Author results: Max Olijnyk
Neverness, Part 1
I trust you are familiar with NowNow, ThreeThousand's sophisticated, worldly cousin? You may have spotted him at a Right Angle family get together, propped against a windowsill sipping at a snifter of port, calmly snapping off the odd shot on his Contax while ThreeThousand gets wasted on fruit punch and plays charades with the kids.
Conor O'Brien, There Stands the Glass
Conor O'Brien's photography is of the ‘snapshot' variety, in that he captures spontaneous moments using a small camera he carries in his pocket at all times. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Conor's photos always feel calm and considered, never poking fun at his subjects but always celebrating their beauty.
Evergreen Terrace for Unsheltered Workshops
The talented duo behind Evergreen Terrace, Liv Barrett and James Deutsher, have a lateral approach to everything they touch. Treading the line between fashion and art, everything they produce from books to clothing is skewed in a practical, funny way that makes ‘normal’ seem a bit silly.
Dear Art, Please Touch Me
I used to think audio tours were lame. All those people smugly strolling around galleries, wearing headphones, getting told what to think. I prefer my own inner monologue, thank you very much - ‘Tired legs... hungry... what would happen if I touched that?'. When I finally gave one a try, I discovered they're actually quite enjoyable.
Crashing to Earth
Skateboarding - it's not for everyone. It's noisy and painful and something many of us grow out of when we get into the serious business of finding a career, attending art openings and DJing. Thanks to the MTV treatment, skating is no longer an underground activity and although there are hundreds of public skateparks, they're all swarming with little kids on razor scooters.
All the Kings Men
Haircuts. We all require one from time to time if only to smarten things up a tad. Disheveled charm only goes so far and when a fellow looks in the mirror and realises the ‘mid-period-Beatle/maths teacher’ look just isn’t working for them, decisive action must be taken. But where to go? We’ve all been burnt before, shamed into weeks of hat wearing while a trim ‘grows out’.
Melbourne, and Other Myths
Melbourne, and Other Myths examines the mysterious charm of this city in a way that is altogether more interesting and less embarrassing than the ads with the giant balls of wool.
The work on display is inspired by three anonymous rants found by concept curator Martyn Pedler* at various locations around the city: on platform 4 of Flinders St Station, recorded midway through a tape from a garage sale and discarded photocopies from a publishing house.
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