2009-11-30 00:00:00.0 It's official – teenagers have voted Randa Abdel-Fattah's Where the streets had a name and Suzanne Collins's The hunger games as their favourite books of 2009. The winners were announced at the annual Inky Awards ceremony on 26 November. Nearly 1400 readers aged 20 and under voted on a short list of 10 books selected by a panel of judges. Five short-listed Australian authors competed for the Golden Inky, while five international authors competed for the Silver Inky. Randa won the Golden Inky, and Suzanne won the Silver Inky. Both winners received $2000. 'It is with tremendous joy and humility that I accept ...
Archives for November, 2009
On the last day of spring, we thought it fitting to share our recent chat with swimwear designer Zoe Elizabeth Weir. The time is upon us to bare those bikini bodies and the sexy Zoe Elizbeth florals are hotter than hot. Read the interview
Who spends $19.95 on a tiny bottle of Glenfarclas, 10 year-old Highland Malt Scotch Whisky? Who buys miniature bottles of alcohol anyway aside from people stocking bar fridges in hotels. And then they don’t put bottles of an obscure Scotch whisky like Glenfarclas in the fridge – they stock it with Johnny Walker. And who buys stuff from a hotel bar fridge? Why do they even make miniature bottles of alcohol anyway? They are advertised as gifts, the classic excuse for so much useless stuff in the world. Mark took this photograph at a shop in Melbourne that specializes in these tiny ...
Can’t decide what to have for lunch? Java makes it easy with their “tapas”, that translates to four choices from a selection of food protected by glass sneeze guards on one plate. Changing regularly, there might be a beef curry or a chicken and mushroom risotto in the impressively sized stainless steel pot, mini chicken parmas, cous cous studded with raisins, potato salad, chunky meat pies, croquettes and fried crumbed vegies. The decision doesn’t get easier ☹.3 / 5 yums!------Where? 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VICWhat? Plates $12.50
With our last round of exhibitions de-installed, packed up and out of CVHQ, we hope you managed to drop by when they were still on. In case you missed it, over the next few days we'll be posting installation images from each of the exhibitions. How nice are we! Entomoid, 2008, 37 brooches, silver & paint First up is Karin Findeis' exhibition sampler. Reflecting upon the exhibition's exploration of the history of collection, Karin presented her work in rows of archival boxes mounted on the walls of Gallery 3 at hip length (or waist length if you're my height... but ...
The head office of a company I worked for was in Park Street, South Melbourne, across the road from Chimmys. Chimmys was the place to grab a coffee before racing to a meeting or a training course. The Head Office moved and I forgot about Chimmys until recently when I was in Park Street and wanted a coffee. I remember it always being busy on those work-day mornings and it was busy on the recent Sunday when I popped in. The flat white doesn’t have any pretty designs but it has the silkiest milk I’ve tasted for a while and the coffee ...
Especially for you, a collection housed.A view gleaned through looking-glass.A concept favourable or perhaps not, we’ll leave that up to you, either way, what took two days to install took but two leisurely hours to take apart, pack up and leave gallery space bare, signage and all.We so enjoyed our time in beauteous confines of gallery two. Equally so our time spent here. Thanks for having us. We have enjoyed having a lend of your ear.G & L
Graham has a habit of giving me shit whenever I go out…in a loving way. He also likes to look through photos of everything I eat and occasionally asks if I can steal a menu. In case you were wondering, the laminate ones are the hardest, especially when I’m only wearing a body suit and a leather jacket. There is just no friction or anything to hold things in. A month or so ago, Graham asked me in our break between doubles when the hell we were going to eat out. The day before it was announced/rumoured/twittered that Tempura Hajime would be ...
Sighted in the Croft Alley on the 13th of September 2009, taken after Don't Ban the Can,
Hosier Lane in the city, one of Melbourne's graffiti hotspots (PS the bridesmaids' dresses were about the same colour as the wheelie bin lids on the right!)City bound, Windsor Station
They came together on a hot, humid November evening in Melbourne. There were young emerging artist – “aren’t that one of those twins that was on the ABC doco?” There restless drunks clutching brown paper bags of take-away alcohol or sharing the silver plastic bag guts of a cask of wine; the beer had run out before I got there and the only thing that the very short barman was serving glasses of wine with every $2 donation to the gallery. They were no longer celebrating an exhibition opening but surviving another year in Melbourne’s art world. There was an exhibition ...
This was back during the awful hay fever episode. I remember it distinctly as the night I barely slept and woke up at 6am and couldn’t go back to sleep. Generally, I would pick myself out of bed and go for a morning walk/run but because I barely slept I was just too tired so I figured let’s just hit Degraves St. for breakfast. So I pulled poor Josh out of a bed with a promise of breakfast treat. (eggs florentine, poached eggs with spinach and hallandaise sauce – $12.00) It was a lovely warm day and the day was heating up ...
Rockpool Bar & GrillCrown Casino, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank (map)8648 1900websiteAs I mentioned in my post about Marque, my Californian friend Sam and her travel companion, Naval Lieutenant ("Yes, ma'am") Levi, came to visit last month. They were only in Melbourne for three days in the middle of the week, so I took a day of annual leave to show them around on the Wednesday. We started with coffee at Outpost (which they LOVED), then we explored Prahran and St Kilda. I then asked them what they'd like to do for lunch."Well ma'am," said Lieutenant Levi, "I'm a man who ...
Flinders Street tram stop in the evening sun
Magic Eye brings together a group of diverse individual and collective contemporary art-makers to fill the Platform cabinets with collage, assemblage and drawing. These artists all share an interest in the uncanny, the perverse and the hallucinatory...ENRIQUE TOCHEZ ANDERSONHUGO ATKINSTHEA BAUMANN & DARIO VACIRCA RACHEL FEERY & LISA STEWARTGREATEST HITS KATE JUSTROSIE KAVANAVOCH LOUISE KLERKSANDY MACPIPPA MAKGILLILIA ROSLIMARK SILIPO
Enrique Tochez Andersonpaint, fabric, plastic(installation detail)© 2009Enrique Tochez graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) from RMIT in 2007. Since then he has continued to develop his solo practice, as well as developing collaborative multi-disciplinary projects including the upcoming GALAXYHEAD party which will present futuristic installation and new electronic music at the Lobb & Frith Project Space. Further information is available at Bugloss WD.
Hugo Atkinstubing, foam, paint, sand, teeth(installation detail)© 2009Hugo Atkins is an emerging artist based in Melbourne. His work was included in Zero & Not at 45Downstairs in August 2009.
Thea Baumann & Dario Vacircagold leaf paper, cocktail glasses, neon tubing, toy dinosaurs, video loop on various screens (installation detail)© 2009
Rachel Feery & Lisa Stewartacrylic painted backdrop, polystyrene, cardboard, paint, sand(installation detail)© 2009As explorers of imaginary realms, artists Rachel Feery and Lisa Stewart work collaboratively, combining sound, sculpture, video and installation to take people on an adventure through the unknown. Just like a science fiction or storybook plot, they create openings – be it a viewfinder, soundscape, portal or diorama – from which one can enter the magical world of make-believe. These constructions aim to transport the viewer out of the ordinary into the extraordinary.Rachel Feery completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours at Monash University in 2008. Recent exhibitions ...
Greatest HitsSilver paint© 2009Greatest Hits (Gavin Bell, Jarrah de Kuijer & Simon McGlinn) is a impulsive paranoia driven collaboration, hellbent on questioning the absurd equilibrium of creation and destruction in the psyche of a group that perversely ravishes the notion of the creation of meaning and interpretation. Ritualistic acts of frustrated futility allude to the inane purpose of artistic endeavour, referencing common notions of the artist and their mysterious drive to push importance over practicality and into a world where the end has no beginning. Narrative collides with genre while systematically combining optimistic possibility with the sweet smell of ever-present ...
Kate JustFramed collage on archival paper78 x 58cm © 2009Kate Just is an American born, Melbourne based artist who first became known for her sculptural knitting practice informed strongly by emotional and autobiographical references. Just's practice has also encompassed use of mixed media sculpture, collage, digital print, and video. Experiences of childhood memory, her own migration, and the garden/natural environment as an allegory for the human condition influenced her early works, while more recent works envisage transformations of human (in particular female) bodies into natural and other forms and the landscapes these imagined bodies inhabit. Just’s works incorporate Greek and ...
Rosie Kavanavochspray paint, miniature canvases, mirror balls, photographs, toys(installation detail)© 2009
Louise KlerksInk on paper100 x 70 cm(detail)© 2009Louise Klerks graduated from Sydney College of the Arts in 2005. She completed her Honours degree in sculpture, performance and installation art. Since relocating to Melbourne in 2007, Louise has completed a Diploma of Education at Melbourne University and works as the education coordinator at No Vacancy Gallery. Her particular interests include illustration, performance art and public interventions.
Andy Macspray paint, alcohol flask(installation detail)© 2009
