Snap-shot

Using the Quad Camera App available on the i Phone, here are some images of the Pieces of Eight Gallery and Workshop taken today. Stay tuned for our next exhibition set to launch March 30... we'll be blogging about it shortly! 

A polite reminder.

Well, I say polite, but really, you'd be a fucking idiot to miss this at the Old Bar on Friday.Number three in an infinite series:Yes, you read that right- Uneasy Listeners are indeed the four remaining members of the Seminal Rats, Penny Ikinger is playing with Andrew McCubbin, and Johnny Casino and the Secrets are playing all up close and personal.As ever, feel free to say hello. I'll be there til closing.

Kit Webster, the 2010 Gertrude St Projection Festival's Feature Artist, is one of the few artists engaged in cutting-edge technological art and design in Australia.

Since completing a Media & Sound Arts degree at RMIT University in 2008, he has gained recognition for his creative combination of digital projection and sound.

You can see Kit's work at kitwebster.com.au

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High Tea!

Last Sunday I had the enjoyable task of attending high tea at the Park Hyatt with some charming vintage bloggers and enthusiasts!This stylish gathering was organised by the lovely Nicole from Circa Vintage as a welcome for her new assistant manager Carly, and a chance for us to all meet up and talk about what we love.I had never been to a high tea before, and I was a little nervous about going somewhere so fancy (I had to consult my friends before hand to determine if it would be inappropriate to order a cola instead of tea or coffee....haha, they said it would be a-ok....I love cola!)There was cute little sandwiches, delicious mini lemon tarts, brownies....mmmm....and scones with jam ... read more

Tuesday March 16th @ the Make It Up Club

Ren Walters’ sublime platform for “realtime composition,” THIS Ensemble, features a stellar cast of Melbourne improvisers for its first show of 2010. THIS is Ren’s long-running project for the exploration of large group improv where genre, idiom and instrumentation are sublimated by an adventurous focus on form and timbre. The group is always composed of musicians from diverse traditions who are nevertheless united by incredible listening skills, ensemble discipline and virtuosic technique. Running the gamut of freejazz, non-idiomatic improv, electronic music, punk, prog and abstract fusion, THIS is always an amazingly rewarding listening experience, where new and ... read more

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Urban Art 10A @ BSG

Do not read this review of Urban Art 10A at Brunswick Street Gallery (BSG) as it is biased. I work with the curator, Tessa Yee in the Melbourne Stencil Festival. I own a work by Boo, so I have an interest in promoting her work. You have been warned.

Urban Art 10A is a group exhibition, a sampling of street influenced art. In this case street-influence includes aerosol stencils, cartoon influence illustration and custom toys. There is no free hand aerosol art, no vinyl toys, no street sculpture, no guerrilla gardens, etc. but you can’t have everything on a single floor of BSG.

The mini-exhibition of custom toys within the exhibition from the Australian Guild of Toy Makers is fun. Featuring custom ... read more


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