We were basically 85% sure that no-one was going to come to our party. We figured that everyone had said yes just to be polite but were actually going to go do more important things, like knit a tiny jumper for the tiny cat they knitted for their real cat. So when we got numbers the next day of the ridiculously large amount of people who came, we were pretty surprised. And hugely delighted...

Posted by amelia and steph in Events, Reviews

Tags: Danimals, Ears Vs Eyes, Greedy Hen, Informal Dialogue, James Brown, Lucia Fischer, Luke Tipene, Matt Huynh, Megastick Fanfare, Mel Bligh, Rebecca Murphy, Sonya Gee, SPOD, Stephenie Kanhukamwe, Tony Curran, Watch This Space, We Buy Your Kids

At 11am this morning, four artists were locked inside Oh Really gallery, without food, water, clothes or air except for that we made up the last part because its Friday and we do what we want. But the locked-up part is true, and they’re not allowed to leave until 5pm tomorrow.

The idea of the Lock-In is to take artists out of their usual habits, processes and environments and see what comes of it. They might work together, they might work separately, they might feed off each other creatively, they might just eat each other. Jamie Nimmo is one of the trio behind the Oh Really collective, who are always trying new things to widen the walls of the creative minds they work with. He just called me up to tell me a bit about the Lock-In and accidentally found himself being interviewed while he was supposed to be at work (sorry Jamie Nimmo.)...

Posted by steph in Art, Events

Tags: Artist Run Initiatives, Chris Bennett, Claire Wieland, culture jam, Jamie Nimmo, Joe Purtle, Joe Wilson, newtown, Oh Really

Haha not jokes. Wow, they're so last decade. You know what else is last decade? Robin Williams. You know who hates him? Raquel Welch, aka Duke Magazine's Raquel Welch.

You hate him so much, Raquel. You hate him so, so much. You hate him so much you want to create twelve renditions of his most grating characters and then show them to everyone in the whole world in an art exhibition about how much you hate him so much. Him and his "comedic shtick (the wild gestures, the rapid fire one-liners) designed to bamboozle the audience into thinking he's funny". You hate him so much you want to have the show open tonight in a huge catharty* party at Black and Blue and stay open until July 18.

Posted by steph in Art, Events

Tags: Black and Blue Gallery, Duke Magazine, Flubber, I Hate Your Guts, Raquel Welch

Half of Yves Klein Blue are on my list of inspiring redheads. The other half are pretty good too - as is their album Ragged and Ecstatic, which we're currently listening to in the office.

I just commented aloud that it was rougher than I'd expected, but then the next track was a kind of sweet little boppy number with pared down instrumentation and cute lyrics. So not only is the album quite diverse but it apparently also responds to voice commands, which makes it as good as or better than the iPhone.

Anyway we think that you should listen to it too, and we've got five copies of the album to give away. The first prize winner will get a free double pass to the Oxford Art Factory gig tomorrow night with support from the Philly Jays. All you have to do is email info[at]throwshapes.com.au with YKB in the subject line. Get on it

Posted by amelia in Reviews, giveaway

Tags: dew process, giveaway, oxford art factory, ragged and ecstatic, Yves Klein Blue

What? No time to blog, you guys. We're having a party

Posted by steph in Uncategorized