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Bruno Dutot and the Edgecliff Oucha

Bruno Dutot and the Edgecliff Oucha

The hybrid, half-way place that is the eastern Sydney suburb of Edgecliff has been home to French artist Bruno Dutot’s notorious wall mural for almost 20 years now. The mysterious painting has a spirit that is at once urban and cold, as it is whimsical and romantic, a fitting compliment to ...

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Julie Doye - The Design Doyenne

Julie Doye - The Design Doyenne

Wicked pavement artists, Julie Doye, is a woman of many talents most notably her pop-art portraiture style. Inspired by the counter-culture art that emerged in the 1960’s and 1970’s, Julie will be attending the Friends of the Federation event this Friday night at TheClub. With her work hanging in Paris Hilton’s ...

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Spring Awakening - Sydney Theatre Company smells like teen spirit

Spring Awakening - Sydney Theatre Company smells like teen spirit

Ahh adolescence, the budding spring of adulthood! The flowering of love and awareness... of incest, masturbation, child abuse, bondage, unplanned pregnancy, rape, abortion and suicide. Those were the days. This is the teenage experience in late-nineteenth century small-town Germany, or is it the teenage experience in 2010 emo, punked-out Sydney? Or ...

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The Cullen Hotel Experience

The Cullen Hotel Experience

The young Will Deague, son of Demolition Dave Deague an Australian art patron, is CEO of the Art Series Hotel Group, an innovation in the local hospitality and art scene.  The new boutique hotels, six in total, to be opened over the next two years in this country are each ...

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Eamo’s new website up!

Eamo

The enormously talented Eamo dropped us a line this arvo’ to announce his new website is up. There’s a heap of new work to peruse, so check it out at www.eamo.com.au

05.03.08. filed under Illustration, Inspiration. No Comments →

oye modern

Jeni at Oye Modern emailed us to let us know about her new online jewellery store in which most of the designers are Australian, so why not support local talent and check it out.

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Oye Modern is an online contemporary jewellery store, offering unique, original, and hard-to-find jewellery by emerging and independent designers.

We know how frustrating it was to find great jewellery online. No more. We take pride in selecting designers and designs that will delight and excite you. Our jewellery is typically hand made by the designer, limited run, and so unique you won’t see anyone else wearing the same piece as you.

http://www.oyemodern.com/

05.03.08. filed under Fashion & Lifestyle. No Comments →

The Canadian Forces Flash Animations

CFAEP

There are some pretty amazing flash animations happening at the website for The Canadian Forces.

04.03.08. filed under Film & Animation. No Comments →

Illustration

A few talented Australian artists links for you all to check out…

Ali J is an illustrator from Perth who has been creating since May 2007. Her primary focus is interpreting modern fashion orientated figures through line and bold colour. She started selling her own work through a site called Etsy at www.aussiepatches.etsy.com and has recently expanded to incoporate a website at www.alijart.com

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Freelance designer Bindi Booth is an illustrator based in Australia, and you can check out her work here www.myspace.com/bindibooth

04.03.08. filed under Illustration. No Comments →

Interview with Chad Mann from Peak Street Magazine

Peak Street Magazine is Australia’s newest hiphop street press mag. We caught up with designer Chad Mann to see what’s involved.

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03.03.08. filed under Interviews. 2 Comments →

A Lion Riding A Horse

Lion Riding a Horse

29.02.08. filed under Photography. 1 Comment →

AFTRS Design Attachment Opportunity

AFTRS Design Attachment Opportunity

As a special offer this year only, the Design discipline at AFTRS has created the opportunity for aspiring Art Directors and Costume Designers to get some real, hands on experience working on an AFTRS short film.

How it works:

To be eligible for an attachment to an AFTRS 2008 production:

  • Sign up for and complete an AFTRS short course in Art Direction or Costume Design, this April.
  • 12 lucky short course participants (6 from each course) will then be selected to attach to an AFTRS production.

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27.02.08. filed under General. No Comments →

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27.02.08. filed under Events & Exhibitions. No Comments →

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