If you have a moment head to Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral at dusk tomorrow evening for an otherworldly experience. It will be your last chance to catch the site specific dance piece No Cold Feet by the locally based De Quincey Company. The beautiful and intriguing dance works its magical way from the cathedral stairs to the pond before eventually …
Yarn Graffiti in Amsterdam, Holland
A pretty little piece of guerrilla knitting I happened upon while strolling one of Amsterdam’s many canals. It was perched right there above the ‘Homomonument’ which I can only suppose is a tribute to the world’s homosexuals. For those of you in Sydney, there are a number of wool based installations around the city at the moment for the annual …
Mystery Bus Debrief – Week #1
Time to recap on the awesomeness that was Mystery Bus. After 7 nights, 4 newspaper articles, 1 radio interview, 36 artists, hundreds of audience members, and one bus, Mystery Bus 2011 is finally over. It has been an incredible, exhausting,chaotic and extremely rewarding experience to participate in the Sydney Fringe Festival with such an awesome show and awesome team. Thank …
Dancehall Queens 2010
Once I asked a co-worker if she wanted to go to a ‘Dancehall night’. She said yes, and it was too late to realise there had been a misunderstanding, and I was not, in fact, referring to a nostalgic partners dance. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBvdQYh8OHk] My favourite part is at 3:52, where the woman who is not endowed with a particularly large booty …
Contrasting Images on the Streets of Jerusalem, Israel
Religious iconography within the Old Town of Jerusalem Contemporary street art outside the Damascus Gate, Jerusalem All photos by Thunderkat
Ska Weekender Harbour Cruise
This time last week I was stumbling off the annual Ska Weekender harbour cruise. It is one brilliant way to hail in the Spring season of frivolities. Each year a collection of our friendly local and interstate ska bands gather together for an afternoon of classic covers on the harbour. This year featured the Bennies with a set of Rancid …
Die Antwoord
My favourite band. If you don’t know them, YOU SHOULD. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_pS46YRMIQ] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbW9JqM7vho&feature=related]
Snapdragon Zine Fair
Today I attended the Snapdragon Zine Fair! And what a lovely event it was, with all the little DIY treasures you could ever want. Dozens and dozens of them laid out across long trestle tables in the Red Rattler. I came home with armfuls of goodies, including spoils from inside the zine-ata. Yes! A giant dragon shaped pinata full of …
DV8 – Can We Talk About This?
Wow. Everybody is going to be raving about this show. Combine impeccably beautiful dance, with sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous physical theatre routines, and then add more than a dash of controversial political discourse and you have DV8’s – Can We Talk About This? This intense experience holds the focus of every member of the audience as we go on a …
Space Invaders in Barcelona, Spain
If you are walking along the street and you take the time to look up, down or around, you might just notice a little tiled space invader mosaic. This isn’t a retro initiative spearheaded by some hip council member. It’s a funny little street art phenomena that I have started to notice more and more. Rumour has it that the …