“One person will be chosen in secret to be the Murderer. The murderer then has to kill as many people as possible by winking at them WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT! It is up to all the guests to try and work out who the murderer is BEFORE THEY DIE! Once you have been killed, you cannot reveal who killed you because you are DEAD! To enhance your detective skills, we recommend Cluedo-esque costumes for the night.”

Katherine White’s poloroid photography (above right) can be poured over all week at Bar Cleveland. But the exhibition-launch Murder Winks extravaganza is one night only at The Wall. That’s right. Murder Winks, with alcohol. "YES!", we hear you yell. Then, "Wait - what's The Wall?"

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The global creative scene has gone crazy. Designers are the new artists, artists are making music, musicians have become ‘performers’, performance, well, it's always been an art-form – and Sydney is imploding into an incestuous orgy of inspiration. Still, despite the best efforts of spaces like China Heights, Monster Children, the Chauvel and Blender to name only a few, the local scene is grossly under-furnished… and lets be honest, a lot of people are really just going for the free piss.

The Wall is a new(ish) night which fills that void - for artists who can’t afford to exhibit at the usual haunts, and for art enthusiasts who also like drinking, dancing and playing nostalgic/ridiculous games. With no cover charge, this sounds very much like the kind of thing that should have begun much earlier than December last year. We asked Dan Chin and Amy Manning what it’s all about.

+ Hi. So. What’s it all about?
Young, old, full-time or hobbyist artists can exhibit their work for free for a week. Wednesday every week is a launch – we party, drink and dance to rad tunes while checking out the art.

+ Yeah, you manage to squeeze a heap in. Art, games, competitions, auctions – all fused with music.
Well art and music are so closely related, it just seemed natural to fuse the two… We love that one week we can have a graf artist, then the following a musician, then a painter, then a performer - so it never gets a chance to get old.

+ The first time I went there was an auction, the next time you were selling old-school eskies, then there was speed dating, a zine launch..
Yep, we had the auction, we’ve had the speed dating, pin the tail on the fucked up donkey, a giant pinata, and a 'drink and draw' comp where whoever drew the most obscene pic won…

+ All fun and games. Your favourite artsy types?
Dan: Ben Frost and Luke Trivett.
Amy: I’m also a big fan of James Williams, EAMO, Lovebite – and Andy Golledge’s EP launch was a magical night
Dan: And Richard In Your Mind make me want to cream my frilly panties.

That’s gross, Dan.

Hit The Wall on Wednesdays upstairs at Bar Cleveland from 8pm. Be prepared for fun, games, dancing and of course some incredible art. > click here for details