This is one of the blocks of flats in the Art Deco enclave of Garden Avenue in East Melbourne.See my prints and t-shirts at www.redbubble.com/people/dct66 and tees and other giftware at www.zazzle.com/davidt66*.
Archives for January, 2010
These photos taken from one of our December lunches when my family visited still stuck on my mind. It's not just the way it looked, but the way it tasted. I had my first taste of the herb wrapped in something I can't remember on one of my first dinner-outs with friends. Honestly, I hated it at that time. It was bitter and dry in the mouth.It's strange that I ended up convincing Mom and Sis to try this one when we had lunch at Longrain, after having the not-so-nice experience some place else. This is Longrain after all. What ...
Sataybar Cnr of Flinders Lane & Custom House Lane (map) Phone 03 9629 1466 Satay Stix Now closed On one of our days off last year, we decided to do a satay challenge for lunch. We wanted to know if we can find authentic, cheap and tasty satay in Melbourne CBD. Firstly, I have to say that I really hate how South East Asian hawker foods are so damn pricey here. I mean, a satay stick costs a few cents in Singapore, but here it’s a few dollars! I know that there are differences in labour costs, rents, etc.. but I think part of the ...
Melbourne has recently played host to a spate of violent attacks on Indian students, none more shocking than the recent stabbing death of a young Indian man on his way to work. The debate continues to rage as to whether or not these attacks are racially motivated, however racially motivated or not, one thing is certain, the world’s attention has been turned to Melbourne and questions are being asked about the safety of our streets; particularly for those in our Indian community. One movement is poised to put the spotlight on Melbourne’s image problem and show the world that we, ...
MoVida Aqui is the recently opened, expanded version of Frank Camorra’s fabulous Spanish eatery, MoVida Bar de Tapas. While it’s virtually impossible to get a booking at the original MoVida these days, and there are two timed sittings in the evenings, things at MoVida Aqui are much more relaxed. The space is airy and light due to the row of louvres opening out onto an open courtyard, and while it’s still advisable to book ahead they don’t kick you out after your two hour allotment. In fact, there is plenty to love at MoVida Aqui and I’d be happy never to ...
Together with the girls, uh we mean guys, from 4EVAMORE, Platform was lucky enough to have Ghetto Pussy (Anastasia Zaravinos & Byron St John), and the MC talents of Mzzz Erin Tasmania Agent Cleave, Godzilla & Mummy Complex at our Midsumma opening. Here are just a few of the pics.
Monika TichacekLineage of The DivineVideo Still© 2003“I saw Amanda Lepore for the first time in New York in late 2000. I was instantly fascinated by her unreal perfection. She was a living breathing pin-up, her gender ambiguous, however obvious that no one could be born in that body. I have used her body and its interventions to represent a complex set of issues - freedom, expression, possibility, mutation, and desire. Cultural rules and restrictions are discarded, normality and order seem to manifest within a hovering uneasiness.”Monika Tichacek lives and works in Sydney and is represented by Karen Woodbury Gallery (Melbourne). ...
Tejal Shah with Marco Paulo Rolla (Brasil)Trans Video StillsDual channel video installation12 min, colour, sound, 2004-5The beard as a macho statement. Jewellery and make-up constructing the female. Two masks that work as a cliché sign of gender for society. What happens when male and female cross these borders? Using video and performance, we construct the trans –formation, -mutation, -figuration, from one gender to its opposite.”Tejal Shah lives and works in Bombay, India. She has exhibited widely in museums, galleries and film festivals including; Tate Modern (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Brooklyn Museum (New York) and National Gallery of ...
Jake WotherspoonOpening Performanceartist, glue, hair collection, electric fanvariable dimensions© 2010Jake Wotherspoon’s work questions the restraints that society has placed upon both the male and female in relation to bodily hair. Through affixing facial hair to portraits of female models, the artist creates a partial collapse between two genders. He morphs together masculine and feminine characteristics within one body, creating figures that do not conform to the assumptions made about the morphological characteristics of female or male bodies, but instead draw attention to our binary system of gender.Jake Wotherspoon is a Melbourne based artist who completed a Bachelor of Fine Art ...
Drew PettiferDrip PaintingPaint over c-type photographvariable dimensions© 2010Drew Pettifer’s new series Fluid directly explores the concept of ‘fluid gender’. It transgresses the expected gender boundaries of ‘male’ by shifting the fetishised gaze onto a male body, rather than the female one. Viscous, satin black gloss acrylic paint has been poured over photographs of the male nude, obscuring each subject’s genitals until it pools across the bottom of the cabinet. These drips add an abject quality to the male nude, alluding to bodily fluids and leaking bodies. The deliberate obscuring of the genitals in these works also goes some way towards ...
Fran Barrett, Kate Blackmore, Anastasia ZaravinosDrag ActsVideo Still© 2010Drag Acts is a collaboration between three artists: Fran Barrett, Kate Blackmore and Anastasia Zaravinos. Drag Acts explores the spectacular and absurd qualities of drag. The work confuses theatrical spectacle with darker more meditative moments in order to investigate the mechanisms behind the act. Fran Barrett, Kate Blackmore and Anastasia Zaravinos live and work in Sydney. Fran and Kate are both members of the performance collaboration Brown Council and are directors of Serial Space, Sydney. Anastasia has exhibited her video work at numerous Sydney and regional galleries and is a member of ...
Liam BensonCoat of ArmsC-type photograph90 x 120 cmLiam Benson is a practicing performance artist. He applies this foundation to a variety of mediums, primarily video and photography, not only as a means to document and present performance work, but also to experiment with interdisciplinary techniques. His work explores the slippery slope of contemporary masculinity and has a parallel interest in broader social concerns such as cultural environment, popular culture, media andlanguage, and how they influence and inform the conventions of gender roles.Liam Benson is a Sydney based artist and has exhibited at MOP Projects, Kings ARI, Linden Centre ...
Michelle Tran’s uncomfortable photographic arrangements imply ambiguous notions of gender. For Re/Gendered, a stark portrait of a Vietnamese transgendered subject is placed alongside sexually suggestive imagery of domestic interiors. Although the photographs are rooted in documentary traditions, these juxtapositions unsettle the viewer’s sense of self and work to destabilise prescribed gender identity.Michelle Tran is currently completing her Master of Fine Art (Research) 2009 at the VCA. She has exhibited at Lindberg Contemporary Art, Sutton Gallery, Seventh Gallery and TCB. She has also won the Athenaeum Visual Art Prize in 2007. Michelle Tran is represented by Lindberg Contemporary Art.
Fresh from a world tour promoting the album ‘don’t text me like that’ the boys take on their hometown of Melbourne. Fame has its price but for now these guys are about the fans and the love they bring. 4evamore; Seth, Tyson, Ricky and Randy, are a drag boy band partway through their mission to take the world by storm. With solo albums, world tours, a movie deal and a line of scents by Calvin Klein,’ Boy Essence’ these boys will take it to the top. With a hearts of gold and boyish charm their songs talk about life and ...
The Vivien Story, I'll make you famous baby. Hollywood stars and their stage mothers, why don't you sing for us darling. Sing for your tuppence SUGAR – Dance Darling Dance. The chameleon Vivien St James shines as the star of this series. We liked the idea of the driven star and the transsexual, yet it all began with our early obsession with beauty and glamour. We are interested in the notion of celebrity and how it originates within the domestic sphere. Like so many emerging artists, fashion designers, stars or drag queens who begin in front of the husqvarna, ...
Laura Castagnini is a Melbourne based curator currently writing a thesis about contemporary feminist art. She was the 2009 Curator-in-Residence at Platform, and Producer for Tape Projects 100 Proofs exhibition for the 2010 Next Wave Festival. In 2008, she co-initiated and managed an artist run space, O Projects, and was awarded a Quarterbred artist grant and residency in Sydney. She has worked for Adelaide Fringe Festival, and for Next Wave as assistant to curator Tai Snaith for her 2008 project House Proud. Laura is also a practising artist; she holds a Bachelor of Visual Art (Painting) from Monash University and ...
Sighted in Melbourne CBD on the 28th of October 2009
2010-01-29 00:00:00.0 Think you have what it takes to produce a script, book, artwork or other creative project? Applications are now open for scholars, artists and writers who want to use the Library's collections for their work. Creative fellowships Australian residents working in any discipline or form of expression are invited to apply for one of the Library's creative fellowships. Past fellows have produced musical compositions, scripts, books and artworks. Fellows will be awarded $12,500 for three months, or $25,000 for six months. Applications close on Friday 26 March 2010. Find out more about creative fellowships > Georges Mora Foundation fellowship The Georges Mora Foundation fellowship offers ...
Direct link youtube.com/watch?v=naQqFWnPDf4This was the last minute and a half of the display, and was much better than what we saw on new years eve.
Who doesn't like Tony Bennett? He just seems like a nice guy. The corny jazz of the silver-haired crooner is the soundtrack to this deceptively charming op-shop. It's a floral-inspired vintage universe and the Sacred Heart Mission have transformed a plain building on Clarendon St into a wonderful space. Old-fashioned bird cages, fake vines and flowers hang from the ceiling, it's impressive stuff and the attention to detail is amazing.The nerve center of the shop is the counter and sorting pile in the middle, with racks and wardrobes of clothes, shoes, handbags and records unfolding out around it. ...
The January lunchbox at Cafe Vue featured babaganouj with a sesame seed covered bread dipping stick (somewhat like a savoury lamington), beetroot salad and a ham and salad wrap, with a chocolate brownie for dessert. Cafe Vue has been reviewed many times, recently by My food trail, Nutmeg and Spoon fork and chopsticks. It’s good value for $15, and the coffee and service are of a high standard too. Fitzroyalty - hyperlocal news about Melbourne's first suburb: Fitzroy 3065 by Brian Ward is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License.
They’re the connoisseurs of crema, messengers of the morning roast, the reason you get out of bed every day… but we bet you don’t even know their names! We hit the streets of Melbourne to meet the faces behind the foaming wand – your baristas. (click images to launch gallery) Jungle Juice Journal C.O.T. (Cup of Truth) Council House 2 Brother Baba Budan
You may remember Sydney-based jeweller Karin Findeis from her exhibition in Gallery 3 at Craft Victoria late last year... it was a lovely show and we couldn't be happier to (finally!) present to you an interview with Karin. Happy Friday!The concept and ideas behind collecting strongly informs your artistic practice. What attracted you to this subject initially?I have always collected things. As a small child I was taken to the Argyle Centre in the Sydney’s historic Rocks area. Here I saw, for the first time, glass lampworking and artisans making small animals and figurines. My mother bought me one. We ...
You're invited to the first Creative Women's Circle event for 2010! Saturday 20 February, 201010amNo Vacancy GalleryQV Building, 34-40 Jane Bell Lane, Melbourne (enter from Russell St)Please RSVP hereFor this CWC event, Melbourne-based emerging artists Nicole Tattersall and Megan Dell have generously offered to take us behind the scenes of Split Personalities, their new exhibition showing at No Vacancy Gallery from 18 February - 9 March 2010.Nicole and Megan are prolific in their artistic pursuits, working in a variety of mediums and methods from stencilling to illustrations and installations to mixed media. Both artists have ...
Outpost. How much do I love thee, let me count the ways: The open kitchen. MasterChef has shown us that cooking can be theatre, and at Outpost you can have a front-row view of the kitchen goings-on. Great entertainment if you’re eating alone and love food (like me). Oh, and they use Aesop handwash in the kitchen – a touch of luxury. The tiles. The chef Paul Jewson told me that the tiles were sourced from the UK but the designer Hecker Phelan Guthrie Interior Designers really wanted grey tiles to match the black ceiling and overall look of the café. But ...
