Another night of fashion at Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, this time for the young and fresh looks of Alice McCall, Arabella Ramsay, Bettina Liano, Gorman, Leopold, LIFEwithBIRD, Manning Cartell, Nevenka, Nicolangëla, Obüs and Wayne Cooper.
My tongue-in-cheek conclusion: quiffs are in fashion. Big quiffy fringes are not really my look, but they sure add height to models, and ‘edged out’ (as Tyra Banks would say) some of the more feminine and frilly looks of this parade. My neighbour’s fashionable quiff also managed to obscure many of ... read more
The last days of current group show
Playing Field have finally crept up on us, with the last day of the exhibition being this Saturday.Curated by CV leader Joe Pascoe, Playing Field brings together 10 artists, all of whom have produced works responding to this year's Craft Cubed theme 'childhood'.To read Joe's accompanying exhibition essay,
click here. There's also a pricelist (along with artist statements and CV's, and an essay by Phip Murray) available on the
Playing Field website, along with
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Sighed in Melbourne CBD on the 21st of April 2010
Exhibition Dates:
03 September - 02 October 2010 Featured Artists:Kieran Stewart & Stone LeeVitrine: Voyeurism by Bernadette BurkeSample: Merryn Lloyd (curated by Patrice Sharkey as part of Platform's Emerging Curator mentorship Program)Majorca: David MutchUnderground Garden: The Resistance of Memory by Paul Kalemba
The last and final part to my epic food weekend at Taste of Melbourne...
By Sunday evening (which dinner I skipped), I was on the verge of food overload (if ever there was such a thing, Sunday night it was)
The lovely
Smeg fridges
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And interview with Nadja Kostich, director of upcoming play Bare Witness. Interview by Paul Andrew, published on Australian Stage Online. See the interview in its original context here.
Bare Witness by Mari Lourey draws on the real life experiences of photo journalists and foreign correspondents in the Balkans, East Timor and Iraq, roles which have become increasingly dangerous, while their moral validity is increasingly questioned.
Australian Stage’s Paul Andrew speaks to Director Nadja Kostich ahead of the show’s Melbourne season.
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An article about Bare Witness from Theatre People. See it in its original context here.
Without realising, I pass into the zone of a dangerous place…
Bare Witness, a new Australian play by Mari Lourey (Dirty Angels, The Bridge, Digging Into The Green Mountain, ) and directed by Nadja Kostich, will premiere at fortyfivedownstairs, as a special La Mama presentation, featuring a stellar cast including Isaac Drandic, Daniela Farinacci, Todd MacDonald, Adam McConvell and Maria Theodorakis.
Set in the Balkans, East Timor and Iraq, against the complex terrain of contemporary photojournalism, Bare Witness scrutinises the way we view our ... read more
Newsflash!
The Play Team starts this evening at 5.30pm at ArtPlay (Birrarung Marr). For $5 a pop, you can tap into your inner kiddy-wink by crafting a 'toy' with Ben Landau & Alex Desebrock, the dynamic duo otherwise known as 'The Play Team'! (not to be confused with The A Team, but they certainly are an ace pair)The Play Team is happening tonight, Thursday and Friday (1, 2, 3 September) from 5.30pm to 7pm.So scrap that after-work pilates/yogalates/no lights no lycra workshop
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CelesteUsing the medium of paper, Stephanie Hicks'
A Short Season looks at how our childhood recollections inform our understanding of it. Crafting her small-scale collages and three-dimensional sculptures from vintage materials gleaned from books, magazines and old letters, A Short Season is a collection of beautifully delicate paper works (including a range of colourful wreaths!).The exhibition is on till this Saturday at NO NO Gallery in North Melbourne, so make sure you see it!
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Today we have a guest post from Jetsetting Mum after her recent visit to Melbourne. What can I say, she really didn’t like Seoul Restaurant.
Ever since we came back from a trip to Seoul a few months ago, Jetsetting Dad and I have been yearning for some good authentic Korean food in Australia. We ate quite a variety of good quality Korean food when we were there which enabled us to acquire a broader knowledge of the Korean cuisine (if ... read more
Hello first day of Spring (sort of)!
I’m even looking forward to a dash of hay fever in return for a bit of sunshine, bring it on Melbourne!
Well it’s the first day of September, we’ve moved into another season and Melbourne doesn’t sleep.
Lots on and it’s only Wednesday!
Bon Voyage Monet
National Gallery of Victoria
Cost: Students, it’s your lucky day $11 for you from 5pm-9pm
National Gallery of Victoria on the Web
If you haven’t been to the European Master’s exhibition at the NGV, you need to tell me where you have been hibernating?!
A few weeks ago, I told you about the... read more
Third post of my Taste of Melbourne 2010 fun is mostly about sitting in for
Nicolas Poelaert's Taste Kitchen and trying his menu at the pop-up restaurant of the day,
Embrasse!
The crowd was starting to build up 30 minutes before the scheduled cooking class was meant to begin...
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Sighted in Melbourne CBD on the 21st of April 2010
Federation Square Melbourne 28 Aug 2010
Activities continue to bubble along at Federation Square during this stimulating festival.
A personal highlight has been the book launch of Mary Delahunty’s work, “Public Life Private Grief”, on a Melbourne Winter afternoon, August 28th 2010.
Interviewed by ABC journalist Kerrie O’Brien, at Feddish Café/Bar & Restaurant in Federation Square, the audience was guided through the trials and tribulations of the public life of Mary in the Victorian Government, ... read more
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