Sydney Ink looking for show guests

Coming to Australian Television screens are some of Australia’s most talented Tattoo artists. You have seen Miami and LA Ink now Australia you are going to see the best artists in the bizz on your own soil.

Those interested in being part of Sydney INK need their casting forms filled out and returned to the production by the end of the week Friday 29th May 5:00pm cut off for the first 5 episodes of the show.

If you would like to be on the show, that is your skin exposed and tattooed, please make sure you email production@plumpfilms.com. —- to get your casting form.au

You maybe be jumping on a plane with your fav artist? The Sydney Ink crew may be taking the show OS for a couple of episodes to show the culture and art work that other countries give us.

Australia once again Sydney Ink has got you covered.

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Plug n play : Thursday may 28 – Black Wasp Vs Faux Pas

In something akin to a cable TV wrestling match, mixed with a Psych-folk vs ambient noise DJ battle:

Black Wasp Vs Faux Pas
9-11PM : Two Hours Of Flower Power

Black Wasp :
Jon Tjhia – aka – - one part of the duo, ii – who “improvise (and sometimes plan) their   way to the point where abstract sound, noise, fluttering ambience and whisps of instrumental pop collide.” – drummer, lead hair stylist in Aleks + the Ramps – Scissors for Sparrow –  ”the clumsy and eclectic scheme of a handful of Melbourne (and sometimes Sydney) kids, who find boredom and   surprise spread equally through modern music” more? http://www.dizzydonor.org/

And In The Faux Pas Corner : Composer, radio-head, blogger, glockenspiel enthusiast, and donator of   the rather fine Waterfalls EP to public ears. All this and more, at one convenient location : Kent   st cafe, thu many 28th. And on the webs : http://www.iamfauxpas.com

Video accompaniment for the battle :  Jean Poole.
Warning : some video clips may include dated music videos and   commercials being mixed by Faux Pas + Black Wasp.

8-9 PM :
Nuwan Rohitha : Beatscape entree and ambient desserts. http://www.myspace.com/nuwans

Pixels : Video : Guest VJ from Chile : VisualXperienZ / VXZ Fresh South American Pixel Flavours :
www.myspace.com/diego_cinematografo

Kent st Cafe // 201 smith st // Fitzroy // Melbourne // 8-11PM // Last thursday of each month ///////

Keep off the Grass – Issue 206

Don’t smoke weed. You’ll end up telling your friends you made a shirt for David Bowie. And that Bradford Cox called you on the phone. And that you did chemistry in VCE, and they’ll let you cook your own food at the Grace Darling. And that you discovered the magical commune where old bikes are made anew, and dreadlocks and pot fall from the sky like the gentle rains. What a load of crap.
Three thousand has the dope, I mean scope, I mean scoop.

Collected Thoughts 3 – Richard McLean

Produced by the  Cunningham Dax Collection. This short film documents the work and experiences of artist Richard McLean, featuring interviews with the artist, his family and a colleague. A trained and exhibiting multimedia artist and advocate,   Richard is also the author of /Recovered Not Cured: a journey through schizophrenia/, 2003 and /Ego and Soul/, 2008 (egoandsoul.com).

A selection of Richard’s artworks are included in the Collection’s current exhibition /9 LIVES: ON SUBJECT AND SUBJECTIVITY/ (until 16 October, 2009) which explores the lives of nine artists through their creative works. The evening will include a conversation between the artist and Dr Eugen Koh, Director of the Cunningham Dax Collection and Curator of /9   Lives/.

COLLECTED THOUGHTS 3: RICHARD MCLEAN -  6PM THURSDAY 28 MAY 2009  
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THE CUNNINGHAM DAX COLLECTION
35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria 3052
t 61 3 9342 2394  fax 61 3 9381 2008
www.daxcollection.org.au 

Is Penny the new Banksy?

Famous When Dead features Penny:

Penny is a London based stencil artist (born 1982) who spends lots of time cutting holes in paper. It is through these holes that he sprays exquisite colours to produce images that pour pleasure into your peepers. 

His images depict a subtly subverted vision of reality, achieved through vivid colours, distorted scale and combining organic and industrial elements. 

If you find a Penny, pick it up and all day long, not only will you have good luck, but you will also have a great piece of art by one of the UK’s best stencil artists.

Penny pics at FamousWhenDead.

etoy.QUEER-LABS

We know there’s a little gay guy in everyone. But the etoy.BUREAUCRATS forgot to celebrate this fact!

etoy.CORPORATION SA wishes to apologize officially for not consulting the etoy.QUEER-LABS before setting this year’s GENERAL MEETING date.

Shame on the chairman and all his board members: the 6th of June 2009 is the day of the EUROPRIDE PARADE & FESTIVAL in Zurich! EuroPride is this year’s biggest gay event in the world: a celebration and political demonstration for acceptance and tolerance, against discrimination and against the creation of taboos and violence on grounds of sexual orientation. Political speakers include the politician and publicist Daniel Cohn Bendit, the mayor of Zurich, Corinne Mauch, and the Moldovan human rights activist Mihaela Copot.

http://www.europride09.eu/

The chairman proposes triple voting rights for all etoy.SHAREHOLDERS who can show probable cause that they practice/tested same-sex romance and/or participate in the general meeting as cross-dresser/gender-bender.

In addition, etoy installed the position of agent.PINK who can be contacted to delegate voting rights in case the celebration schedule cannot be synchronized with the etoy.MEETING-PLAN. —> use: gay@ir.etoy.com

kisses from etoy …leaving reality behind.

SCHMUCK 2009

SCHMUCK 2009 is one of the most dynamic and prestigious exhibitions of contemporary jewellery in the world and will be shown for the first time in Australia.

In 2009, SCHMUCK attracted 600 entries from 120 countries and from this 60 finalists were chosen, including three Melbourne artists, Professor Robert Baines, Lauren Deakin and Julia DeVille.

Johannes Kuhnen: a survey of innovation

Kuhnen has fostered a resurgence of contemporary Australian gold and silversmithing as a pioneer of the anodising and colouring process of aluminium and its application in a studio based practice.

Friday 5 June – Saturday 18 July
Gallery details:
RMIT Gallery
344 Swanston Street, Melbourne
w: www.rmit.edu.au/rmitgallery

Locust swarms or fires to track? Robots are go…

THERE are robot submarines, robot aircraft and robot ground vehicles. “It’s like Thunderbirds in our lab,” says Sydney engineer, Hugh Durrant-Whyte.

Instead of the international missions undertaken by the marionette TV series, these Sydney robots are being developed for very Australian applications: to track locust swarms, monitor bushfires, identify and spray weeds in remote areas, herd animals and observe sea creatures on the ocean floor.

The wide, empty spaces made this country ideal for deploying autonomous vehicles, said Professor Durrant-Whyte, of the University of Sydney. “If you were to pick one place in the world to do field robotics, it would be Australia.”

More from the Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Gilbert – TED TALK

Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

The author of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert has thought long and hard about some large topics. Her next fascination: genius, and how we ruin it.

Watch the Elizabeth Gilbert Video.

Phil Spector Demands A Yarmulke.

Jews around the world rolled their eyes this morning as RadarOnline reported that convicted murderer and confirmed meshugene, Phil Spector, has demanded a yarmulke, claiming that he is an Orthodox Jew. OY VEY!

Spector‘s wigs had been confiscated and his baldness-covering hat requests had been denied. What came next? A sudden turn to religion. The yarmulke revelation coincidentally came after Spector had reportedly been given a prison rules manual. Meshuge like a fox!

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