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HOT: Baking Architecture, 41 Exhibition St, Melbourne

July 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
HOT: Baking Architecture, 41 Exhibition St, Melbourne

I was pretty sure that I’d enjoy the Baking Architecture exhibition (part of State of Design festival) as soon as I walked into the foyer of the Australian Institute of Architects and sniffed the aroma of patisserie. Melbourne architectural practices and chefs have collaborated to construct delicious models of unbuilt architectural structures in order to [...]

HOT: Visible Markings, Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Ln, Melbourne

July 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
HOT: Visible Markings, Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Ln, Melbourne

My favourite of the three exhibitions that Craft Victoria are hosting as part of the State of Design festival is Visible Markings. In a dimly lit room various pieces of armoury hang with ghostly stillness. However, the breastplates, collars and neckpieces have been constructed out of unexpected materials – knitted wool interspersed with leather, oak, [...]

NOT: Morphed, Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Ln, Melbourne

July 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
NOT: Morphed, Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Ln, Melbourne

Simply put, I didn’t like Emma Davies’ exhibition Morphed (another State of Design show) because I thought it was ugly. The works were apparently inspired by Davies’ recent trip to South Africa and ‘the visual intoxication of busy streets, road-side performances, and the bustling Johannesburg market’. I didn’t sense any of that in the lumpish [...]

HOT: UK Overgrown, Panelpop, 117 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

July 17, 2009 ⋅ One comment
HOT: UK Overgrown, Panelpop, 117 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

I’m a little disappointed that I won’t be in Melbourne this weekend, as otherwise I’d be completely immersed in State of Design, Victoria’s design festival. Fortunately, some of the events are open during the course of ten day festival. So today I decided to visit the venue closest to me, Panelpop, which is displaying a [...]

HOT: Telegramstop

July 16, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments
HOT: Telegramstop

Today I’ve been channelling my inner Swedish housewife by baking some cinnamon buns and walnut and sultana bread. As I haven’t managed to leave the house yet (it’s so warm and smells so good!), I thought I’d write an overdue HOT about Telegramstop. Everyone’s communicating via the electronic world these days. I confess that I [...]

HOT: Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Gertrude St, Fitzroy

July 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
HOT: Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Gertrude St, Fitzroy

Like High Street Northcote, Gertrude Street is a creative hub which runs an arts festival in partnership with residents of the street. The annual Gertrude St Projection Festival exhibits projection art onto shops, restaurants and pubs and this year artists had to interpret the theme of ‘dream’. On a wintery Thursday night some of my [...]

NOT: John Brack, Ian Potter Centre NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne

July 2, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I’m afraid that I will be made a pariah but I cannot tell a lie; I really disliked NGV Australia’s John Brack exhibition. I’m Australian, I live in Melbourne and I like to think that I know something about art appreciation. He’s apparently one of Australia’s foremost artists – I’m supposed to like his work. [...]

HOT: Creative Australia and the Ballets Russes, The Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

July 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

As part of Australian Ballet’s 2009 Ballet Russes season, the Arts Centre is holding a free exhibition called Creative Australia and the Ballet Russes which explores the influence of the Ballet Russes on the art and design scene in Australia, the legacy of the ballet company in Australian dance and its inspiration for three visual [...]

HOT: NGV Members Lounge, NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne

June 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Benefits of unemployment #15: the opportunity to go meander through an art gallery when the crowds are at work. Or if you’re an NGV Member, skip the gallery all together and head straight for the Members Lounge. My new membership has practically saved me money as I’ve imbibed numerous mugs of complimentary peppermint tea (saved [...]

NOT: Exhibition 12, C3 Contemporary Arts Space, Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford

June 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
NOT: Exhibition 12, C3 Contemporary Arts Space, Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford

C3 Contemporary Arts Space is a non-profit exhibition space located in the basement of peaceful Abbotsford Convent, now converted into an arts, culture and education precinct. The three rooms house rotating temporary exhibits, and its latest show is simply called ‘Exhibit 12‘ so there doesn’t appear to be any unifying theme. The postcard looked so [...]

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