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- April 4, 2011
Stepping into the darkened warehouse, the fresh aroma of shaved timber, resins and paint hit me immediately – nestled into an unsuspecting, near hidden laneway somewhere in North Melbourne, there is no doubt that it was a place of work; the scents prove as much. We walked to the back of the warehouse, Adnate passed
READ MOREThere have been plenty of great videos released this week, so without further ado here’s our weekly roundup of videos released across the web. Probably the funniest thing we’ve seen all month – Lush has released his new philanthropy website, Toy Vision. Check out the video, and head over to sponsor a toy today –
READ MOREWhat a night – and what a great start to Secret Walls Melbourne! Hancock and Reliable faced off last night to an absolutely packed venue – and we had a ball. The music was pumping, and the Psyde Projects got the crowd pumping – totally loving the live hip hop lead in to the battle!
READ MOREWith a relatively swift trajectory, Hush has fast become a significant figure amongst the new, avant-garde class of artists whose techniques are derived from a blending of street, design and traditional elements. The vast majority of Hushs work is infused with swirling, seemingly chaotic urban mark making. His style conveys a remarkable unity of modern
READ MORELast Saturday, we took ourselves down to Art Melbourne – like many of you probably did, if you’re here in the ‘burn. Total artgasm. There was so much work on display, of such variety, that it was almost a little overwhelming – it was as if we’d gone to twenty, thirty, or more different shows
READ MORELast year we did an interview with Laura Chong, one of the two masterminds behind a cool and fresh new magazine, Six Years Later. At the time, they’d just been celebrating the release of issue #1 of the mag and they’d just done a call outs for submissions of artwork for their second issue, this
READ MOREFriday night before heading over to Tom Civils show Long Story, we stopped in at Egg Gallery to see Ryan McGennisken and Hollie M Kellys show, Sleep & Wake. Cutouts, illustrations, girls, strange dreamlike scenery and elements of the fantastical pervaded both artists works, and though they both have very different illustrative techniques, common elements
READ MOREAfter having interviewed Tom Civil last week, we were really keen to get down and check out his show at House Of Bricks in Collingwood. What we saw sure didn’t disappoint. Street art meets folk art meets new meets old. Somehow, Civil managed to merge the best of all forms with his own aesthetic, creating
READ MOREDue for demolition any day now, this dilapidated Yarraville factory has seen an extraordinary amount of work placed upon its walls. Slicer, Kaff-eine, Lucy Lucy, Deams and Lush are just a very few of the artists who have work in there. Dean Sunshine got down to the factory the other weekend to document as much
READ MORELast Sunday, bright and early, we headed down to Order Of Melbourne to watch all eight contestants for the next round of Melbournes Secret Walls paint up the stairwell. This years contestants comprise Rad, Hancock, Reliable, Jack Douglas, Eleven, Katie Houghton-Ward, Jessica Singh and Steve Cross – what a mix of talent! Armed with only
READ MOREWe didn’t put up a Transmissions last week, because, well, there was bugger all! In future if there’s not much on that week, we have a great idea we’ll be putting into practice … just so you get your fix! For this week, without further ado. (Image via Sam Evans) First up is an awesome
READ MORERemembering back some years, I recall when I first became aware of Tom Civils work. I’d heard about a screening on TV of a new documentary, Rash, all about the emergence of a whole bunch of new street artists in Melbourne,. I was eager to check out what was happening over here (at the time
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