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- Art, Photographs
- April 4, 2011
Aucklands K Road is infamous for its street art, and this group show, gathering together some of NZs coolest and finest, looks like it’ll be a great showcase of work – live! As part of the running First Thursdays events, Alfresco will be a “rad street art festival up and down K’Rd, 10+ walls being
READ MORESojourn (noun) – a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Kuala Lumpur … Gong Xi Fa Cai – plastered everywhere across Kuala Lumpur and the reason for my week long visit to the city. I’d left Singapore after only a two day stay to head over to Malaysia for Chinese New Year – the start
READ MOREOn a swing floating above a Melbourne laneway, sits a black and white stocking clad, red caped figure. Her visage is one well known to fans of Melbourne street art, however this is not the paste up imagery of Urban Cake Lady that they are familiar with – instead, the girl in the photograph is
READ MOREAfter cruising down to the fantastic Ghostpatrol show last Friday night, we headed over to House Of Bricks to check out the “Magic” group show. As we mentioned earlier, we didn’t really know what to expect – obviously, themes of Magic, but we were pleasantly surprised that there was more than one form of magic
READ MOREWell, we don’t know too much about this event beyond the info we’ve found on the Facebook page – “HOB will explore the world of magic, myth & ritual, from the infinite origins of………….//” It also includes a slightly mysterious quote form Magic Johnson. “My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I
READ MORELast week saw a smorgasbord of names from across the Melbourne street art community descend on Richmonds Holliava to give the bar a creative makeover. Organised by Alleycat Creative, the variety of people working on the night was amazing – and we had a great time amongst it all. Pasteups, stencils, aerosol and paint, all the various walks of
READ MOREYou might have seen it by now, but here is the full press release! We’re teaming up with the guys at Cocoa Jackson Studios in Brunswick (check out our visit to the studio here), and a whole bunch of other amazing people to put on a grand ‘ol four day event showcasing some of the
READ MOREWhat an absolute cracker of a day down at Blender Studios last Saturday for their inaugural artists market. Positioned along both sides of the lane-way and framed with existing murals by local and international street artists (if you haven’t been to Blender Lane before you need to check out Melbourne Street Art Tours), vendors offered
READ MORECDH, a Melbourne street artist, recently sat down with well known Melbourne artist and street art advocate Adrian Doyle, to talk about the past, present, and future of street art in Australia … Adrian Doyle is an artist, the director Blender studios, an arts grad student and a former employee of an inner city
READ MOREOf course, being that time of year, everyones having their Xmas parties, and the Blender studios crew really know how to throw one! With Dark Horse Experiment holding the show itself, and with lots of performances and installations happening in conjunction with the show, this is one of those studio bashes that you just have
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