Mu-Meson July Highlights

Saturday 18th July
Warts & All: The Films of Danny Plotnick Comedic Missives from The American Underground
Danny Plotnick roared into the underground film world in the 1980s.  Fueled by his love of punk and alternative culture and infected with d.i.y. spirit, he started making films that captured a similarly snarly attitude. The films on tonight’s program include Swingers’ Serenade, a titillating tale of suburban sexual malaise; I, Socky, a rogue sock monkey hits the town on a big day out; Steel Belted Romeos, a turbo-charged tale of California road rage; Skate Witches, a glimpse into the world of a 1980s female skateboard gang; Flip About Flip, a tribute to comic genius Flip Wilson. Mu-Meson Archives (Sydney) Doors 7.30 for 8pm start $10

Sunday 19th July
Miss Deaths Knitting Group
Do you want to learn how to knit, crochet or any other craft? Or you just want to come along for a social? For the new ladies who are coming for the first time bring a friend. Boys are welcome as long as they do a craft or something useful.  Mu-Meson Archives (Sydney) 4pm with a plate…

For More extensive and detailed information please visit Mu-Meson Archives web site
http://www.mumeson.org

Mu-Meson Archives at Crn Parramatta Rd & Trafalgar St Annandale, Sydney (Australia) at the end of King Furniture building up the steel staircase. Phone +61 2 9517-2010

Beautiful Losers – Film

Directed by Aaron Rose, Beautiful Losers tells the story of his semi-legendary Alleged Gallery in downtown ’90s NYC. Alleged provided an incubator for a group of taggers, skateboarders and other criminally disposed minds AKA young artists (such as Harmony Korine, Mike Mills, Ed Templeton, Barry McGee etc) who hung/worked and 20 years later became famous and successful beyond your wildest dreams. Tough life huh?

The film covers off their progression from DIY street art twenty-somethings to mainstream success in advertising, film, and graphic design. Even though it somewhat glosses over trickier subject matter about what happens to punk ideals when they meet big bucks – the film does provide nice insights into some of the greater artistic minds of our time. Plus their can-do-art attitude is pretty inspiring.

Where:
ACMI Cinemas, Fed Square, Melbourne
When:
Premiere Thurs July 2, 7pm. Then Fri July 3, 7pm; Sat July 4, 7pm; Sun July 5, 5.30pm.

Website: Beautiful Losers
Source: 3thousand

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.

Three Thousand Melbourne

ThreeThousand is a weekly snapshot of Melbourne’s subculture – a Melbourne guide to film, music, design, books, art, goods and links for people who realise that the best things in life are often hard to find.

http://www.threethousand.com.au/

Shaun Gladwell Exhibition – Townsville – Qld

Experience the beautiful video artworks of Shaun Gladwell, who has been selected to represent Australia at the 2009 Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art. Shaun Gladwell is one of Australia’s most prominent young artists, working
extensively internationally in the medium of video. His practice critically engages personal experience as well as wider speculation upon art history and the dynamics of contemporary culture. This range of interest and sources is explored through a variety of mediums, but in recent years most particularly video installation. His recent projects in video have made discursive links between historical models and understanding of the body in space, such as the flâneur and contemporary cultural figures including the skateboarder, the motocross rider, the freestyle BMX rider, break-dance crews, a capoeira practitioner, and other physical and street performers.

Until 5 October
Pinnacles Gallery, Riverway Arts Centre, 20 Village Blvd, Thuringowa (Central QLD) Australia
http://riverway.townsville.qld.gov.au/explore/gallery/exhibitions