artfreeSydney Design 09 Events at Object Gallery
There’s nothing indecent about a bit of exposure, which is exactly what Object contributes to the overall fanfare of Sydney Design 09. Fashion, no stranger to partial nudity, is represented... Read More »
filmfreeGrind House Alley
A new experiment in the world of bio-art is guaranteed to appeal to all of us who couldn’t quite look away from Dali’s cow’s eye; but there’s much more to... Read More »
artfreeIKEA Home Project
The deal with sharehouses is that those sharing don’t always agree on their vision of the ideal home. As a result, most houses come out looking a little flustered, if... Read More »
filmmusicBattleship Potemkin
It seems unlikely that David O. Selznick, the legendary Jewish filmmaker who produced Gone With The Wind, and Nazi Germany’s propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, would agree on much. That both... Read More »
filmChe (Part One): The Argentine and Che (Part Two): The Guerilla
Possibly the only person whose diaries have been read and analysed as often as Anne Frank’s, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara is no stranger. His face alone is one of the most... Read More »
artEat Green Design
If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then could it also be the gateway to a conscience? Cilla Madden of Collaborate believes so, and this forms... Read More »
musicElvis Costello
As far as I’m concerned, there is just nothing sexier than a man in glasses. This is why there are only two musicians in the world for me: Buddy Holly... Read More »
musicLost Valentinos
As a child, there is one animated series I was obsessed with above all others: The Mysterious Cities of Gold. Visions of ships sailing into storms, ancient Incan medallions and... Read More »
artfilmShutterbug
These days, exhibition openings aren’t too shoddy when it comes to luring you in. Most of us have been known to submit to the temptation of a free drink or... Read More »
filmThe Age of Stupid
It was with no small sense of trepidation that I dragged myself to a screening of The Age Of Stupid. Not because I didn’t want to see the film –... Read More »
filmPonyo - TEN DOUBLE PASSES TO BE WON
There are few things in this world more appealing than the little creatures, epic adventures and magical universes created by the god of anime, Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving... Read More »
playA Woman In Berlin
This play one that you are never quite sure you want towatch until you do – and then you wonder how you could have consideredmissing it. A soleactor occupies the stage... Read More »
film4th Sydney Latin American Film Festival
The Sydney Latin American Film Festival - it can take you to far away lands, in your own city. More importantly, it not only takes the finest cinema from Latin America,... Read More »
artfreeNice Dreams
A not-so-sleepy mining town known as the ‘capital of the outback’, Broken Hill has many stories waiting to be uncovered.Nice Dreams centres around one true story known as The Battle... Read More »
artfreeperformingTRACE Collective Displaced (Post-Colonial-Cluster-Fuck) and Deborah Petrovich Solace In Black Sun
Tucked away in a picturesque and seemingly peaceful corner of Woolloomooloo is an experimental energy waiting to be unleashed at Artspace, with two equally brilliant but new exhibitions.TRACE Collective hail from... Read More »
playOne long night in the land of Nod
From plot summary alone, it may not be easy to understand why this script would be awarded the Most Original Work at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Playwright Duncan Graham draws... Read More »
artfreeOutfield and FEMMZOIL
Two distinct visions lifted from the endless possibilities of science fiction invade Roslyn Oxley9 gallery over the next month. These concurrent exhibitions feature totems and armour, letters from the dead... Read More »
performingThe Bougainville Photoplay Project
I have a friend who will claim, every time he sees you, that "the craziest thing happened to me today". This sounds like it could be irritating, but it's not... Read More »
musicEmiliana Torrini (Iceland/UK)
Quirky and fun is all very well, you may say, but give me the melodies! Pair a song with that adorable image! If it's good enough for the Beatles and... Read More »
freemusicperformingplayNewtown Festival
Yes, Newtown, we know all about you. Op shops, music, food, terraces, hairdressers, art, retro furniture, pubs, experimental locals... And oh how we love you. So much so that we... Read More »
artfreeWilderness
Let's begin by admitting that we, Australians, have a bit of a complex about being on the edge of things. Convicts, immigrants and the dispossessed, so far from the centre... Read More »
artfreeArmament and Bird Brain at Gaffa
Putting birds beside guns may seem a dangerous move, ripe for violence. Actually, it makes for quite a nice dialogue between two new solo exhibitions at the recently relocated Gaffa... Read More »
performingDeath in Bowengabbie
There is something in the water in Adelaide. Strange things are happening with theatre there: it's hilarious and down to earth, but somehow revealing and vibrant at the same time.... Read More »
performingplayS-27
A pure slice of classic sci-fi, S-27 could easily be a reworking of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Instead of Hitler, this particular version of dystopia employs a more contemporary phantom,... Read More »
performingLove Me Tender
Adaptations of ancient Greek plays are scarce in the landscape of contemporary Australian theatre. While Shakespeare productions continue to flourish, the earlier classics attract less excitement. That said, Love Me... Read More »
artfilmfreeWhite Rabbit Film Club
Tucked away in a quiet corner of Chippendale, the White Rabbit Gallery is impossible to miss: just follow the bicycles of Sydney's cool kid art crowd which constantly flow to... Read More »
performingplayThe Chronic Ills of Robert Zimmerman
Actually, that title in full is The Chronic Ills of Robert Zimmerman AKA Bob Dylan (A Lie) — A Theatrical Talking Blues and Glissendorf. Complex, yes — and an appropriate... Read More »
artmusicplayLost in the Romantics
No longer must you while away the hours in dark, ornate rooms, whispering the words of Keats, Byron and Shelley to yourself like a mantra. Closet Romantics, now is the... Read More »
performingMike Daisey: The Last Cargo Cult
For those of us who aren't anthropologists, a 'cargo cult' is a kind of ritual practice that emerges in some tribal societies following contact with a 'technologically advanced' culture. Participants,... Read More »
performingThe End
The End is the story of the demise of a man. Alone, without purpose, this unnamed man is contained within the existentialist void, nothingness, hovering around the (literally represented) light... Read More »
performingWay To Heaven
This is a story stranger than fiction: of a concentration camp, Theresienstadt, that was held up to Jewish prisoners as a reward for good behaviour and to the world as... Read More »
musicLou Reed's Metal Machine Trio
Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, first released in 1975, is an enigma. Sonically, its a blend of electronic sounds, loops, tapes and feedback, a pure expression of industrial punk and... Read More »
performingThe Shipment
I imagine The Shipment to be a little like watching Eddie Murphy's Raw: hilarious and uncomfortable in the extreme. The difference is that the writer in this case, Young Jean... Read More »
artfilmfreeSmall Worlds
The very large building that is Customs House is currently filled with a number of very small worlds. The first of these is the city model: covering the centre of... Read More »
filmAnimal Kingdom
Although reincarnation seems appealing if you were to you come back as, say, a lion, it's perhaps slightly less so when you consider that you might end up a cockroach.... Read More »
performingplayNyuntu Ngali (You We Two)
It's a familiar tale: a pregnant girl and her boyfriend, still almost kids themselves, running away from home and family to escape punishment for their forbidden love. With not much... Read More »
artfreeperformingSlave Pianos
I'm not quite sure that I'd be ethically comfortable with slaves of my own, but I think I could overlook these concerns if my slaves were pianos. They seem big... Read More »
artfilmfreeperformingLe First Ever Sydney Readers' Festival
While it is possible that Even Books might be wrong about this being a 'first', they've definitely gotten everything else right. This well-timed weekend extravaganza focuses on the essential element... Read More »
artfreeperformingMomentum:Sydney
Like the evil twin of the Biennale, Momentum:Sydney will be lurking around your neighbourhood this week. You'll find him in all your favourite warehouses, galleries and bars, trying to start... Read More »
performingParlour Song
Parlour Song is an exercise in suburban surrealism, the stuff of American Beauty and Desperate Housewives. Exploring the tangled web between three neighbours in two couples, the plot swerves between... Read More »
artfreemusicperformingplaythinkCreative Sydney 2010
Not quite the picture of a fledgling festival, Creative Sydney is only turning two but already wise to the game. Part of Vivid festival's 'light, music and ideas' masterplan, Creative... Read More »
performing11 and 12
11 and 12 tells a modern tale: an accident during prayer leads to a religious debate, then a split which escalates into community conflict. A Western power sticks its nose... Read More »
performingW;t
It's fair to say that I didn't exactly shine in my year of university-level English. I quickly discovered that stern academics and huge reading lists weren't for me and got... Read More »
filmperforming2009/10 New York Met Opera Season
While publicly we may snub our noses at the silver spoons of high culture, we all secretly desire to dust off our hats, don our coats and march off to... Read More »
filmFarewell
A film for those who love Arnold Schwarzenegger but not so much his take on politics, Farewell (or more precisely, L'Affaire Farewell) is a far shot from your typical American... Read More »
artPaths to Abstraction 1867-1917
An exhibition-meets-art-history-lesson, Paths to Abstraction traces the transformation of the art world over a 50-year period. While the exhibition follows a narrative, it is not a linear one; it tells... Read More »
performingCageling
Federico Garcia Lorca, the king of magical realism, isn't exactly your most typical of writers. So when a performance event claims to "smash open" one of his texts, you should... Read More »
filmCreation
What are ideas anyway? They're those big, abstract tangles floating above our heads that we pull down and argue about now and then, right? Most of the time we're too... Read More »
artWallpaper
Damask. Gravure. Florence Broadhurst. William Morris. Symmetry groups. Wallpaper is a world unto itself. Therefore justified is the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection (SCL&RC), which has hunted down and... Read More »
performingLike A Fishbone
If we've learnt anything from theatre, it's that the corporate world and spirituality don't mix. Like A Fishbone proves once and for all that architecture and religion are like oil... Read More »
artfreemusicThat's Cool But Can You Make It More Sh*t?
The only logo to rival 'I Heart NY' on the t-shirts of hip kids worldwide is that of DFA: a lightning bolt with three capital letters in the middle, which... Read More »
artthinkTracey Moffatt lecture
There is perhaps only one individual suitably qualified to lecture, in artistic terms, on both the early photographer Alfred Stieglitz and the-artist-who-will-forever-be-known-as Prince. Tracey Moffatt — pop cultural narrative artist... Read More »
artfreeperformingFirstdraft: Four Exhibitions
The democratic and daring artist-run gallery known as Firstdraft has some extraordinary offerings on hand this month. Diverse exhibitions feature creatures ranging from ambiguous objects to musical monsters.Marc Alperstein's abstractions... Read More »
filmthinkLanfranchi's Memorial Discotheque + QandA
Those crazy cultural experiments that we term 'artist run initiatives' seem to be Sydney's flavour of the month. But with 501 turning legal and Red Rattler playing the game right... Read More »
performingplayWinter's Discontent
The discontent of Robert Winter, a semi-successful actor, occurs in the twilight of his career. While preparing backstage for a show, a momentous recent event forces him to examine the... Read More »
filmperformingplaythinkBetween The Lines
Reading between the lines is an underrated life skill. Sarcasm or honest concern? Compliment or sexual innuendo? Luckily, Griffin Theatre has chosen to spell it out for us.Between The Lines... Read More »
artfilmfree808.838 / grandfather paradox
Ms&Mr are a fortunate unity. A two-person singular-entity pursuing a single-minded dual obsession with sentimental film and science fiction. Continuing to write their shared history, lived in the parallel dimension... Read More »
filmReel Anime Film Festival
Those with a passion for anime have something a little more than a passion. Obsession is perhaps a better word. So while I may be frustrated waiting for the next... Read More »
artfreeThe Indian Empire, Multiple Realities
Exploring the delicate nature of contact between cultures, The Indian Empire, Multiple Realities draws together various representations of India and foreigners in India. In bringing together both local and outsider... Read More »
Playground Blog
Apples in Stereo Frontman Creates a Mind-Synth
Synth geeks, eat your heart out — but keep your brain, you'll need it. Robert Schneider, lead singer of Apples in Stereo, has created a mind-control interface for an audio... Read More »
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