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- April 4, 2011
Its a good Friday to be in Auckland this week. Alongside the Red Bull Wreckers Yard Auckland heat taking place, there is this awesome group show, featuring New Zealand street art, taking place on K Road. An awesome combo of styles, combined with live art performances, and a R-Rated Tea Party, this is one show
READ MORELive art is always pretty awesome, and combined with some sweet beats, your’e pretty well guaranteed to have yourself a good night. Take both of these, then and stick ‘em on a boat, and you have yourself a par-tay! Wellington’s Tugboat has played host to a long line of awesome gigs recently, but the addition
READ MORENext up in our Fibre Femmes interview extravaganza is Melbourne based Kiwi artist, Fresh Chop. Those with a keen eye will have spotted her delightful pieces about the place, often with more than a hint at her New Zealand roots. Like many of the other artists involved in the show, Fresh Chop is, well, fresh,
READ MOREFor the past few weeks we’ve been helping out the guys from Online Clubber with putting on their Australian launch event at Brown Alley next weekend. Boards are being made, DJs being prep’d, meetings had … its been fun thus far! Lots of DJs from across the ditch on the bill as well – choice!
READ MOREWith Itch having taken out the first Australian round in the Red Bull Wreckers event last Saturday night at 1000 pound bend, the trans-Tasman battle is in full swing, and for those of you not lucky enough to be in Wellington for the opening heat of this international clash, here are some details on the
READ MOREKiran X has been kind enough to send through an open invitation to the opening of his new show coming up next month. A Wellington based stencil artist, his works are intense and beautiful, using heavy and considered layering to build up intoxicating images. ‘Seductive Mechanizm’ is self described as “a collection of wicked new
READ MORECan’t find too many details on this show, but Matt Arbuckles work is fantastic, and he’s been kicking around the NZ scene for a while now. We found this from 2009 when he was featured on Red Bulls Creative Spaces as a description of his work: “Matt Arbuckle is an up-and-coming young Auckland artist who
READ MORESo, we said this would be a fortnightly column to summarise what’s been happening “in the press”, but I believe that it is now going to be on a “when Fletch can be assed on humpday” column – but, there *will* be one at least every month … So, read on for all the latest
READ MORELo-fi keep on turning on the goodness, and next in line for the collective treatment is “Give Heart”, which is a “group exhibition featuring artists/tattooers who have come together to raise money for the Japan & New Zealand’s Red Cross relief funds. Each artist is presenting their work on a white traditional Japanese Fundoshi garment
READ MOREMan, this year is busy as, there’s so much going on right now its not funny – and the upcoming Red Bull Wreckers Yard event is just another perfect example of all the cool shit that’s happening. Battle events like this are a particular favourite of ours – nothing like watching a group of hugely
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