of neighboring homes like pebbled steeping-stones made from plasticine and a paper mache concrete lion." Always Driving into the Sun 13-28 March 2008 Parramatta Artists Studio 45 Hunter Street Parramatta 2150 map Sydney Australia tel. +02 9687-6090...
(12 March 2008) - Australian artist David Capra's new exhibition features works that "reference sculptures from gateways of neighboring homes like pebbled steeping-stones made from plasticine and a paper mache concrete lion." Always Driving into the Sun 13-28 March 2008 Parramatta Artists Studio 45 Hunter Street Parramatta 2150 map Sydney Australia tel. +02 9687-6090...
Ubantu Clothing
(11 March 2008) - Ubantu is derived from the Zulu word for humanity and promoting the virtues of kindness is the ethos behind this new girls streetwear label which was set-up by South African raised, Sydney-based designer Aimee Pezaro. The t-shirts in particular are amazing—vibrant, dynamic, and made for comfort. We like....
(11 March 2008) - Ubantu is derived from the Zulu word for humanity and promoting the virtues of kindness is the ethos behind this new girls streetwear label which was set-up by South African raised, Sydney-based designer Aimee Pezaro. The t-shirts in particular are amazing—vibrant, dynamic, and made for comfort. We like....
The E.L.F.
(14 February 2008) - The E.L.F. is the new side project of Gerling frontman, Darren Cross. A genre agnostic, Cross throws a tantrum on "Stevie Nicks Hearts," the first EP created el solo in the dark underbelly of his Sydney home studio. The indie-infused aesthetic smashes itself against the wall, whilst '80s synth-beats get thrown across the room like a bad break up. It's like Beck made babies...
(14 February 2008) - The E.L.F. is the new side project of Gerling frontman, Darren Cross. A genre agnostic, Cross throws a tantrum on "Stevie Nicks Hearts," the first EP created el solo in the dark underbelly of his Sydney home studio. The indie-infused aesthetic smashes itself against the wall, whilst '80s synth-beats get thrown across the room like a bad break up. It's like Beck made babies...
David Capra: Nativity
(03 December 2007) - Australian artist David Capra has an exhibition kicking off at Sydney's Mori Gallery this week . Titled Nativity, the show will feature "a garden of pom poms, rainbow paper towers, lakes of melted wax, caves of crinkled-up paper and Barbie dolls dressed as Catholic saints." It was inspired by a recent year long excursion Capra took through Europe: "I came across many nativity scenes...
(03 December 2007) - Australian artist David Capra has an exhibition kicking off at Sydney's Mori Gallery this week . Titled Nativity, the show will feature "a garden of pom poms, rainbow paper towers, lakes of melted wax, caves of crinkled-up paper and Barbie dolls dressed as Catholic saints." It was inspired by a recent year long excursion Capra took through Europe: "I came across many nativity scenes...
Art in Motion
(29 November 2007) - Our friends over at Hewlett-Packard are presenting the Art in Motion event in Sydney at The Forum on 6 December 2007. Art in Motion is a "free multi-sensory event" showcasing performances from Coldcut, Nu-Mark, and awesome Berlin-based collective, Pfadfinderei—featuring eight designers, VJs, artists and typographers—as well as local acts Apsci and DJ Samrai. It's all part of an initiative by Hewlett-Packard to "provide a...
(29 November 2007) - Our friends over at Hewlett-Packard are presenting the Art in Motion event in Sydney at The Forum on 6 December 2007. Art in Motion is a "free multi-sensory event" showcasing performances from Coldcut, Nu-Mark, and awesome Berlin-based collective, Pfadfinderei—featuring eight designers, VJs, artists and typographers—as well as local acts Apsci and DJ Samrai. It's all part of an initiative by Hewlett-Packard to "provide a...
Cut and Paste 2007 World Tour Update
(31 October 2007) - The International Cut and Paste Digital Design Tournament which kicked off on 8 September has been hosting live design events in various U.S. and European cities over the last couple of months with an Asian and Australian leg of the competition still to come. Watching Cut and Paste grow from their start in NYC, we're happily impressed to see of how far they've come...
(31 October 2007) - The International Cut and Paste Digital Design Tournament which kicked off on 8 September has been hosting live design events in various U.S. and European cities over the last couple of months with an Asian and Australian leg of the competition still to come. Watching Cut and Paste grow from their start in NYC, we're happily impressed to see of how far they've come...
Dan Chesterman: Angkor
(01 October 2007) - Traveling through Angkor in January 2003, Dan Chesterman took a series of evocative photos that now form the basis of his upcoming exhibition at the blank_space gallery in Surry Hills, Sydney that opens later this week. Shooting analogue, he captures the natural beauty of the area, with a focus on the relationship between the temples and the trees that have grown over and around...
(01 October 2007) - Traveling through Angkor in January 2003, Dan Chesterman took a series of evocative photos that now form the basis of his upcoming exhibition at the blank_space gallery in Surry Hills, Sydney that opens later this week. Shooting analogue, he captures the natural beauty of the area, with a focus on the relationship between the temples and the trees that have grown over and around...
James Jirat Patradoon
(20 September 2007) - Sydney-based artist, James Jirat Patradoon, on his career defining moment: "If I could trace my artistic inspiration back to one event, it would have to be the Neo Tokyo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in 2001. I had never seen art like that before; I didn't know you could be so playful with it. I vividly remember the Yoshitomo Nara sculptures made...
(20 September 2007) - Sydney-based artist, James Jirat Patradoon, on his career defining moment: "If I could trace my artistic inspiration back to one event, it would have to be the Neo Tokyo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in 2001. I had never seen art like that before; I didn't know you could be so playful with it. I vividly remember the Yoshitomo Nara sculptures made...
Maise Denim
(13 July 2007) - Sydney, Australia is responsible for producing many of the world's most original, unique and successful denim brands including Tsubi, Sass&Bide and Nobody, so it comes as no surprise that Maise, the latest denim line about to make it's mark on the international fashion scene, was started by ex-TopShop designer and Sydney-sider Claire Greaves. Designed for the "confident, modern and fashion forward girl," Maise is...
(13 July 2007) - Sydney, Australia is responsible for producing many of the world's most original, unique and successful denim brands including Tsubi, Sass&Bide and Nobody, so it comes as no surprise that Maise, the latest denim line about to make it's mark on the international fashion scene, was started by ex-TopShop designer and Sydney-sider Claire Greaves. Designed for the "confident, modern and fashion forward girl," Maise is...
weAREtheIMAGEmakers
(28 June 2007) - Online publication weAREtheIMAGEmakers (Watim) opens its first exhibition, "12x12," at the new aMBUSH Gallery in Waterloo, Sydney on Friday, 20 July 2007, 6-9pm. Featuring 144 paintings by 12 artists from all over Australia, the exhibition stays true to Watim's goal of promoting creative talent. Emerging artists are exhibited alongside more recognized artists in order to gain more exposure. Beastman, one of the 12 participating...
(28 June 2007) - Online publication weAREtheIMAGEmakers (Watim) opens its first exhibition, "12x12," at the new aMBUSH Gallery in Waterloo, Sydney on Friday, 20 July 2007, 6-9pm. Featuring 144 paintings by 12 artists from all over Australia, the exhibition stays true to Watim's goal of promoting creative talent. Emerging artists are exhibited alongside more recognized artists in order to gain more exposure. Beastman, one of the 12 participating...
Beci Orpin: In the Shadows
(21 June 2007) - Sydney's Monster Children Gallery has an exhibition of new works from Australian artist Beci Orpin kicking off tonight, 21 June 2007. "In The Shadows" sees Orpin "expanding on themes she has been exploring for some time—secrets, darkness, folklore and adolescent memories. Taking her past work on wood into 3-dimensions, Orpin will install a tree whose branches tell multiple stories alongside smaller casted forms that...
(21 June 2007) - Sydney's Monster Children Gallery has an exhibition of new works from Australian artist Beci Orpin kicking off tonight, 21 June 2007. "In The Shadows" sees Orpin "expanding on themes she has been exploring for some time—secrets, darkness, folklore and adolescent memories. Taking her past work on wood into 3-dimensions, Orpin will install a tree whose branches tell multiple stories alongside smaller casted forms that...
Master/Slave
(19 January 2007) - The next time you're walking down Liverpool Street, just off Oxford St in Sydney, you may notice an eye-catching window display that draws you into an unknown world. Meet new kids on the block Roderick Ng and Elenie Kondos, owners and founders of clothing brand Master/Slave. The name Master/Slave was chosen as it signified a symbiosis of sorts, meaning one cannot exist without the...
(19 January 2007) - The next time you're walking down Liverpool Street, just off Oxford St in Sydney, you may notice an eye-catching window display that draws you into an unknown world. Meet new kids on the block Roderick Ng and Elenie Kondos, owners and founders of clothing brand Master/Slave. The name Master/Slave was chosen as it signified a symbiosis of sorts, meaning one cannot exist without the...
Liz McKay
(08 January 2007) - Sydney-based Liz McKay is a young figurative artist whose vibrant works draw their essence from "smoky bars, sultry jazz singers, romantic couples and European cafes." Her work is about love, seduction, music and Casablanca-style cool. "Painting is my eternal search to find something of beauty, an expression, a face, a smile. The figures in my works convey intriguing expressions and the interaction between the...
(08 January 2007) - Sydney-based Liz McKay is a young figurative artist whose vibrant works draw their essence from "smoky bars, sultry jazz singers, romantic couples and European cafes." Her work is about love, seduction, music and Casablanca-style cool. "Painting is my eternal search to find something of beauty, an expression, a face, a smile. The figures in my works convey intriguing expressions and the interaction between the...
Amanda Gilligan
(14 November 2006) - Sydney-based photographer Amanda Gilligan takes brilliant live shots that make you feel as though you're in the front row, being drowned in a bucket of sweat and copping a backful of shoves from the frenetic crowd behind—as these shots of Brisbane band The Grates and, um, Fiest's legs attest. Of her work she says: "When I'm old and deaf from standing next to speakers...
(14 November 2006) - Sydney-based photographer Amanda Gilligan takes brilliant live shots that make you feel as though you're in the front row, being drowned in a bucket of sweat and copping a backful of shoves from the frenetic crowd behind—as these shots of Brisbane band The Grates and, um, Fiest's legs attest. Of her work she says: "When I'm old and deaf from standing next to speakers...
Fleur Childs
(23 October 2006) - Young Australian artist Fleur Childs was "staying at Arugam Bay, a remote beach community on the east coast of Sri Lanka, when the Indian ocean tsunami struck. With the works that make up Boxing Day, Childs relives and reimagines her experience of riding the wave that killed over 200,000 people." Childs is a graduate of the College of Fine Arts. Her exhibition, "Boxing Day,"...
(23 October 2006) - Young Australian artist Fleur Childs was "staying at Arugam Bay, a remote beach community on the east coast of Sri Lanka, when the Indian ocean tsunami struck. With the works that make up Boxing Day, Childs relives and reimagines her experience of riding the wave that killed over 200,000 people." Childs is a graduate of the College of Fine Arts. Her exhibition, "Boxing Day,"...
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