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JUNE

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Throughout June

Betty Airs Residency @ OAF, Free

with various and diverse supports.

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Until 17th June

Monstrosity Portraits Exhibition @ Monstrosity, Free

Darren Wigley, Rebecca Murphy, Todd Fuller and a whole host of incredible artists from Sydney and beyond, set the walls on fire with their provocative / beautiful / weird approaches to the age-old genre of portraiture. Among them there's a giant rabbit, a furry woman, a spider/woman, a woman covered in ash and tar, a futuristic caveman, a man with a box for a head, and chairs as well. Open 10 - 6 every day except Tuesday.

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Until 26th June

Vernon Treweek - UV:3D @ CarriageWorks

Avatar hasn't got shit on this amazing LSD style 3D trippy art by Vernon Treweeke.

READ MORE HERE

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Friday 11th

Abducted Teddybears' Picnic @ Monstrosity, entry by donation of plush toy

A picnic on the floor of the gallery for you and your beloved teddy or fluffy creature.

Selected artists featured in the PORTRAITS exhibition will give a floor talk about their work, and finally, all applicable fluffy toys will be ABDUCTED and imprisoned inside a perspex lightbox, becoming part of our permanent collection, on the front of the Gallery!

Picnic foods and rugs are provided.Entry is by donation of plush toy/s (Old, new or handmade!)Children are welcome, and must be accompanied by an adult.Bookings essential. Please email info@monstrosity.com.au Subject: Teddybear. Numbers are limited!

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Thursday 6th

Secret Wars 8 Artist Battle @ Name This Bar

Amuse vs. Max Berry

READ MORE HERE

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Friday 25th

Believe You/Me - Philip Soliman @ Monstrosity, free, 6-9pm

On Friday June 25, from 6-9pm, Monstrosity Director Philip Soliman launches his solo exhibition of photography, video and installation entitled Believe You/Me.

Philip Soliman uses the traditional "documentary" media of video and photography, combined with immersive installations, to ask questions about human beings, and our fundamental beliefs about ourselves, each other and the world.

His solo show Believe You/Me brings together three of his current projects.

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Wednesday 16th

Bridezilla, Domeyko/Gonzalez, Step Panther @ OAF, $5, 8pm

Bridezilla headline a show at OAF for next to nothing!

MORE HERE

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Thursday 17th

Here We Go Magic @ OAF, $45, 8pm, supports TBA

TICKETS HERE

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New

pprSixteen :: Oliver Bryce Yates

pprVolta :: Switch



pprBridge Stehli :: Animal Graff


musicfeedsMatt Huynh :: Asperatus


hodgeSound Series :: Crab Smasher


nwaPenguin Plays Rough Gatecrash :: Harry Wynter

Your Face

spawnCabins Showcase @ Mitchell Rd Auction Centre :: 02.06.10

spawnThe Peel @ Name This Bar :: 27.05.10


spawnYelling At Stars DVD Launch @ The Clubhouse :: 27.05.10

spawnSound Series 2 @ Hardware Gallery :: 15.04.10

spawn700 Photos @ The Darlo Bar :: 15.04.10

spawnArkestra Residency @ OAF :: 05.10


spawnTiger Lillies @ Cockatoo Island :: 20.05.10

lanewaySurvey Show @ 231 Wilson St :: 21.05.10

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    Even Books Gatecrash :: An Open Letter To Will Self

    ...05.08.09

    Will Self wrote another book last year. Even Books read it and wrote him a letter. Will, if you’re on our site (again) (Seriously Will, what’s with you loving us so much? Everyone’s all like, ‘Oh hey Will Self, there’s this incredible party happening tonight in Shoreditch for you to be fabulous at’ and you’re all, ’sorry guys, Throw Shapes just updated their blog’), scroll down.

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    Dear Will,

    Hi! How are you? Still got that face “like a bag full of genitals“? Enjoying the walking? Making everyone else in the world feel that they lack an adequate vocabulary? Excellent, old chap, good to hear.

    Now, firstly, let us say that we are big fans. Huge in fact. Between us we own pretty much every book you’ve ever written. And we totally read them! In fact, one of our first BFF bonding moments was a discussion about the dude that grows a vagina in the back of his knee in Cock and Bull. That was totally gross. And by gross we mean rad.

    Also, when we were living in London in some shitty place right next to the largest housing estate on the planet, and we were all ‘Hey, London’s pretty grim, innit?’, reading How the Dead Live really helped. Which was odd, seeing as it depicted the suburb we lived in as a land full of dead people… But it totally sorted us out! Viewing our neighbours as corpses made the place feel much more manageable. So thanks for that.

    Great Apes was hilarious, Dorian was, like, totally ambitious but you pulled it off (no pun intended), and your phrase ‘conga line of butt-fucking’ was thrown around our group of friends like a happy baby for a good few months, bringing a smile to the face of whoever held it.

    So yes, we like you. You’re clever and you make the funnies with the words. But here’s the thing: your latest book SUCKS ASS. Please explain.

    Forever yours (unless things keep getting worse),

    Alice and Angela.

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    frown

    + + til next time, even books + +

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    One Response to “Even Books Gatecrash :: An Open Letter To Will Self”

    1. Lee Tran says:
      August 6, 2009 at 12:34 am

      I love this!
      Can expressions of author letdown forever be known as “Dear Will letters”?
      x

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