‘NEW13′ artist talks #2 at ACCA
It’s time to unwrap the under-wraps art made for NEW13. Surprise! But before you tuck in to these just-in, site-specific, specially commissioned works, hear from the brains and hands first. This...
View ArticleCat Poljski, ‘Masking the City’ opening
Tatlin’s Tower is Russia’s most majestic tower, an unapologetic symbol of the country’s finest aspirations. It’s a bit of a pity that the damn thing was never built. For Masking the City, artist Cat...
View ArticleGertrude Contemporary April openings
There are three exhibitions in four gallery spaces over at Gertrude Contemporary. Sort of. Well, one exhibition is inside another exhibition. I’ll explain. Melbourne artist Dan Moynihan’s...
View ArticleFitzroy stabbing: Preston man charged with Shaun Wright’s murder
Fitzroy stabbing: Preston man charged with Shaun Wright’s murder March 20, 2013, 12:57 p.m. { story.summary|safe|escape } See your ad here A Preston man has been charged with murder following the...
View ArticleApology for forced adoptions
FORMAL apologies were today issued to women who were forced to give up babies for adoption at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital up until the late 1970s. Monash Health chief executive Shelly Park...
View ArticleLucy McRae, ‘Swallowable Parfum®’ concept salon launch
Okay, digestible toiletries is a new frontier in personal scent management, so we’re going to have to get to grips with some of the terminology here. Swallowable Parfum® creator Lucy McRae describes...
View Article‘The Deep: The Vanishing Island’ book launch and signing at All Star Comics
Usually when you hear that a comic is ‘all ages’ it just means Batman won’t get his knob out in this one, but Tom Taylor and James Brouwer’s series The Deep is the sort of family-friendly fodder...
View ArticleLMFF, Frankie presents L’Oreal Paris Runway 7
It’s a runway on a walkway! Guys! The L’Oreal Paris Runway 7 is on Central Pier, so it’s all, you know, layered. Also interesting, perhaps even more interesting – in fact, downright thrilling – will...
View ArticleNo Lights No Lycra, Opus ’13 mixtape
No Lights No Lycra (as you may recall) are a bunch of real forget-me-nots who like turning the lights down real low so the act of dancing does not write another chapter in the book titled Holy Crap...
View ArticleNo Lights No Lycra, Opus ’13
If there’s one thing that five years of ballroom dancing class taught me, it’s not to discuss your convict heritage with uppity private school boys. If there’s another thing it taught me, it’s how to...
View ArticleACMI Profile Me artworks unveiled
The final artworks created for the ACMI Profile Me series have been completed and placed on the internet. Abstract portraiture through a video journey inspired by Henry David Thoreau, Chris Marker and...
View ArticleCaulfield closure gees up trainers
Early morning training sessions are set to become a thing of the past at Caulfield. Picture: David Smith Source: Leader THE STABLE door is open but trainers are not bolting after Glen Eira Council...
View ArticleRetaining fence retention fail
RESIDENTS have slammed a council decision to leave standing a controversial fence on South Melbourne beach. Source: Leader RESIDENTS have slammed a council decision to retain a controversial fence on...
View ArticleMusos call for time to load
Aaron Laguda of local band Massive is fed up with being fined while parked in a loading zone in front of the Espy. Picture: Paul Loughnan Source: Leader MUSICIANS are fed up with being fined for...
View ArticleLong-time skate project finally launch
US skate boarding champion Curren Caples, 17, tries out the new skate park at Marina Reserve, St Kilda. Source: Leader THE long-awaited St Kilda skate park is set to open to the public this weekend....
View ArticleMahjong 101
Mahjong – AKA that weird amalgam of poker and dominos to those not yet in the know (AKA you until you started reading this article) – is a game of such fevered intensity that the Chinese Government,...
View ArticleCCP x Third Drawer Down shop
Abi Crompton of Third Drawer Down and Naomi Cass of CCP have known each other for a long time – fifteen years they say. When it came time to give the CCP Shop a spruce, Naomi knew to call on Abi to...
View ArticleAn interview with Leo Greenfield
Leo Greenfield is the baby Quentin Blake and Bill Cunningham would have if there was a means, or inclination, for them to reproduce. Minus Quentin’s snot and bum depictions and Bill Cunningham’s batty...
View Articlebureaucrazy
bureaucrazy 22 March 2013 | 0 comments In the window of Palookaville on Brunswick St.
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