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The Memorial – Death be Kind #exhibition #Melbourne #arts
The Memorial
A display-case collection of inherited objects from
over 100 people, plus accompanying zine.June 29th – 25th July, 2010
The MemorialFor the first exhibition of DEATH BE KIND Claire Lambe and Elvis Richardson in collaboration present The Memorial an elaborate display-case housing a collection of beloved objects that once belonged to a deceased relative, friend, acquaintance or lover chosen by over 100 people from all walks of life who have kindly participated in this project.
The Memorial presentation is reminiscent of the small private museum and employs the language of display to create symbiotic dialogues through the relational placement of the works. A complex display case has been constructed so as to elevate the importance and meanings of the beloved objects and gently navigate the viewers experience of the gallery space.
The Memorial retells the stories behind the objects that we keep to evoke memory of the deceased, how these objects maintain ongoing relationship with the dead, and how these material possessions remain important in memory making. Each object has been documented and texts collected from the holder about their object to create a catalogue of texts that caption the objects personal meanings in a zine.
DEATH BE KIND is a twelve month project by artists Claire Lambe and Elvis Richardson.
Upstairs @ The Alderman - 134 Lygon Street, Brunswick East, Melbourne, Australia
the gallery will feature a series of curated exhibitions bringing together artists and ideas around the circumstance of death.Opening hours:
Tuesday 6-8pm
Saturday & Sunday 2-6pm
Or by appointment 0401 346520
www.deathbekind.com
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2010 Emerging Writers Festival – Friday 21 – Sunday 30 May #Melbourne
Venues: The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas Melbourne Town Hall ● State Library of Victoria ● City Library ●Federation Square
Bookings: www.emergingwritersfestival.org.au
New Festival Director Lisa Dempster is thrilled to announce the the program for the 2010 Emerging Writers’ Festival, Australia’s only literary event dedicated to writers of all ages and styles.
2009 saw 6000 people attend the festival’s 15 sell out events with 300 writers, performers, publishers and mentors contributing to the event. In 2010, the EWF will double in size, curating 30 events and featuring 350 writers and artists as the festival stretches the definition of writing styles to include song writing, copywriting, poetry, prose fiction, comedy, writing for video games, journalism, screenwriting, theatre, experimental writing forms, memoir, blogging, opinion, comic writing and more.
2010 Emerging Writers Festival highlights will include:
First word – BMW Edge Theatre, Federation Square, 7.30pm, Friday 21 May
The Emerging Writers’ Festival burst into life by presenting the best of the festival – exciting new works by emerging writers, a Call to Arms by romantic fiction writer Toni Jordan, and a comic debate asking ‘Love Vs Angst – what makes a better writer?’ Come and feel the love!Zine Bus – various locations, 11am to 5pm Saturday 29 May NEW EVENT
All aboard the world’s first mobile zine fair! Travelling the streets of Melbourne and culminating in a guerrilla zine market at Federation Square, the zine bus will be fully stocked with independent emerging zines, with the most innovative displays of art, creativity and DIY ever to take to the streets!Twitterfest – twitter.com/emergingwriters – May 24 – 28 , 2pm daily NEW EVENT
Taking the Emerging Writers’ Festival to the world. Daily throughout the festival, Twitterfest will host discussions and interview writers… on Twitter! It’s social media mixed with literary debate – jump online to join the discussion. Hosted by writers from across Australia.Wordstock – BMW Edge – 7.30pm Thurs 27 May
New work inspired by the songs of AC/DC. With songs, comedy, short plays and performance pieces, rock n roll will be given a different sort of spotlight. A one night only event and a performance highlight of the Emerging Writers’ Festival, Wordstock will reveals a whole new side of AC/DC. It will blow your mind (like dynamite.) Hosted by iconic Melbourne rocker Clem Bastow.You Can’t Stop The Musing: Disco Lecture – Horse Bazaar, 397 Little Lonsdale St Tues 25 May, 6pm NEW EVENT
Everybody knows disco is fun. But is it good for you? Now that Disco is back (trust us, it is), the time has come to determine, once and for all, whether it’s part of the problem or part of the solution. *Triple J’s Craig Schuftan *presents the case for and against in You Can’t Stop the Musing – the world’s first Disco-lecture. Expect to hear from The Silver convention, The Chic Organisation and the Frankfurt School48-hour play generator – Malthouse Theatre – 5.30pm, Sunday 24 May
Six (somewhat) rehearsed readings. Six emerging playwrights are given just two days to write a new play each. Teamed with an established director and team of actors, the results are presented on a Sunday evening of madcap and totally raw theatre. Previous 48 hour plays have developed into full length works.In the Pub series – 26 May 7.30pm, The Workers Club Fitzroy
I Write What I Want, When I Want. We lift the shroud on the mystery of freelance writing. Our freelance experts talk about their journeys as freelancers, the ups and downs as well as their secrets to success. From journalism to comedy, our panellists will entertain and enlighten. Panellists: Chris Flynn, Ben Pobjie and more. Hosted by Joanna Brookfield.The Page Parlour – The Atrium @ Federation Square, 12 to 5pm, Sunday 23 May
Featuring over forty stalls selling everything from posters to books, literary journals to hand-crafted stories – all the good stuff that you won’t find in Borders. The Page Parlour is an independent press fair gathering the undiscovered, the underground, the obscure and the amazing all in one convenient market location.Town Hall Program – Melbourne Town Hall, 9am to 5pm, May 29 – 30
A range of panels, interviews and conversations about the art, craft and business of being a writer.. Covers all styles of writing, from prose fiction, to song writing, theatre, video games, copywriting, poetry, comedy and more! Guests include: Michi Girl, Guy Blackman, Benjamin Law, Patrick Cullen, Jill Jones, Sean Riley, Julian Shaw, Katherine Charles, Declan Fay, Tom Taylor, Mel Campbell, Jeff Sparrow, Steph Bowe, Jan Sardi, and many, many more!
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Sticky Shop benefit for Romalang 17 – long reach stapler – April 23rd
THE STICKY ROMALANG 17 LONG REACH STAPLER BENEFIT.
Type: Party – Benefit
Start Time: Friday, April 23, 2010 at 10:00pm
Location: Pony bar
Street: 68 Little Collins Street
City/Town: Melbourne, AustraliaDescription.This is a fundraiser show Sticky is coordinating to raise cash for a Romalang 17 long reach stapler from Italy and import it to Sticky for public use.
The Romalang 17 is the mother of all long arm staplers and is capable of pushing staples through as many pieces of A4 as any zinemaker could imagine.
Playing on the night will be OUCH MY FACE + GO GENRE EVERYTHING + THE CHURCH OF HYSTERIA & there will be a STICKY ZINE STALL. First band is on at 10pm and it is $7 to get in. All money raised goes towards bringing the Romalang 17 to Melbourne.
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Role Playing Girl Zine #zines #geekgirl #gamers
Role Playing Girl Zine, a yearly publication about women in gaming, is seeking submissions of essays by women gamers, designers, researchers and others interested in role playing games. Cartoons also welcome. The 2010 theme: International Update.
http://rpgirl-zine.blogspot.com/
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The mother of all zine fairs #Melbourne
60 plus zinemakers, 40 tables x 1.8metres of zine real estate, 140 or so chairs, market umbrellas, street exposure, nearby cafes and bars and ZINES, thousands of precious precious zines from all over the country. At the institute we know how to hold a zine fair and we take it VERY seriously. Don’t expect to find any vegan cupcakes or craft felt toys here.Saturday, February 13, 2010
3:00pm – 8:00pm
City Square, Melbourne
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The Undiscovered Press #Zinemakers in Melbourne at Sticky Shop
Unleashing the zine habit to the masses.
12 zinemakers from all around the country are unleashing their extreme and slightly undiscovered zine making practice on to the masses. Evolving into a pretty eclectic show of the art of zinesters, the participating zinesters are Androniki Douramakos, Arlene TextaQueen, Marc Martin, Brendan Halyday, Fergus, Mary-Helen Daly, Sarah Foster, On Wednesday, Diego Bonetto, Pat Grant, Michelle Vandermeer and Mel Stringer.
Any questions? Contact Melissa at theundiscoveredpress@gmail.com or 0448595571.
Start Time: Monday, February 8, 2010 at 12:00pm
End Time: Friday, February 26, 2010 at 6:00pmSticky ShopDegraves Street Subway, Platform
Melbourne, Australia
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This Is Not Art
A supercharged convergence of writers, performers, thinkers, independent and industry musicians, creative researchers, electronic artists, dilettantes, and DIY culture makers in a showcase featuring over 400 local, national and international artists.
TINA present Australia’s most exciting and emergent exhibitions, screenings, performances, panels, workshops, talks, gigs, interventions, live art and special events in five days of creativity and absolute madness!
Features: Zombie Rights March, Zine Festival,heck way too many to mention. Check out all the This Is Not Art participants here.
This Is Not Art
Office: 3/231 King Street, NEWCASTLE, Australia 2300
Phone: (02) 4927 0675 Fax: +61 2 4927 1475
Email: admin@thisisnotart.org
www.thisisnotart.orgindependent, emerging & experimental annual arts & media festival
01 – 05 October 2009
Newcastle, Australia
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2009 Format Festival
The return of the hugely successful Adelaide Zinester Walking Tour: Famous for getting kicked out of Borders, breaking into Adelaide Uni, trying to pass as a Christian Gathering and launching the smash hit single ‘Emoticons’.
Taken to new heights at the 2008 TINA festival with a midnight metal zine launch which terrified the local teenagers and saw at least one of Adelaide’s finest indie publishers leave their underpants behind a bush after an ill fated attempt to shit in public.
This year’s walking tour features, direct from the USA, the author of the award winning ‘On Subbing’ Dave Roche, Arlene Texta Queen, the mysterious Luke You, Lisa ‘Muscles’ Dempster of Vignette Press, Tom and Lou from Breakdown Press, Joel Catchlove, Sydney socialite Amanda Baird, Sam Rodgers, Stan from Excitement Machine/Urtext, low fi super star John Stevens and Maddy Phelan. And I’ll be launching my ‘long awaited’ 30,000 word cycling zine.
If you have zines you’d like to launch, get in touch – we’d love to have you. The idea is to go to a bunch of interesting Adelaide locales and give people 30 seconds to launch their publication whilst standing on a milk crate.
More info: kanbara@senet.com.au
Presented by the Format Collective
Friday, March 13, 2009
Time: 5:45am – 8:45am
145 Hindley Street
City/Town: Adelaide, Australia
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From Queerpunk Zombies on the Rampage to Emmett thee girl…
Themes: queercore, punk, riot grrrl, gender, poetry, prose, photography, collage, fancy dress, street art, vegetarianism, feminism, mental health, celebration of the self, urban life, city life, isolation, connection…
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Electroringe 2009 – Call for new co-director
Electrofringe is looking for a creative, energetic and highly organised individual to work with the current Co-Director, Somaya Langley, on the 2009 festival and on to 2010.
The Electrofringe festival showcases digital, electronic and media arts with a particular emphasis on emergent forms and techniques, focusing on encouraging interaction between emerging and professional practitioners, Electrofringe aims to create an open environment of exchange and peer-to-peer mentoring. Presenting workshops, panel discussions, installations, exhibitions, screenings and performances, the festival brings together artists, musicians, media makers, technicians, scientists, academics, cultural commentators, critics and enthusiasts working with a broad range of media. Electrofringe is part of This Is Not Art and happens annually for 5 days over the October long-weekend in Newcastle, NSW.
If you are interested in applying, please download the application guidelines from the Electrofringe website (www.electrofringe.net) and submit your application before the deadline of COB Monday 5th January 2009.
